Quiz about real versus fake

[Flosshilde]

Quantifying - or trying to - something suggests that it can be measured objectively. I don't think it can be - response to art, especially abstract art, is subjective. And reasons for thinking that an artist is good can be very different. The majority of people who like Cezanne's paintings probably do so a) because they are told they are good; & b) because they are nice pictures. A minority of people who like them do so becuase they understand how the paintings work & how they challenged the art 'establishment'.

[french frank]

Quantifying - or trying to - something suggests that it can be measured objectively. I don't think it can be - response to art, especially abstract art, is subjective. And reasons for thinking that an artist is good can be very different. The majority of people who like Cezanne's paintings probably do so a) because they are told they are good; & b) because they are nice pictures. A minority of people who like them do so becuase they understand how the paintings work & how they challenged the art 'establishment'.

I think it's possible to measure something 'objectively'. I'm not sure exactly what it is or whether it matters.

[johnb]

I feel perked up as I got all the Vermeer vs Meegeren correct. (It can't have been that difficult.)

[jean]

Has anyone tried the Bulwer Lytton/Charles Dickens one?

[Krystal]

Has anyone tried the Bulwer Lytton/Charles Dickens one?

Yes, I have, and I only scored a miserable 67%!!