Art?????

[beetlequeendiva]

What exactly is art, i mean i know what crafts are but i'm not sure where the border for art is... i mean i cannot draw but i love to paint however i can't paint anything exciting but i did find out about this cool way to paint with a little iron - is this art? i'm just not sure what art is classed as....

 

[Tyeise]

Ok - here are the relevant passages from dictionary.com:

art
n 1: the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art" [syn: fine art] 2: the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" [syn: artistic creation, artistic production] 3: a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art" [syn: artistry, prowess] 4: photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book"

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OR:

1. Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature.

1. <LI type=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. <LI type=a>The study of these activities.
2. 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.<LI type=a>A system of principles and methods employed in the performance of a set of activities: the art of building.
6. A trade or craft that applies such a system of principles and methods: the art of the lexicographer.<LI type=a>Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation: the art of the baker; the blacksmith's art.
7. Skill arising from the exercise of intuitive faculties: “Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice” (Joyce Carol Oates).<LI type=a>arts Artful devices, stratagems, and tricks.
8. Artful contrivance; cunning.
9. Printing. Illustrative material.

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From these definitions, I would guess that almost anything would qualify as "art". <g> I know one of the jobs I had years ago was to teach the "Needle Arts", anything created with sewing, embroidery, etc.

 

[awesome liver]

art is form over function but there can be functional art (gherty architecture for one).

art is creation from the mind. it's an trait you're born with. you an learn the skills for it but there's an aspect to it that's not cannot be learned.

design - the word is derived from the word designo (dee-zan-gno) meaning sign of god in me.

art is what you want it to be. there's the dry definitions as found in dictionaries. or you can create your own definition.

 

[-Lily-]

Art is what you want it to be!
For some a cherry in a glass bottle is art, for some it's not.
For some paint splattered on a canvas is art, for some it's not.
For some, dead cows are art, for some (like me) it's not.

 

[Tiger Lily]

art is the result of creativity...some people use quite different media to make an artistic piece of art, and other people use standard media easily found in the art supply stores...