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[MarshaV]

Ian,

I thought the final point was true enough, but I thought the most 
important point was, "when looking for the especially large patterns 
of a particular territory it is sometimes necessary to climb to 
heights much greater than the mountaintops in that territory."

m


At 08:41 AM 2/8/2007, you wrote:
>I like that Marsha,
>
>As an aside, I'm re-reading T E Lawrence Seven Pillars of Wisdom at
>the moment, and it is full of descriptions of the common traits and
>differences of peoples in all those regions (except Libya) pre-dating
>many of the national boundaries.
>
>But you highlight the main point in that final sentence, one I often
>rant myself.
>"Too many people are still trapped by the idea of .... definition ..."
>
>Ian
>
>On 2/8/07, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > A while back I was trying to explain that I thought interpreting the
> > Social & Intellectual Levels was so confusing because we are immersed
> > in them.  Here is a far better description of what I was trying to
> > explain, but pertaining to art.
> >
> > "On the other hand, all attempts to discover the essential properties
> > of art have been carried out through a search for common denominators
> > within art itself.  However,when looking for the especially large
> > patterns of a particular territory it is sometimes necessary to climb
> > to heights much greater than the mountaintops in that
> > territory.  Thus, for instance, if we seek to find the common
> > denominator of Libya, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey, the
> > intuitive reply is, "Trouble."  But if this region is viewed from a
> > height of several dozen kilometers, it is easily seen that all these
> > nations have a common coastline.
> >
> > Similarly, it is possible that the answer to the questions, "What is
> > the common denominator of works of art?" is not so evident at the
> > level of the works themselves; instead, we can discover it more
> > easily if we look for it from a height that allows us to see art as a
> > special case of a broader pattern that includes the other areas of
> > culture.  Too many people are still trapped by the idea of the
> > importance of the definition of art, ..."
> >                             (Avital, 'ART versus NONART', p. 258)
> >
> >
> > The last sentence seems very relevant.
> >
> > But this is just a reflection of my own confusion.
> >
> > m
> >
> >
> >
> >
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