Saturday, June 12, 2010
A painting must evoke an emotion. “Awe” is a good one to evoke if you’re an artist, especially a landscape artist. “Arousal” is another good one if you paint nekked people a lot. But a few of the lesser appreciated reactions to art can be nonetheless important. “Guffaw,” “chuckle” and “grin” are three that come to mind immediately, even though they are most often left out of most “Art Appreciation” classes, most egregiously absent at the snootier schools such as the Sorebone over there in France.
