[MD] The Quality of Art

[Platt Holden]

Hi Peter, 

> To equate quality or
> art only with beauty is simply narrow minded.

Why narrow minded? Even scientists look to beauty as a measure of the 
validity of their equations. 

> I suggest the only useful
> measure of the quality of art is for how long the artifact persists.

Right. Great art, like beauty, transcends generations. There's no 
"progress" in either. Are our buildings more beautiful than the 
Parthenon? Are our churches more beautiful than Chartes? Are our dishes 
more beautiful that Greek vases? Are our musical compositions more 
beautiful than Mozart's?

Platt