What defines

V VampiressRN Grand Member (1 year) Sun City Lincoln Hills (NorCal) Joined: Nov 23, 2006 Posts: 6166	V VampiressRN Posted posted on Wed, Jun 11, 2008 4:57 PM Somehow I knew that TikiBob was going to make it on this thread...I hate that mug...even as much as the Kelbo thing...but I am a hypochrite with fair to good taste, so if you ever see TikiBob in my collection you can bop me on the head. Nostaligia strongly influences what we view as art too. Sorry for the Wikipedia reference here, but it does a nice job of summing up ART in general. ART refers to a diverse range of human activities and artifacts, and may be used to cover all or any of the arts, including music, literature and other forms. It is most often used to refer specifically to the visual arts, including media such as painting, sculpture, and printmaking. However it can also be applied to forms of art that stimulate the other senses, such as music, an auditory art. Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy which considers art. Traditionally the term art was used to refer to any skill or mastery, a concept which altered during the Romantic period, when art came to be seen as "a special faculty of the human mind to be classified with religion and science". Generally art is a (product of) human activity, made with the intention of stimulating the human senses as well as the human mind; by transmitting emotions and/or ideas. Beyond this description, there is no general agreed-upon definition of art. Art is also able to illustrate abstract thought and its expressions can elicit previously hidden emotions in its audience. The evaluation of art has become especially problematic since the 20th century. Richard Wollheim distinguishes three approaches: the REALIST, whereby aesthetic quality is an absolute value independent of any human view; the OBJECTIVIST, whereby it is also an absolute value, but is dependent on general human experience; and the RELATIVIST position, whereby it is not an absolute value, but depends on, and varies with, the human experience of different humans. An object may be characterized by the intentions, or lack thereof, of its creator, regardless of its apparent purpose. A cup, which ostensibly can be used as a container, may be considered art if intended solely as an ornament, while a painting may be deemed craft if mass-produced. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I think I get what you are saying Sven, as you are trying to pump Tiki history back into the artist's minds and hands. It reminds me of how some folks do a cover song...it somehow never is better than the original, but on a rare occasion, some band does a spot-on version that takes you strongly back to the original but brings it into real time with a new and exciting flare. :)

Somehow I knew that TikiBob was going to make it on this thread...I hate that mug...even as much as the Kelbo thing...but I am a hypochrite with fair to good taste, so if you ever see TikiBob in my collection you can bop me on the head. Nostaligia strongly influences what we view as art too. Sorry for the Wikipedia reference here, but it does a nice job of summing up ART in general.

ART refers to a diverse range of human activities and artifacts, and may be used to cover all or any of the arts, including music, literature and other forms. It is most often used to refer specifically to the visual arts, including media such as painting, sculpture, and printmaking. However it can also be applied to forms of art that stimulate the other senses, such as music, an auditory art. Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy which considers art.

Traditionally the term art was used to refer to any skill or mastery, a concept which altered during the Romantic period, when art came to be seen as "a special faculty of the human mind to be classified with religion and science". Generally art is a (product of) human activity, made with the intention of stimulating the human senses as well as the human mind; by transmitting emotions and/or ideas. Beyond this description, there is no general agreed-upon definition of art. Art is also able to illustrate abstract thought and its expressions can elicit previously hidden emotions in its audience.

The evaluation of art has become especially problematic since the 20th century. Richard Wollheim distinguishes three approaches: the REALIST, whereby aesthetic quality is an absolute value independent of any human view; the OBJECTIVIST, whereby it is also an absolute value, but is dependent on general human experience; and the RELATIVIST position, whereby it is not an absolute value, but depends on, and varies with, the human experience of different humans. An object may be characterized by the intentions, or lack thereof, of its creator, regardless of its apparent purpose. A cup, which ostensibly can be used as a container, may be considered art if intended solely as an ornament, while a painting may be deemed craft if mass-produced.  
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I think I get what you are saying Sven, as you are trying to pump Tiki history back into the artist's minds and hands.  It reminds me of how some folks do a cover song...it somehow never is better than the original, but on a rare occasion, some band does a spot-on version that takes you strongly back to the original but brings it into real time with a new and exciting flare.  :)

Post #386435 by VampiressRN on Wed, Jun 11, 2008 4:57 PM