Art Appreciation

• When I visited the Nitori Museum of Art in Otaru, I found art appreciation to be quite interesting for the first time.

• What is it that makes it interesting?

• What makes it even more interesting? (blu3mo)

  • Let’s list some factors.
  • Knowledge/Experience
    • Knowledge of the elements
      • Thinking about what kind of color choices were made, for example.
      • Without experience in paying attention to contours, one wouldn’t come up with such ideas.
    • Knowledge of techniques
      • This particular ink painting has excellent depiction of air, for example.
        • There may be things that only people who have experience in ink painting can notice.
    • Knowledge of interpretation
      • Discovering something good that one wouldn’t notice even with one’s own analysis, thanks to the interpretations of previous scholars.
    • Knowledge of context
      • Understanding the relative position based on historical context or the lineage of techniques.
    • Knowledge of theory
      • Like knowing about key in music theory, for example.
      • The match between theory and emotion can be interesting.
  • Abilities
    • Imagination
  • Dualism of knowledge and ability, it might be different.
    • Using knowledge to supplement imagination, and vice versa.

• Once you start appraising or evaluating, you need knowledge about the overall emotions of the viewers and the treasure-hunting process.

  • No, it might be necessary in the sense of a gatekeeper role that is independent of the collective of viewers.
  • I’m not sure.

• I feel like the same level of interest applies to finding interesting software.

  • In that sense, it seems to be a more general topic than “art appreciation.”

• I don’t know if this is considered the value or enjoyment of art appreciation in general, and it bothers me.

  • I don’t intend to deny it just because my way of enjoying is not “conventional.”
  • I just thought it would be interesting to know if there are other ways to enjoy it.