Describing Horn Playing as Art is the most challenging. Other metaphors offer relatively stable references (sports, profession, language). They highlight important aspects of the phenomenon “horn playing”.
Art is what people think art is (Music is what people in a particular place think music is).
- easy to get circular
- broad field of ideas
They help illuminate the parts of the phenomenon of horn playing.
The Art metaphor is problematic because it is not a stable concept. The fluid concept to be defined here is horn playing. But we could use horn playing as an example to define what art is. And vice versa. Thus it is easy to get into a circular argumentation.
Some conceptions of Art
- Work of Art (Werktreue)
- Work of Art (Dewey)
Horn Playing as Art
- Art is supposed to challenge
The Art of Horn Playing
- Art is something that requires effort
Tensions with other metaphors
Since there are many accounts of what art is, it depends on which conception we use to investigate the tensions.
Art and culture
Live performance arts: here and now - arts that build up over time and are possible to develop
“Vision and artistry”
Guarino 2015