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Originally Posted by Florya
Oooh! Spooky! Could they also bend spoons with the power of their brains?
Why do you feel the need to interprate the work of others? What purpose does it serve? What makes you think that it's any of your business?
If you want to know the 'meaning' behind a work of art, ask the artist, not Brian Sewell.
"Ah, but what if the artist is dead?" I hear you cry.
Well in that case, you're stuffed. Unless the artist took the time to write down his motivation, emotions and life experiences relevant to each and every work he produced, you should accept that you will never know what they were.
And anyone who purports to know, for certain, the reasons why an artist produces a specific artwork without that information is a charlatan.
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this is just NOT true Florya. NOT TRUE AT ALL.
art does not exist outside of life, or history or society. anyone with a basic art history background can SEE quite easily influences, ideas, and references in art, and if they might be guessing slightly then that is allright, for it points out where the vioewer is coming from with his or her own perception.