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Can food be art?

May 7, 2012Rose Woodhouse 26 Comments

I am fairly certain that the answer of most of this blog’s readers to the question in the title of this post will be yes. As in, “yes, of course, well, duh.” Insofar as there are pre-theoretical opinions (i.e., opinions… Continue Reading →

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Who’s to say what’s a good work of art?

April 3, 2012Rose Woodhouse 89 Comments

I kept meaning to write this post, and here it is! I know this was covered before elsewhere on this blog; but that was before my time, so I couldn’t contribute my pearls of wisdom. This is the theory I… Continue Reading →

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Weekend open thread – enjoyable bad art

March 23, 2012Rose Woodhouse 26 Comments

What artworks do you enjoy that are actually bad? (For those of you who insist on aesthetic anti-realism, please feel free to insert scare quotes around “bad.”) My contribution: I adore Philippa Gregory historical romances.

Uncategorized art, Philippa Gregory

I don’t like it, but it’s good

March 6, 2012Rose Woodhouse 90 Comments

Most of my students will say, flat-out, that it is completely obvious to them that there is no fact of the matter whether one movie (say) is better than another. Most arts departments (English, film studies, etc.) take that as… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized aesthetics, art, Citizen Kane, good movies, Maid in Manhattan

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