This writing was very hard for me to follow. I had trouble understanding the writing but I am going to try and summarize it anyways. This writing mainly spoke about appreciating work. He spoke about how the more educated you are about a culture, the more likely you are to appreciate the work. He was saying that in art you usually don't like something on first sight. By having knowledge of the culture of the work, you will be able to appreciate the piece more.
Cohen
Cohen starts off this writing by speaking about High and Low Art. He compares Shakespeare to the Simpsons to emphaize his point. After that he goes into speaking about a tour he did of Auschwitz six years ago. He goes on for a couple of pages not explaining the tour at all but just emphasizing how it was a good decision on his behalf to have taken the tour of Auschwitz. He uses this example to illustrate that he doesn't think visiting Auschwitz will have the same impact on everyone as it did on him. He is basically saying that what is classified as high art and low art depends on the person. He lists a lot of stuff including some songs that he considers high art because it is important to who he is. He then lists some stuff he appreciates that he doesnt consider art including the song "Buffalo Solider" by Bob Marley.
Babcock
Babcock uses a story about an artist named Maria to explain the significance of culture in art. Maria put in a lot of effort to become an artist. She uses culture to her advantage. Maria includes the culture of her pueblo in all of her work which helps her make sales on her art.
Bakewell
Bakewell speaks about how a painting described "folklorico" was critiqued as being poorly done strictly because it was not westernized. She also speaks about how nationalism was forced to be included in work. If it was not included, the artist was considered "anti-mexican". I strongly disagree with both of these statements. Art should be your own work without anyone telling you what it has to be like.
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