What is Art?
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The line between nature and is blurred to some extent with photo art:
The visual is inherently artistic, with its subtle shading and beautiful folds, but Jupiter isn't making art, it's just gaseous material. Yet the photograph, with consideration to framing and light, capturing a particular moment, becomes a digital object of art.
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"Art" is not a value judgement, it's a category of objects. Suit yourself, but this works for me and I recommend it.
You could say that there's a second definition: the highest aspiration of humankind. But the first description works great for most purposes.
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http://www.dw.com/en/joseph-beuys-artis ... /a-1866423
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"Highest" does not mean "largest" or "most predominant", if that were the case the highest aspiration of humanity is sex. For the less cynical - emotional connection.Jan Sand wrote: ↑December 12th, 2017, 12:00 am To generalize, it's quite obvious that the highest aspiration of humanity today is money. To consider the value of a piece of art it is most indicated in its sale price,whatever its other qualities may be. Quite a few people find money of huge aesthetic value, above love, beauty, compassion, and even life itself. And that latter seems to be destroying the planet.
But "highest" in this sense ought to mean something closer to "transcendent". Art, if we're to call it creativity for creativity's sake, is an endeavor of just that - creation. The attempt to defy God and nature and create something entirely new. Which we will never truly be able to do, or we will have captured divinity for ourselves.
Frankly, I don't think that's in line with the definition of "aesthetic"Quite a few people find money of huge aesthetic value
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