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rrneck

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4. Beautiful?

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Sat Sep 22, 2012, 07:04 PM

Sep 2012

Willem DeKooning - Woman

Picasso Le Demonsille D'Avingione

Goya - The Horrors of War

I would say that art is anything made intended to give a deeper insight into the human condition. That insight, like some introspection, can be far from beautiful. Although such insights can lead to beauty.

Art doesn't give us a place to stop for anything. It offers us a place to start. Great art does it for hundreds, or even thousands, of years.

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What is Art? [View all] cthulu2016 Sep 2012 OP

(for me) When I can say "Thou art art" BlueJazz Sep 2012 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #2

Not always sure about beauty myself, as it can have qualities that are quite other than patrice Sep 2012 #3

Beautiful? rrneck Sep 2012 #4

Well said, and I agree. Brickbat Sep 2012 #5

"intended to give a deeper insight into the human condition" = a BRILLIANT definition! THAT is the WinkyDink Sep 2012 #10

The definition hangs on the definition of beauty, of course. cthulu2016 Sep 2012 #15

Oscar Wilde had something to say about art in "The Pictue of Dorian Gray" Agnosticsherbet Sep 2012 #6

Is Dada art, then, or non-art? n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #7

For reference... porphyrian Sep 2012 #11

"Beautiful" is the wrong word. surrealAmerican Sep 2012 #8

...and there is a museum for it... porphyrian Sep 2012 #9

Best definition of "Aesthetic" I ever heard: Opposite of "Anaesthetic". nolabear Sep 2012 #12

Art, like beauty, has always been defined by the eye of the beholder nt MrScorpio Sep 2012 #13

Personally, I think that "art" is whatever I decide it is... GReedDiamond Sep 2012 #14