In order to determine whether general criteria of worth in art, such as Rosenberg's, it is helpful to see how they apply to real paintings, "up close" as it were. A key test case is the painting, "The Burial of Count Orgaz". Check out the background on this painting in Wikipedia.
Click this image for a larger one. Look for a "steeply rising and falling curve" in the lower foreground.
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