what's art?
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- plusyes
what do you think?
- rabattski0
between $1 and $1,000,000
- clerk0
"Although today the word art usually refers to the visual arts, the concept of what art is has continuously changed over centuries. Perhaps the most concise definition is its broadest—art refers to all creative human endeavors, excluding actions directly related to survival and reproduction. From a wide perspective, art is simply a generic term for any product of the creative impulse, out of which sprang all other human pursuits — such as science via alchemy, and religion via shamanism. The term art offers no true definition besides those based within the cultural, historical and geographical context in which it is applied."
- ingolfr0
any form of creation which tells a story or expresses something or has some whatever.. .
these questions are lame.
- ingolfr0
any form of creation which tells a story or expresses something or has some whatever.. .
these questions are lame.
- kodap0
is a personal experience turned into a public one. as simple as this
- Kuz0
like me farting kodap?
i always new me farts were art
- r_gaberz0
1. Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature.
2.
1. The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
2. The study of these activities.
3. The product of these activities; human works of beauty considered as a group.
3. High quality of conception or execution, as found in works of beauty; aesthetic value.
4. A field or category of art, such as music, ballet, or literature.
5. A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.
6.
1. A system of principles and methods employed in the performance of a set of activities: the art of building.
2. A trade or craft that applies such a system of principles and methods: the art of the lexicographer.
7.
1. Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation: the art of the baker; the blacksmith's art.
2. Skill arising from the exercise of intuitive faculties: “Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice” (Joyce Carol Oates).
8.
1. arts Artful devices, stratagems, and tricks.
2. Artful contrivance; cunning.
9. Printing. Illustrative material.
- SteveJobs0
It's subjective. End of story.
- kelpie0
anything you say it is. Who's going to argue and actualy proove you wrong?
- TheTick0
Whatever the guy writing the biggest check or holding the gun to my head says it is.
Art in America is one thing, art in China is another. Think about it.
- Kuz0
finkin bout what TheTick said
woah, deep.
- Nairn0
..."is a personal experience turned into a public one. as simple as this"
I think that's the single-best, most succinct explanation I've ever heard... and agree with.
/I'm only writing this because I want to take the opportunity to pat Kodap on the back for his very nice website ...and let him know that his 'March Updates. GO Drawings ' link is broken.
- radar0
"Art" is the guy who shat blue paint all over a canvas and sold it!
- TheTick0
Nah, that's beauty :)
- mogwai0
boring question.
- kodap0
Nairn:
/I'm only writing this because I want to take the opportunity to pat Kodap on the back for his very nice website ...and let him know that his 'March Updates. GO Drawings ' link is broken.
Nairn
(May 25 05, 07:06)
.........Its now Fixed, Nairn