I feel that I don't quite fit into the crowd so my working definitions may be idiosyncratic at best or inane at worst. I would like to hear what you think art and beauty is.That word “beautifully” is so open to misinterpretation. — Brett
aesthetic manner i.e. the process of art must contain some element of beauty. For instance there may be an ugly idea, say racism, that can be a subject of art but it must be expressed aesthetically if it is ever to be a work of art. We can't have an ugly subject of art expressed non-aesthetically (in an ugly way) — TheMadFool
I couldn’t answer the question because there’s nothing that lifts it above the work of an amateur. It’s actually the background that lets it down. You should be able to see that. — Brett
Imagine a racist doing the monkey chant where clearly both the subject, racism, and the method of expression, the monkey chant, are ugly; nobody will every say that the racist was in the act of creating art. — TheMadFool
I take it your response here is for me. Thanks for your praise, however the "clumsy" effect was meant to be like that. I use a technique in which I purposefully work in a slapdash way as part of the effect. Also, the hare ( bunny) is done quickly and slightly slapdash. I can work to a higher degree of photo realism, but I am not interested in that kind of precision, it is rather dull.On a positive note, in the foreground the photorealism is impressive. :up:
You see I am working within a genre local to me in which there is a lot of plein air painting done of landscapes and a tradition of painting hares for example. This work is done quickly with the overall decorative effect being primary. — Punshhh
The genre is of local landscapes and scenery, including wildlife and pastoral subjects. The fact that it includes a lot of plein air painting is incidental. Yes, if there is a bunny it is usually a composition, as they run quite fast.I imagine painting bunnies could be, although a bunny would be an odd choice of subject matter for plein-air painting.
Yes, when it's bunny's it's usually a decorative composition. When I say decorative, that does include decorative impressionist themes and techniques.In regard to plein-air painting, of which I done a good amount, I would say that an impressionistic effect is primary rather than a decorative one.
Interesting, people who are not immersed in the art world, or who have not followed the developments closely over the last 40 or 50 years, dictating what art is, or what isn't art, this is a laymans definition of art and is not comprehensive enough to be regarded as philosophy of art. Really without understanding the development of art culturally, these questions cannot be answered because art in culture is an evolution and what does, or doesn't constitute art changes with the culture. — Punshhh
I feel that I don't quite fit into the crowd so my working definitions may be idiosyncratic at best or inane at worst. I would like to hear what you think art and beauty is. — TheMadFool
Somehow I feel your criticism doesn't take into consideration the artists intent and the culture in which the artist is immersed. Likewise with Van Gogh. — Punshhh
In the end you look to art as information about human consciousness. — Pop
The artist and the viewer are peers. They are equal.
It is one consciousness interpreting another consciousness — Pop
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