How do you decide if something has aesthetic value or not?

Question

Why do you like certain artworks while others don't move you at all, while others yet are just "rubbish" to you? What standards would you apply to a work or art to decide if it is of aesthetic value? How it relates its content? Artefactual elements? Social/use-value considerations? Postmodern levelling?
How should aesthetic form best mediate sedimented content?

Answer 1

Pretentious? Moi?

If it speaks to you, admire its qualities. If you don't like a work but someone else does, ask them what it is they particularly like about it.
It's good that we don't all like the same things.

Answer 2

It has to do with the codes, if a community follows the same code they will likely judge the same.

But if u take ur artwork to an enviroment where people dont have a clue about what art is nor about the conventions...their judgments will not be reasonable.

So, culture, place, timing, subject, and even the political moment can do some influence on the "appreciation" of the art work.

But pls, if u are an artist dont think of pleasing people, othewise u might end up doing marketing....and that would be such a tragedy.

Study art history u will find so many clues, still the purpose of art is expressing feelings and emotions that belongs to u.

Answer 3

You answer your own question. Value is not an intrinsic quality, it is a quality that an object is given. If people want it, it has value. If people admire it, it has value.

Art is (in a sense) an anti-econonomic market economy (read bourdieu).

In any event it is naive and simplistic to think that all art can be reduced to one system of evaluation. Mona Lisa and the ready-made urinal both have value, but if you are looking at a urinal with admiration and wonder in your eyes for the purity of the lines and balance of composition there is something seriously wrong with you.

Answer 4

Truly inspired art moves pretty well everyone.

But some folks are more critical than others about what they ALLOW to move them. Some want to analyze why some art moves them, while others don't analyze at all, they just let it move them.

Good art encompasses the basic design elements such as balance, movement, harmony/contrast, as well as refined technique.

The rest is completely subjective, and it's only because there are as many artists and interpretations as there are art appreciators. As for art critics - well, everyone is a critic.

Answer 5

There are so many factors that it is hard to say. The most important thing that I look for is if it is inspiring.

Here are some other things that help.
Does it apply to a real world controversial event or subject?
Is it unique or the first of its kind?
Does it change my perceptions?
Does it reveal something hidden?
Does it motivate me to do more?

Answer 6

you just DO. you obviously know the WORD, "aesthetics", so you should know that it's the name of an entire BRANCH of philosophy. you're not going to get an answer on YA; the questions of aesthetics have been argued over for thousands of years, and these are the most basic of them. perhaps this site will put you on the road, if you're interested:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetics

Answer 7

personal preference, other values that you mentioned only worth noting when you're trading the art work

Answer 8

If the ladies like it, it's a winner!

Symmetry..

:-)

Answer 9

we do not speak like that..buying if is only now day..if..if you needs it...dayly...value...of ...goods..not inlligal...things...or over exes...of unnexxexary objects...ha..im to that good on writting..