Talk: GIF->ASCII: Is it Art?
From Adrian Graham DENT - Rodent <roa...@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au>
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· 6 Sep 1994 13:27 · View full thread
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In article <34ecqn$be...@gagme.wwa.com> rl3...@netcom.com (Zeus Paleologos) writes: >: Art is whatever creates a, usually, desired impression. Clouds are > ^^^^^^^^^^ >: art, splattered paint is art, arrangement of objects is art. So is page > ^^^ >I can't agree, here. A picture of clouds might be art, but not the clouds >themselves unless they are man-made. I think that the one requirement of >art is that it is a product of human activity. If you look at the Indo- >European root of the word 'art' which is related to the word 'arm', it >means 'to make.' So an arrangement of clouds or a sunset may be beautiful, >but they are not art. Compare to the word ARTificial......... Adrian.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,a2c1836789c9529 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,a2c1836789c9529 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,a2c1836789c9529 X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-06 06:27:22 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!uunet!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!gagme.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: roa...@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au (Adrian Graham DENT - Rodent) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Talk: GIF->ASCII: Is it Art? Date: 6 Sep 1994 08:27:22 -0500 Organization: Halls of Residence, Monash University Lines: 19 Sender: bob...@gagme.wwa.com Approved: bob...@wwa.com Message-ID: <34hqnq$e6...@gagme.wwa.com> References: <Cv7...@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: nntp.gmd.de rec.arts.ascii:1691 alt.ascii-art:14158
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