Does not every human body have a difference design to it,.
or are the all exactly alike?
mando
On Sep 15, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Boris Shoshensky wrote:
"Does anyone else here have a definition of art that he would like to
present?"
To define very general type of human activity as an art is not
difficult. Any
manipulation of the sensed material which includes element of
design, is art.
Design is a purposeful order in the creation. Definition of Fine
art is a
different matter, because it
involves elements of spirituality.
Boris Shoshensky
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Ayn Rand: Romantic Manifesto : Conclusion
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:19:43 GMT
"Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist's
metaphysical value judgments" (Ayn Rand)
That definition fits any art at all, except it uses the term
metaphysical,
rather odd for an Objectivist. (William Conger)
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Does it really fit *any* art at all? Aren't there some artists
who are more
interested creating a new reality, rather than re-creating what is
already
there? Haven't some of them succeeded?
Her defintion may have problems, but what is admirable is that at
least she
presents one and sticks to it.
Does anyone else here have a definition of art that he would like
to present?
Regarding the term 'metaphysical', Rand presents Objectivism as
one among
many different kinds of metaphysics. She may advocate it as the
best, but
she
still allows that others. indeed, most of humanity, prefers
something else.
It seems to me that she is rather oblivious to what actually
constitutes the
canon (Imago Asthetik)
Correct.
It has always been the job of priests to establish, protect, and
interpret
the
canon - or, actually, every priesthood has its own, and it's one
Rand's
virtues that she is oblivious to them all, unless, as she did with
Aristotle,
she finds something that makes sense to her.
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