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« on: July 11, 2002, 07:58:09 PM »
Kid, I so regret that my file on aesthetic experiences is still with one of my professors. Anyways, during the early twentieth century, several people did experiments to see how people react to different art works. And by art I mean all of the arts (dance, drama, visual art, literature, poetry, music, film ect...). They found that there are basicly six reactions that people have. They were trying to discover just what is the best way to enjoy art. Critics actually are one category, which incidentally is not the best way to enjoy a work of art. Anyways, we repeated the experiment in one of my classes and found that it holds true.
Also, in post-modern/contemporary criticism it really unpopular to fit a mold, at least in the visual arts.