to get this off my chest: oh my god your opening post is so pretentious that it makes the PC elitist in me look like a drunken frat boy.
i have read Kant and i enjoy visiting Galleries and visiting cities just o look at the architecture. I even read books(yes, real books) to prepare. This does not make me superior to people who don't do this, all it does is give me a better understanding of a fraction of the unlimited spectrum that is art. While it's true that people might not appreciate an impressionist painting because they know nothing of impressionism you can't they can not enjoy it just because it looks pretty. Same with music: some people know a lot about classical music and enjoy the complexity of it, other people just like the sound, BOTH enjoy it as art in their own way.
sry if this was utter bullshit or if i completely missed the point you were trying to make but it's 4:30 on a Saturday morning here and i am going to bed.
i have read Kant and i enjoy visiting Galleries and visiting cities just o look at the architecture. I even read books(yes, real books) to prepare. This does not make me superior to people who don't do this, all it does is give me a better understanding of a fraction of the unlimited spectrum that is art. While it's true that people might not appreciate an impressionist painting because they know nothing of impressionism you can't they can not enjoy it just because it looks pretty. Same with music: some people know a lot about classical music and enjoy the complexity of it, other people just like the sound, BOTH enjoy it as art in their own way.
sry if this was utter bullshit or if i completely missed the point you were trying to make but it's 4:30 on a Saturday morning here and i am going to bed.