Art is painful to look at
Art is disruptive of normality
Art questions, reduces and simplifies our experience of life
Art is clear, straightforward and uncomplicated.
Based on these definitions, Art is a guy. It's early in the morning, He needs a shave.
mike wilson wrote:
From: Tom Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2005/05/06 Fri AM 11:34:48 GMT To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: what makes a photograph art...
Background: I bought Bill Fortney's "Great Photography Workshop" book a while back. In the book, Bill recommended another one called "Developing The Creative Edge in Photography" by Bert Eifer. That book contains some interesting (to me at least) thoughts on what makes a photograph 'art.' These definitions are compiled by Mr. Eifer and are not necessarily his. These are some of the definitions:
art pleases the eye
Art is painful to look at
art brings order to chaos - it creates harmony
Art is disruptive of normality
art clarifies, intensifies or enlarges our experience of life
Art questions, reduces and simplifies our experience of life
art has mystery, ambiguity and contradiction
Art is clear, straightforward and uncomplicated.
I'm interested in hearing the thoughts of the group on these definitions. Do you disagree with any of them?
Tom Reese
No.
The above statement is art.
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