"Call that art, f' off" An eternal question without answer. As soon as you codify art it ceases to be so. By definition it cannot be defined without becoming artifice. Art is always what the artist produces - an excuse for irrelavence even. Can a machine produce art rather than just copy it? Can an animal produce art? Does a natural object become art because we find it interesting. - is a photograph of that object any more art than the object itself? Is the intent of the photographer relavent? - does the fate of the image depend on whether it was design or accidenet. Is a copy of another piece of art ever art? Is art not what we create, rather than what we see? Ergo only still-life photos are really artistic - the rest mere record? Some definitions and sites I found interesting while searching for "definition of art" ... Definition of Art Baruch Spinoza "Any human creation which contains an idea other than its utilitarian purpose." http://www.shah.it/define.htm A definition of art (1910) colophon. http://www.vagabondage.com/definitionof-art/definition.html << Heheheh ... like the domain name ... bondage with a twist >> DEFINITION OF ART AND NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS Philosophy of Art Jeff Strayer Not all objects are works of art. ... www.ipfw.edu/phil/faculty/Strayer/defofart.pdf - http://www.jaques.demon.co.uk/etym/art.htm#TOP BON: Definition of Art. Scott Schneider ... Here is a recap of my alternate definition of art, which I gave at the salon. While writing ... http://www.wetheliving.com/pipermail/boston/2002-August/000387.html Art - Definition A Definition of Art B, ecause art is comparable to a folder rather than a file, its definition is subjective. It is determined by individual fiat. ... http://www.ebtx.com/art/art02.htm Zoom TEXT The Definition of Art according to Roland Koch ... The Definition of "Art" according to Roland Koch. I don't agree with the Oxford Dictionary's definition when it arbitrarily assigns art as the product of human ... http://www.xlab.co.za/files%5Cartworks%5CDefinart.html "Art is the Product of Life and Life is the Product of Art." or "Art is in the Eye of the Beholder." Now argue about that! The idea that various activities such as painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and poetry have something essential in common belongs to a particular period beginning only in the eighteenth century. It was then that the 'fine arts' became separated off from scientific disciplines and more mundane exercises of skill. Later, during the eras of romanticism and modernism, this became transmuted into the single notion of art. Contemporary philosophers have inherited the notion, but are no longer entirely sure what to do with it. http://www.xrefer.com/entry/551327 Definition of "the Arts" by the United States Congress http://www.csulb.edu/~jvancamp/361_r8.html
