Can leaving art undefined be a good thing?
According to Weitz it's the proper course to choose for art. This is because throughout the ages, there have been in-numerous attempts to put down one solid definition of art. Now matter how many artists or philosophers try to put a label on art, it is only going to be edited by future minds and the future cultures that define art differently than the previous ones. So what point is there to put a classical definition of art? Instead of looking for one set of solid overarching criteria, one should look for the the similarities between art pieces and we will understand it as we see it.
Even still, Weitz is a proponent of the aesthetic theories, he believes that they are still very important to the quality and the creation of art. These theories create a basis for art to grow from and develop from, like representational and abstract arts. There should still be the continuing of aesthetic theory but in a way that is more relevant to the art itself then art as a whole.
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