Weather lore also choppy and unpleasant. Seagulls huddled on the ground may be a sign that the weather is already bad. Cows prefer not to have the wind blowing in their faces, and so typically stand with their backs to the wind. Since westerly winds typically mean arriving or continuing fair weather and easterly winds usually indicate arriving or continuing unsettled weather, a cowvane is as good a way as any of knowing what the weather will be up to for the next few hours. While it is true that cats and dogs eat grass, it has nothing to do with the
What is a Masterpiece? particular (the fruits of the era in which the artist lived) with the universal (the grand themes raised by the human condition itself) in Clark's view. Clark's definition of an artistic masterpiece was based on a number of different considerations and criteria that apply to different works produced in markedly different time periods and milieux. For example, in this particular work he argued that it is the "creation of an individual artist's authentic genius." At the same time, he expounded a number of other aspects that for him were essential in the configuration of a masterpiece: that it is "a