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Does the creator or the audience determine the meaning of a work of art?

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Does the creator or the audience determine the meaning of a work of art?

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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 hours ago

E.g. music, sculpture, novel

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A work can have multiple meanings, even unintended meanings. It can even have no intended meaning.

Its creators define its intended meaning, if any. Valid interpretations can create other meaning from it.

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