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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Actually, if you have to ask "is this art" then I?d say no, it defiantly isn?t. * rant ahead * I don't really care what the dictionary says, I can't consider something art if the person who make the artwork can't justify their reasons behind the "work". Additionally, making an "image? be it a painting, drawing or sculpture for the sole purpose of making an aesthetic image isn't something I'd call art either. Furthermore, I'd say art has to have meaning, purpose and most importantly, intent prior to starting the work. I'd also say you have to be able to justify how and why you make the artwork as well as the process of making it. Thus ruling out any Photoshop filter play or pure experimentation as art in my eyes. The only problem with that definition is that it could also be used to define "design", but there's always been a very blurred line between art and design. Although, I should also point out that many people confuse the term "art" with "artistic" and "craft", which refer to a person?s skill and have more to do with someone?s evident body of work than any particular "image" so to speak. I also see the word "artistic" as an opinion, thus If I thought your image looked nice I could say your image is "artistic" or "crafty" but I can't call it art. Which brings me to my final chest thump for the morning -- just because you think something is "art" doesn't mean it is. IMHO, art can only be defined by the viewer (even though many people think they have the ability to label what is and isn't art, these are these are usually the same people that think any aesthetically pleasing image is art), as I believe "art" in the true sense of the word can only be defined by the artist who created it ?- which ties back into the stuff I said earlier about intent, purpose and justification. sigh Ok, been meaning to get that out for a while but I could never seem to find the words for it before now. Anyways, as usualy, that's just my opinion on the matter, feel free to tear it to peices. [url=http://dracusis.deviantart.com/] [img]http://www.whatever.net.au/~cameron/files/images/ozone/ArtDecoSiggy.gif[/img] [/url] Loading...
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