Shakespeare vs. Britney Spears: What is art?

[VoodooDali]

Another quiz for everyone - here's the link: http://www.philosophers.co.uk/games/britney_spears.htm


Final Score!

The winner is Picasso with 49 points. Shakespeare only scored 44 points.

According to you, the works of Picasso are greater than those of Shakespeare (at least in terms of the criteria of this activity)! You scored Picasso more highly than Shakespeare in the criteria that you identified as being the most important for great art.

One interesting thing about your responses is that you selected Shakespeare as your desert island artist, the beaten contestant in this head-to-head challenge.

Obviously, this test does not aim to determine why you made this choice, but if in some sense you "prefer" Shakespeare to Picasso, then it is interesting that you have judged the works of art of your preferred artist to be of lesser merit (again, in terms of the criteria of this activity).

[Morlock]

Shakespeare - 61, Mozart 53.

[Xandax]

Shakespear 62 - Britney Spears 39

Well - if the option of having an artist instead of the work of an artiest on a desert island ........

[Zelgadis]

The winner is Shakespeare with 88 points. Mozart only scored 70 points.

One interesting thing about your responses is that you selected Mozart as your desert island artist, the beaten contestant in this head-to-head challenge.

[Rob-hin]

The test errored on me and I didn't want to do it twice, but I have to say, great title for the thread.

[T'lainya]

T.S. Eliot-57
Michaelangelo 53

[fable]

"The winner is Mozart with 56 points. Shakespeare only scored 49 points."

[C Elegans]

Shakespeare 41
Picasso 36

Although some of the criteria that I find very important in my personal assessment of art were not in this test.