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Originally Posted by Florya
That's bollocks.
The history of art is irrelevant.
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Because of the difficulty in judging quality on a purely formal basis (and i don't agree with the idea of a universally great piece of art anyway), the strongest method is to judge work in relation to its place within the history of art. If an artist in 2007 comes out of their studio with a bunch of silkscreens of Marilyn Monroe, and everyone's telling him or her how great they are, then an art historian is gonna be very relevant when they say, 'yeah, sure, but...'