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boone wrote: jdstories wrote: boone wrote: I disagree. I guess the definition of the definition of art is subjective, too. Let me put it into perspective for you. Throughout history certain persons have denounced imagery they were uncomfortable with as being somethig other than art. Over time we have come to realize that what they were denouncing does in fact have artistic merit. So ask yourself, did it magically become art over the decades/centuries, or was it always art but we just didn't recognize it as such? I believe the latter is true. That's what subjectivity is. The fact that something is art or not is intangible. You can't explain what makes something artistic. It has nothing to do with whether or not it's controversial, it's whether or not it speaks to you artistically. If it doesn't, it just doesn't, and you can't force others to agree with you. Some people still say that modern art isn't art. This really isn't something to fight about is it? It seems really autocratic, and, well, pedantic. Who is fighting? You can call something a name all you want, but that doesn't make it what you want it to be. I am fully aware of the nature of subjectivity, but it doesn't apply in this instance. You want to apply a connotative meaning where only a denotative meaning should exist. JD _________________ "Well, hopefully that's our job, to strap rockets onto everything." - Adam Savage, Mythbusters |
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jdstories wrote: Who is fighting? You can call something a name all you want, but that doesn't make it what you want it to be. I am fully aware of the nature of subjectivity, but it doesn't apply in this instance. You want to apply a connotative meaning where only a denotative meaning should exist. JD You guys seem to be proving that even the issue of whether art is subjective or objective, is subjective itself. It all boils down to the definition of art -- according to Webster: "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." Beauty is inherently subjective, and whether something is beautiful or not determines whether it's art. Therefore, art must be subjective. Good enough? |
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Poops McGee wrote: Interesting thread. I must present proof that "artistic nudity" shouldn't exist.
Ha! That pic makes me wish I were blind. I stole it from a Hasselhoff thread found some time ago on this very forum. ~Poops This Once Again Proves My Point! GERMENS LOVE DAVID HASSELHOFF!! Sam P.S. JD I cant use the Spell Check on the forum because it crashes my Internet for some reason... I don’t know why, so JUST FOR YOU I RAN IT THROUGH MS WORD! |
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