Michelle Marder Kamhi's "Who Says That's Art?"
On a current thread pertaining to the December 2014 issue of JARS, reference was made to a book recently published by Michelle Marder Kamhi: Who Says That's Art? A Commonsense View of the Visual Arts I bought the book (Amazon link). I've read the Preface, the Introduction ("If Art Can Be Anything, Then It Is Nothing"), and Chapter 3 ("What's Wrong with 'Abstract Art'?"). To my surprise, I'm enjoying the writing style. I found the writing style of What Art Is by Kamhi and Torres (2000) tedious
I've read enough of your writings now to share Jonathan's judgement. How about an example?
http://www.objectivistliving.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5855&p=53161
At least on my first 30 or 50 readings, in my 20's, of Kant's aesthetics it sounded like the gibberish that Phil and Kyrel joke about. Since then, I have read it many, many more times, and feel very comfortable understanding his style, content, and meaning. For many people it is not anymore understandable then the more weird asp