Value of art???

[Ben Steinhaus]

does art have value

if i look at a work of art and truly think wow this is a beautiful piece. then "bob" comes and looks at the same piece of art and says wow this piece wamps i see nothing in this that effects me emotionally at all. then does this piece have beauty or not? whos right and whos wrong? can a person determine the aesthetic value of a work of art? please help i dont know how to figure this out.
thanks!

[artfortruth]

This is a good question, but not always an easy one to answer. I'll try to be brief. I will also note that when I use the word Art, I am not talking about your average creative expression, I refer to the Greats from history and our own time. There is an element beyond taste, beyond likes or personal whims, that defines Art through the ages. To quote the living Artist Tom Blodgett, "Art looks so old that it looks like it could have been around for ever, and at the same time so new it looks like nothing else yet seen." There is a sciemce, a real methodology behind any great work of Art, a method unique to the genious behind it. I would suggest a serious survey of Art History and good Art criticism to find examples of the journy towards the truth. Most "art," that is to say, most attempts at being creative, are valuable only to the tastes of the living, and subject to the same way of thinking one would have about furniture or bedding. Some illustrations and decorations that are passed as Art do have value on a personal or emotional level. Some of these pieces can likewise make a person really think. But Art is transcendent, and gives a feeling to the receptive viewer that cannot be compared to anything else. I have felt that very thing both in front of a Rembrendt and a Pollock (and of course so many more). To find Art, even to find the answer to the question of value, usually takes years of work and study. What I suggest is for Art and the countless attempts at it to be kept separate, and for people to know (or learn) the difference between being creative and being a creator. There in will you find Art's answers for you. I say all this as one still on the path of discovery, one who can take criticism, and one who revers those who have achieved what I am attempting to. I hope this both answered you question and provided you with more questions. Good luck.