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paperwarior posted...

That would probably be considered poor composition on a technical level. There's such a thing as music theory. The rules are not absolute but they've even been plotted out mathematically and they fit to some degree with what most people like. But it's still not objectively anything.

Okay so whatever we can call it that if you want because you've just said you agree with me pretty much. The only difference in the matter is I would call music theory "objectively something" yes. That's what I've been getting at with art as well. How is something studied and with defined rules not considered "objective"-- the theory isn't based on nothing. There are certain principles that should be followed to make a work be better-- irrespective of style. Having some random person who really likes a bad composition because it fills some deep desire to be unique, or it reminds them of something from their childhood, or they have some form of brain damage or whatever else, that doesn't invalidate the objective truth.

Just because you personally like this thing that is objectively bad doesn't make it a completely subjective topic. It just means your subjective tastes do not match up with the objective quality of the item.

Tastes are subjective, quality is not.