What EXACTLY are these objective standard of excellence ? I actually do object to what
I see as poor taste, but I do have MAJOR issues with the idea of objective standards in the creative fields. I can see the use of artistic technique and getting perspective "wrong" and the use of cliché (and actually, someone here who(m, for excellence and correctness...
) I respect very much said not long ago that if she ever saw another 3 Swords with a heart pierced by three swords she would scream... Is THAT a cliché, and if not why not ?
)
But still... I don't see how excellence in any art form can be OBJECTIVELY established. Lord, when I was doing my musical training, it was a SIN to use parallel fifths in harmony as they were by definition ugly - and then we discovered that Vaughan Williams was feted for his use of what these standards of excellence in harmony did not allow us to use...