Actually, not a dictionary but my art theory professor ...
this should be pretty self evident though. If all it took was
for "a" person to say such and such was a masterpiece we'd be
ass deep in masterpieces.
volente Deo,
Anthony Dauer Alexandria, Virginia
"I know. We are ... the lucky ones." Bif Naked, 1999
> From: Mark Sullivan
> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 8:33 PM
>
> What part of the word "masterpiece" "literally
requires" public acclaim?
> My dictionary defines the word as: "a work done with
extraordinary
> skill; esp: a supreme intellectual or artistic
achievement." It doesn't
> say a thing about the public or
popularity.
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