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Art that is, Why?
The difference between being an artist and a designer is that an artist is allowed to run with their imagination to create art of their mind. A designer is able to use their own creative talent to a limit. A … Continue reading
Art is………………………………….
As I mentioned in the first day of class, never before have I had any design class in college. That also includes art, art history or any art related subjects. I really did try to take one my sophomore year … Continue reading
There are learning opportunities everywhere
I can see very quickly how not being aware of basic artistic movements, or categories, would be a major deficiency of any visual designer. Clients would expect someone working in visual media to have a basic understanding of what is … Continue reading
Pfsh, Who Needs Art?
As someone who had to painstakingly force himself to read Why Is That Art?, I find it very difficult to understand how I could apply the knowledge in this text to what I’m doing in the Interactive Media program – at … Continue reading
What is art?? You tell me.
What is art is one of those subjective questions that nobody would be able to clearly define. It’s like asking, what is religion? what is love? what is hope? Everyone who is asked that question will have a different response. … Continue reading
So Cultured Right Now
For the past two weeks I have been thinking the Why is That Art? actually does a decent job of outlining the major artistic movements. Barrett even gives pretty good examples to contextualize the ideas behind these movements. I have … Continue reading
Joan of Art: Creative Food for Thought
What is art? As I ponder the question, I recount the days that I perused through The High Museum in Downtown Atlanta, and huddled around an innovative piece by a Chinese sculptor called the Terracotta army. The structures were massive … Continue reading
Is art that important?
Throughout the past two weeks I think we kept coming back to one main point, especially as we discussed some of the more controversial (as in why is THAT one art?) pieces. Its easy to look at a simple piece … Continue reading
Week 3: What Is Art and Does It Matter?
Week 3: What Is Art and Does It Matter? Bruce Lee once famously said “The highest art is no art, the highest form is no form.” And to a certain extent, I agree with this. I feel as though once … Continue reading
What Is Art? Maybe It’s Just, Like, Your Opinion, Man.
The question “What is art?” seems to me to be in the same category as “What is God?”. Nobody knows, and anybody that claims to is full of shit, in my opinion, man. It’s kind of like Jaron Lanier wrote … Continue reading
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