indra
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What is art? Is it limited to paintings and sculptures and the like, or can music or writing also be art? Must art be pretty or pleasing to the eye or ear? Can something be downright ugly and be art? Can art be offensive?
Who determines what is art? Is it the creator of the work? Or the viewer? Or is it someone else entirely? Can something be art to one person and just stuff to someone else, or must it be art to all? Is art important to a society? If so, why? Does art mold a society or culture, or does the society/culture mold the art?
I've been pondering this lately, so I thought I would see what others think.
Who determines what is art? Is it the creator of the work? Or the viewer? Or is it someone else entirely? Can something be art to one person and just stuff to someone else, or must it be art to all? Is art important to a society? If so, why? Does art mold a society or culture, or does the society/culture mold the art?
I've been pondering this lately, so I thought I would see what others think.