In Reply to: RE: Art should transcend cultures, in fact, that's what makes it so... posted by Victor Khomenko on November 2, 2007 at 11:02:53:
Shakespeare and Mark Twain as popular in Russia as in English-speaking cultures?
How about Beethoven... a German only audience favorite?
Greek tragedy?
Korean film?
Dutch painting?
Brazilian bikinis (okay, a little bit self-serving...) or music?
American rock n' roll? Does one need to understand black history and culture to like jazz, the blues, or... gumbo?
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Follow Ups
- Perhaps I should have said "good or great art." Isn't - tinear 11:49:24 11/02/07 (2)
- RE: Perhaps I should have said "good or great art." Isn't - Peter H-son 13:46:19 11/02/07 (1)
- And yet, more... - tinear 05:44:00 11/03/07 (0)