Does trust play a significant role in the appreciation of art? If so, how does it operate? We argue that it does, and that the mechanics of trust operate both at a general and a particular level. After outlining the general notion of ‘art-trust’—the notion sketched is consistent with most notions of trust on the market—and considering certain objections to the model proposed, we consider specific examples to show in some detail that the experience of works of art, and the attribution of art-relevant properties or characterisations to works of art, very often involves the notion of trust; in such cases—perhaps most or even, implicitly, all—the question ‘Do I trust the artist (or art-maker)?’, is inescapable.

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信任与艺术欣赏

信任在艺术鉴赏中起重要作用吗？如果是这样，它是如何运作的？我们认为确实如此，并且信任机制在一般和特定级别上都起作用。在概述了“艺术信任”的一般概念（所勾勒的概念与市场上的大多数信任概念一致）并考虑了对所提出模型的某些反对意见之后，我们考虑了具体的例子来详细说明艺术，以及与艺术相关的属性或特征对艺术作品的归属，经常涉及信任的概念；在这种情况下——也许是大多数情况下，甚至隐含地，所有情况下——“我相信艺术家（或艺术创作者）吗？”这个问题是不可避免的。