On the Relative Insignificance of Aesthetic Value in the Evaluation of Visual Art

Abstract

In contrast to the generally accepted view that the value of a work of art lies entirely or primarily in its aesthetic value, I put forward the rather provocative assertion that the importance of aesthetic value has been overestimated and that it does not play the role that has been attributed to it up to this time. I

Keywords

• aesthetic value
• artistic value
• monetary value of artworks