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1、HowDoYouKnowIt'sGood?byMaryaMannes Doyouloveart?Canyoutellwhichartpiecesaregoodandwhicharenot?Arethereanystandardsforjudgingarts?ReadthefollowingarticleandseehowMaryaMannesanswerssuchquestions.Supposetherewerenocriticstotellushowtoreacttoapicture,aplay,oranewc
2、ompositionofmusic.Supposewewanderedinnocentasthedawnintoanartexhibitionofunsignedpaintings.Bywhatstandards,bywhatvalueswouldwedecidewhethertheyweregoodorbad,talentedoruntalented,successesorfailures?Howcanweeverknowthatwhatwethinkisright?Forthelastfifteenortwen
3、tyyearsthefashionincriticismorappreciationoftheartshasbeentodenytheexistenceofanyvalidcriteriaandtomakethewords"good"or"bad"irrelevant,immaterial,andinapplicable.Thereisnosuchthing,wearetold,asasetofstandards,firstacquiredthroughexperienceandknowledgeandlateri
4、mposedonthesubjectunderdiscussion.Thishasbeenapopularapproach,foritrelievesthecriticoftheresponsibilityofjudgmentandthepublicofthenecessityofknowledge.Itpleasesthoseresentfulofdisciplines,itflatterstheempty-mindedbycallingthemopen-minded,itcomfortstheconfused.
5、Underthebannerofdemocracyandthekindofequalitywhichourforefathersdidnotmean,itsays,ineffect,"Whoareyoutotelluswhatisgoodorbad?"Thisisthesamecryusedsolongandsoeffectivelybytheproducersofmassmediawhoinsistthatitisthepublic,notthey,whodecideswhatitwantstohearandse
6、e,andthatforacritictosaythatthisprogramisbadandthisprogramisgoodispurelyareflectionofpersonaltaste.NobodyrecentlyhasexpressedthisphilosophymoresuccinctlythanDr.FrankStanton,thehighlyintelligentpresidentofCBStelevision.AtahearingbeforetheFederalCommunicationsCo
7、mmission,thisphraseescapedhimunderquestioning:"Oneman'smediocrityisanotherman'sgoodprogram."Thereisnobetterwayofsaying"Novaluesareabsolute."Thereisanotherimportantaspecttothisphilosophyoflaissezfaire:Itisthefear,inallobserversofallformsofart,ofguessingwrong.Th
8、isfeariswellcomeby,forwhohasnotheardofthecontemporaryoutcriesagainstartistswholaterwerecalledgreat?Everyagehasitsarbiterswhodonotgrowwiththeirtimes,whocannottellevolutionfromrevolu
