Victorian archaeologists
Art is Universal
Firstly, art is universal. In the 1860s, when Victorian archaeologists first discovered cave paintings, they,aion kinah, immediately recognised them as art. One archaeologist, Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, was even accused of paying a local artist to forge the cave paintings.
While the talent and skill of the cave painters might have been questioned, that they were engaged in the same,aion gold, activity as contemporary painters like (for example) the Pre-Raphaelites was not.
This demonstrates the universality of art; i.e., art can be recognised as art by all cultures. If the ancient Romans had been shown Australian aboriginal art, they would have recognised it as art. If the ancient Olmecs of Mesoamerica, who carved giant stone heads, had been shown Michaelangelo's David, they would have recognised that they were ,metin2 gold,engaged in the same activity. However, San bushmen or Mongolian nomads would not accept that an upturned bicycle wheel is a piece of art. Why should we?
The idea that an unmade bed or a pickled shark can be a piece of art is completely bound to our,cabal alz, culture - to this particular time and place. If our civilisation were to be wiped out, and humans a hundred years from now were to recover the archaeological remains, they would still recognise the contents of The National Gallery as art; they would not recognise ,RIFT gold,the contents of the Tate Modern.
