Can you have objectivity in art?

Question: Can you have objectivity in art!?
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"Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist’s metaphysical value-judgments!.!.!.It conditions or stylizes man’s consciousness by conveying to him a certain way of looking at existence!.
"By a selective re-creation, art isolates and integrates those aspects of reality which represent man’s fundamental view of himself and of existence!.!.!.
"For instance, consider two statues of man: one as a Greek god, the other as a deformed medieval monstrosity!. Both are metaphysical estimates of man; both are projections of the artist’s view of man’s nature; both are concretized representations of the philosophy of their respective cultures!.!.!.
"Art (including literature) is the barometer of a culture!. It reflects the sum of a society’s deepest philosophical values: not its professed notions and slogans, but its actual view of man and of existence!."
"The Romantic Manifesto"; Ayn Rand

Obviously "objectivity" depends on what the artist sees in the object of his/her art!. If the artist sees degradation in human life he may paint "life" like something from Heironomous Bosch!. If he sees man rising like a heroic figure, he may compose a symphony like Rachmanioff's Second!. If he sees absurdity, he may paint like Dali!.

"It is a common experience to observe that a particular painting—for example, a still life of apples—makes its subject “more real than it is in reality!.” The apples seem brighter and firmer, they seem to possess an almost self-assertive character, a kind of heightened reality which neither their real-life models nor any color photograph can match!. Yet if one examines them closely, one sees that no real-life apple ever looked like that!. What is it, then, that the artist has done!? He has created a visual abstraction!.!.!.
"The closer an artist comes to a conceptual method of functioning visually, the greater his work!. The greatest of all artists, Vermeer, devoted his paintings to a single theme: light itself!.!.!.
"(Compare the radiant austerity of Vermeer’s work to the silliness of the dots-and-dashes Impressionists who allegedly intended to paint pure light!. He raised perception to the conceptual level; they attempted to disintegrate perception into sense data!.)" ibid

Who was objective!? Rachmaninoff and Vermeer and others like them!? or the Impressionists and others like THEM!? Art as "a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist’s metaphysical value-judgments" sounds very subjective to me!.

But like the apples that are too perfect when you look very closely, are they not more objective than apples that only like like "dots and dashes" when seen up close!?

If you must step back to see those apples as apples, when you cannot peer closely at them and still see apples, is that objective!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

no, Art is subjective!. when you look at a piece of art its different from everyone else, you may see something nice, but some people would look at it as twisted and cruel!.

art is transcending something youll have a hard time to explain because its a feeling!.

if your asking about objectivity in beauty then thats different!.
theres a universal ratio for beauty that is 1:1!.618 proportions!.
a real beautiful face would always look beautiful no matter whos looking at it!. because beauty is concrete evidence that something is good!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

all art objective!. the recent storm over photogragrapher bill henson's work proves that, some see art, beauty, light and shade, others see sex pornography, and child exploitation!. People don't see the same thing in every artwork most people take personal meanings to a work!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

That's what art is!. It's based on objectivity!. To love art you must have an open mind!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Subjectivity brings out the art, without which art is only a creation!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

All art is subjective!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

What is art!?Www@QuestionHome@Com