Subjectivity and Objectivity in Art
Understanding the gap between personal and public responses to art
6 min readDec 13, 2019
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Subjectivity in art is the word we use to explain how individual people can respond to a work of art in different ways. Subjectivity is based on personal opinions and feelings rather than on agreed facts. A painting might be “beautiful” to one person and “ugly” to another, but the material…