More-Grocery-1858 t1_je9vaij wrote
Art needs some kind of meaning for us to like it. Sometimes it's not about knowing the technique and the meaning emerges from elsewhere. For example:
- It's an image of a character, location, or story you already know about.
- It matches an aesthetic you're familiar with.
- It's a collector's item and will grow in value.
- It's a souvenir of a place you've been.
The deeper that art penetrates our personal web of experience, the deeper the meaning we feel. 'Good' art often serves as conceptual glue, holding a number of ideas in a single expression of an image. But humans and art are both open containers and anything can go inside, which is why the term 'art' can be hard to define and highly personal.
Equoniz t1_jeagkzp wrote
I think this article is just acknowledging people like me. I don’t care about most of those bullet points for many works of art, but knowing how something is made or done is of value to me. So even if I don’t care about the finished artwork itself (like instances where those bullet points don’t apply to me), I can still find interest in something about it.
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