If you start out with a scholarly or analytical approach, you’re likely to end up confused and in the dark about what art really is. I doubt very much that people listening to a bird’s song or gazing at a meadow of flowers analyze such beauty intellectually. Of course, to fully appreciate some great artworks, one needs to concentrate and make a degree of mental effort. But appreciation starts with simply experiencing the work. With music, for instance, we begin by just listening. With a painting, we start by looking. Too many people, I’m afraid, are so intent on analyzing art that they don’t really see it.