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What do you consider art?

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  1. leftygrove leftygrove is offline

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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 6:40am)

    Studying for finals and one of these questions came up at the end of one of the chapters in my book.. I changed the question slightly fwiw.

    Which of these would you consider to be art?

    -Musical production
    -Movie production
    -Baseball
    -Sex
    -Painting
    -Driving
    -Writing (books, articles, screenplays, etc)

    What factors cause you to distinguish a subject as art?

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  2. GrenadierB GrenadierB is offline

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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 6:43am) in reply to leftygrove

    I slap my dikk all over that manikins face. What isnt art would be a better question imo.
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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 6:45am) in reply to SirCrafty

    everything in one way or another is a form/peice of art.
  4. dodgingjets dodgingjets is offline

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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 6:49am) in reply to metfan4590

    Anything that I can do myself is not art. I've accepted that I have no artistic gifts & I think that many folks that go around calling themselves artists ought to do the same.
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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 6:57am) in reply to dodgingjets

    cooking tho
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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 7:02am) in reply to leftygrove

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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 7:45am) in reply to xxbossmanxx

    anything that is put in art museum.
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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 8:40am) in reply to curiousgeorge

    i think the biggest interest in my life is understanding "the art of _____"

    art is easily associated to perfection for me. which is arguably what famous paintings and drawings and pictures and albert pujols is all about. relative perfection
  10. The Alchemist The Alchemist is offline

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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 8:57am) in reply to bluefront

    ^not all art is idealistic


    I think after you strip it down to the bare bones, art is the use of technical skill in order make a creative expression.
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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 9:06am) in reply to The Alchemist

    aye i can see that, perfection and idealistic is too absolute. original and creative expression is well within the game as well in understanding the arts :)
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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 9:25am) in reply to The Alchemist

     

    art is the use of technical skill in order make a creative expression.

    im nitpicking here, but that definition seems to limit art to the act of making art.

    "art is the use of technical skill in order to make..." so, for example, art is the act of painting, but the painting itself (what's on the canvas) is not art.

    imo, whatever is expressed in the "creative expression" is the art.

    i guess you could say that the act of painter painting could be considered art, but then the "creative expression" is his movements... like how ballet is considered art. imo
    Edited By: LoveHatePoker Dec 4th, 2010 at 10:05 AM
    Reason: it's almost 5am, not sure if this makes sense to anyone
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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 9:29am) in reply to bluefront

    There is an art to everything. You could classify art as all of the above. You could say art is anything that you can do beyond the standard or norm, in a case like a baseball player making an outstanding play ect... You could also say art is something you see or hear that makes you think or see something that makes you feel like you never have before. I think art is something different to everyone, but is close to experiencing an eye opening realization that you just gained human/life knowledge/emotion when you didn't expect it.
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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 4:35pm) in reply to LoveHatePoker

     
    Originally Posted by LoveHatePoker View Post

    im nitpicking here, but that definition seems to limit art to the act of making art.

    "art is the use of technical skill in order to make..." so, for example, art is the act of painting, but the painting itself (what's on the canvas) is not art.

    imo, whatever is expressed in the "creative expression" is the art.

    i guess you could say that the act of painter painting could be considered art, but then the "creative expression" is his movements... like how ballet is considered art. imo

    if the act itself is art, one could reasonably assume that the product of the act is art as well.
  15. cdmalgee cdmalgee is offline

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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 4:58pm) in reply to The Alchemist

     
    Originally Posted by The Alchemist View Post

    if the act itself is art, one could reasonably assume that the product of the act is art as well.


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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 5:03pm) in reply to cdmalgee

    lol. do fisherman create fish?
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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 5:14pm) in reply to The Alchemist

    No but flyfishing is an art form compared to other forms of fishing, anyone can catch a fish with a worm and hook....
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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 5:17pm) in reply to The Alchemist

     
    Originally Posted by The Alchemist View Post

    lol. do fisherman create fish?

    lol - they're the product of the art. Okay - so not really. I'd just been looking to throw in fly fishing as an art, and figured you left the door open enough for me.

    I'd be interested in reading AbQ's definition of art (and then respond tl;dr) lol.
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    Dec 4th, 2010 (12/4/2010 11:22pm) in reply to cdmalgee

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