Art is a form of entertainment that has taken center stage on the tabula rasa, blank slate. What is constructed as art is dependent on the era it was constructed in or the individual who framed it.
Victorian art emphasized decorative arts in household settings and Realism art forms depicted images in more natural settings. With this in mind, an image that was created in the Victorian era and transported to the Realism era would not be as highly appraised than if it was in its original time period.
In art, perception is reality.
For instance, iconic images such as the Mona Lisa are probably famous because the society in that era placed a value that continues to persist in this day. I am certain that Leonardo Da Vinci was not the first person to paint an image with semblance to the Mona Lisa. So why is it that his painting, The Mona Lisa, deemed as famous? It is because society dictates what is great and what will be great. If The Mona Lisa was created in our century would it be as famous? Probably not. Why? Because as society changes, so does the perception of art. What is deemed as "artful" in one era might not be so in another.
In the art world, knowledge pertaining to aesthetic beauty is more than the systematic origination of facts, for the conceptualization of art stems from human perception, which is entirely subjective. The only aspect that is continuously systematic and objective are the organization of primary colors. Beyond that, how these primary colors emerge to paint "art" is depended on the artist himself. This is the subjective nature of art.
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