Art is Beautiful By Anthony S Goodholm What

Art is Beautiful By Anthony S Goodholm

What is Beauty?

Beauty to me: Beauty takes on many forms. Art must be intended to be beautiful to be artful or it must have a purpose, but there should still be an attempt to be appealing.

Beauty to Dave Hickey Much the same as me, except that he feels art is primarily about who we aren’t, not who we are.

Beauty to Camille Paglia Lavish and purely aesthetic only

Beauty to Richard Scruton Classic beauty, Art is created for beauty alone.

Vernacular Beauty What I find is beautiful per Dave Hickey

Creatively Expressed Art Stairs of Peace, Syria

Stair Art

Mass Produced Products of Beauty Cologne/Perfume

Umberto Eco Which of the five Reasons for the Product?

It has a use Smells nice when applied. Attracts a romantic partner.

Does ugliness have a place in style? Yes, to make a statement only or to slowly elicit a positive evolution. Not artful, though.

Is there beauty in parody “art”, pastiche or reflexitivity? Very little that I could discern, but I am one viewer of many.

Parody Art is not meant to be beautiful… …Just Funny…

I have kept my inner idea of beauty Yet, I can appreciate other art that possesses partial beauty.

I am thankful for art I am thankful for beauty in art and all that have applied their brush to each canvas. I am also thankful that others like me see there is a problem with some art and artists and that there should be a solution without chains.

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