What is 'taste'? How do assumptions about 'good' and 'bad taste' affect our judgements about ways in which the visual arts are consumed? Explain what it means to say that 'taste classifies the classifier '? There are two kinds of taste: biologically through the tongue, and also psychological preference. In this essay I will explain how these are linked and how the latter develops with experience. Good and bad tastes affect consumption of art because …showed first 75 words of 1605 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1605 total…ambiguity of art is endless. I think this is the reason for the popularity of art and its importance in society; it is a source of ideas, or perhaps not a source, but a medium for the mind to contemplate things and ideas. These ideas are then passed on and taught to others, because of the status of art these ideas are perceived by the subconscious to be true, therefore eventually it will be truase.