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Old 09-08-2006, 05:37 PM   #61
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My favorite bumperstickerable slogan is "Good Art Does Not Match Your Sofa."

Naked lady cavorting with dead pig certainly doesn't match MY sofa.

At least, now that I got a decent slipcover for it.
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Old 09-09-2006, 05:42 AM   #62
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And what is it about a naked chick hugging a dead pig while cutting it up is aesthetically pleasing to "art" lovers?? Give me a pianting of a flower or buiding any day!
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Old 09-10-2006, 07:10 AM   #63
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And what is it about a naked chick hugging a dead pig while cutting it up is aesthetically pleasing to "art" lovers?? Give me a pianting of a flower or buiding any day!
Why does it have to be a picture of either a pig or a building, when it can be both?



Is it art? No, of course not...it's architecture.
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Old 09-10-2006, 03:55 PM   #64
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Very artistic indeed!! But where, may I ask, is the naked woman to make it "Art"?
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Old 09-10-2006, 07:56 PM   #65
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Very artistic indeed!! But where, may I ask, is the naked woman to make it "Art"?
She must be inside cooking lunch.
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Old 09-14-2006, 09:30 AM   #66
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And what is it about a naked chick hugging a dead pig while cutting it up is aesthetically pleasing to "art" lovers?? Give me a pianting of a flower or buiding any day!
And what is it that makes you think art has to be aesthetically pleasing?

Is Picasso's Guernica aesthetically pleasing?

How "pretty" something is isn't the point for a lot of people. Pretty is fairly easy. Thought-provoking is fairly easy too, as this thing shows, and for "art" lovers is probably the more important of the 2. Of course the best art might combine "aesthetically pleasing", "thought provoking" as well as "displays technical skill and craft".

With this woman, I'd say you get one out of three. Plus, boobies.
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Old 09-14-2006, 07:57 PM   #67
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How "pretty" something is isn't the point for a lot of people. Pretty is fairly easy. Thought-provoking is fairly easy too, as this thing shows, and for "art" lovers is probably the more important of the 2. Of course the best art might combine "aesthetically pleasing", "thought provoking" as well as "displays technical skill and craft".
In that case what is not art? You are aesthetically pleasing and thought provoking, but I wouldn't call you art.
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n.
1-Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature.

2-a. 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.
2-b. The study of these activities.
2-c. The product of these activities; human works of beauty considered as a group.

3-High quality of conception or execution, as found in works of beauty; aesthetic value.

4-A field or category of art, such as music, ballet, or literature.

5-A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.

6-a. A system of principles and methods employed in the performance of a set of activities: the art of building.
6-b. A trade or craft that applies such a system of principles and methods: the art of the lexicographer.

7-a. Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation: the art of the baker; the blacksmith's art.
7-b. Skill arising from the exercise of intuitive faculties: "Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice" (Joyce Carol Oates).

8-a. arts Artful devices, stratagems, and tricks.
8-b. Artful contrivance; cunning.

9-Printing Illustrative material.
I guess the first three cover what most people think of when you say art.
I suppose art should be man made.... and have a purpose to the artist. But that would make a paint by numbers kit eligible to be called art, so there has to be more to it.
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Old 09-15-2006, 07:07 AM   #68
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Personally I say that , my definition is "Art is What You Can Get Away With". It's a mix of intention and convincing other people of your intention.
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Old 09-15-2006, 10:55 AM   #69
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Excellent. That's the best I've heard yet.
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Old 09-15-2006, 11:04 AM   #70
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"How rich art is; if one can only remember what one has seen, one is never without food for thought or truly lonely, never alone."
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Old 09-15-2006, 10:32 PM   #71
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That's because Vinnie didn't have a PC and the Cellar.
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