Who is one to determine "good" art?

My freshman year at WKU I took Philosophy. It was a class that  taught me to think on another level. A lot of "out of box thinking" is required for that class, needless to say not an "easy A", but manageable if the effort is applied. On another note,  with that said, I never thought I would come across some of the philosophical ideas that we learned, but today managed to catch me by surprise. In my 3D art class we always manage to have some interesting conversation as we work on our projects and the debate of judging art came across. Who determines what is good art? How do you distinguish between good and bad? What qualifies someone to be a "judge" of art and make the distinguish between the two. One persons artwork in their eyes maybe priceless, but to another a failure. How do you train the eye to read between good art and bad art? Is good art one that pleases the eye or one that is complex and intriguing to the eye? Does craftsmanship make art work good? What qualifies someone to become a famous artist like Van Goh  or Andy Worhol? It's a hard question to think about. When this rhetorical question was asked today in class it made me think to  myself how I studied that question in such depth about arts and aesthetics previously. I think it was Philosopher Hume who developed a qualification for people to judge art. Not only does judging art involve tangible pieces of art like paintings or sculptures, it applies to all forms of art such as; music, musicals, plays, films etc.  This question and concept is something that can tear your mind up if you just sit and think about it. Publish Post