Word: aestheticism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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ARECENT PROPOSAL is to raze Bertram Hall in the Radcliffe Quad to make room for a twin of Mather House. This suggestion does incorporate the two desires for economy in construction and building only on property already owned. But unfortunately it ignores the aesthetic integrity of the Quad, which would...
THE GHOST OF WAGNER has rightfully been forced to abdicate his position as supreme arbiter of musical taste. "Compromise" theories on the performance of early music, thinly disguising a rampant romanticism, are no longer acceptable. Increasingly, aesthetic balance in musical performance--appropriate instruments and style of execution for each period...
THE NAVAHO INDIANS use the same word for both grey and brown. The Hopi in their thoughts about events include both space and time; neither is found alone in their world view. Douglas Huebler combines a concept of art with out culture's thoughts about events; neither is found alone...
Characteristically, Huebler's systems of documentation move toward the dematerialization of art. No longer important, the art object is replaced by ideas. Process replaces medium as the aesthetic consideration. Photos are meant to clarify the appearance of an event, not to fashion a visual experience. The camera duplicates rather than...
Huebler's show not only makes vivid our concepts of the phenomena he illustrates, but also makes us more conscious of our notions of art. As one museum spokesman said; "Our own museum membership can't help but question all that was art in their own familiar surroundings." Questioning becomes...