Response to Skyla

"Who is your favorite artist and why do you consider him or her as such?"

Hmm this question is a little hard. My current favorite artist is probably Mt Eden dubstep, a dj, and a composer of music. I have him in the number one spot right now because i can relate to his music. He uses the same software, and genre of music i do. His music to me is both inspiring and beautiful. Manipulation of sounds, and the flow of the song show that he is an expert in his field.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZnpikoHNWw

here s a beautiful song by him.

ENJOY!

Response to Lisa

"Do you think that the human form is in itself a form of art? Why or why not?"

That question stirs so much to say in me!

Human form is a beautiful thing, and arguably the most beautiful form of them all. Its contours, make up, colour, fine detail, they re all breathtaking and amazing.

Although human form does not follow the necessary conditions for an art form. I like to think of human body as a canvas that can be changed into a work of art. Intentional creation of aesthetically pleasing beautiful alterations.

but by itself its just a white canvas, created solely by none other then the nature. We are not born to aesthetically please, our existence does not constrict us to become a display object.

Even though the body might be beautiful and have some sufficient conditions of a work of art, it fails to fulfill the necessary conditions and it fails as a work of art by itself.

My definition of art

I took this approach to attempt to define what has been previously undefined in the wider sense of the category.

Art is not a static study, revolutions in art happen very often, and often push the boundaries outside of our comfort zone.

Lets start with some few basic necessary conditions:

-Must be an artifact

-Created with intention of being aesthetically pleasing

-must be recognized, and appreciated by at least one person

In the previous few conditions of what are is we can make a crude definition.

Art is an object, (including music, prose, language, form, acting and etc) or action performed or created with intention of display, aesthetically it has bring up emotions or feelings, and it must be recognized at least by one person as an art object.

critical thinking and warternberg

As much as i appreciate the diversity of theories and philosophies on what is art, some of them are just pretty speech with no real backbone. The use grandiose words and form, to convince us about art being this mystical thing, that we will never fully experience.

For as long as i can remember in the art and philosophy class we tried to categorize art with other disciplines, we tried finding guidelines and outlines, but in the end nothing really made sense. No theories were completely right, although some of them were or are hugely popular.

I understand that each theory has its flaws, that should always be evaluated, but also we have to notice the defects, we cannot just take the authors word for what he says. Tolstoy said that art's purpose is to communicate a message, and feeling from an author to a viewer. Many people agree they feel they have received a message from the author, upon reading text from Tolstoy, but in actuality, we constantly feel something, we are human beings after all.

Therefore i am sorry to conclude that Warternberg brings us theories about art, and fantasies of mad men/women. Line can be drawn between magical connections, and worldly facts.

1. Why did Wartenberg include such phantasmal theories in his text?

2.Were the most unrealistic theories more popular then the realistic ones?(in a public meaning)

response to tylers "Artist or Illustrator"

I believe that Rockwell is not an illustrator, he has immense skill of copying down the fine details of the reality but he should not be punished for exceptional skills.

He does not portray just how the world is, he creates his own vision, and puts his own point of view into the paintings!

none of his paintings are mere copies, they portray perspective, vision, planning, and intention.

dead in the water

Who deserves the credit of the art, the dancer or the choreographer?

The painted model pretending to be a statue or the provisioner who planned it out?

Original writer of the play or the director expressing himself in the play or should it be the actors?

We have talked about this quite a bit in class, with mixed results. We couldn't draw or agree on a solid line who should get the credit.

In my opinion everyone should get credit because play would be incomplete with out its actors who are expressing themselves, the play wouldn't happen with out the new director, and it would never began if the original author didn't express himself in the first place.

every one who contributes to the piece is an artist. because they are not robots, the do not just do things exactly as they re told, people express themselves and put emotion, and intention into their actions.

so now you tell me

whats the instance of an art where the author or creator takes all the credit?

Response to Tylers Response to Zach's response to Skayla's Post "plastic surgery".

I choose to carry this conversation on because it got me thinking! (doesnt happen often :P)

i agree with Tyler's point of view greatly. Although we as a society look down upon alterations of the body most of time, we also produce problems that lead to these radical alterations.

We pump our minds with marginal amount of people we label as perfect, just because of their near perfect appearance. or so it be believed.

We are capable of changing our bodies.

and if that means pleasing aesthetically, in order to improve once's life's performance i approve it.

How exactly people in different cultures view improving image of bodies aesthetically.

and how do other people react to it? what are the views of making ones body an art work?