tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post4498463075645014045..comments2024-03-26T10:41:35.852+00:00Comments on The 1709 Blog: But is it art?Marie-Andree Weisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17125973798789498436noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-11805333294670920812010-12-23T17:50:43.693+00:002010-12-23T17:50:43.693+00:00Art should be defined as any object manufactured o...Art should be defined as any object manufactured or appropriated to which the question "Is it art?" arises or is posed.<br /><br />Thus a brick is not art if no one considers it as such, but if it is placed upon a pedestal in a gallery and an audience is invited to consider its artistry, then it is art.<br /><br />Photos of Saturn can be art. Saturn itself is not art because we do not yet have the means of appropriating it. Angels are not art because we do not yet have the means of manufacturing or appropriating them, only our depictions from imagination can be art. Stately homes can be art because we manufacture them (appropriation can be tricky).Crosbie Fitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554471152790988479noreply@blogger.com