How do you, personally, decide what is art? Do you distinguish between 'real' art and some other form of art?

Similar questions: personally decide art distinguish real form.

I think art discussions are sometimes up there with politics and religion. If you really care about art, it really hits you where you live, and it feels like a very personal attack when one's preferences in art are challenges. I honor artistic people of all sorts, and I would never presume to say something isn't art.

Which is not to say I would have anything on my wall, on my stereo, in my DVD collection or on my bookshelf. For me, the deciding factor is whether I am moved. Which is why, for example, I prefer Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan to Steve Vai.

I take nothing from Vai's talent, but his playing does not touch my emotion. Art: Dead Toreador, Edouard Manet .

Art...is in the eye of the beholder That’s what makes life and art so interesting; we all have different concepts and definition of the terms. It’s important, I believe, to accept that many, many things can be art; we don’t have to like them, and we might not consider them museum worthy or big dollar items, but they are still art. I am generally pretty accepting of almost any kind of art.

The only ones that truly bother me are the ones that involve the use of dead animal bodies or feces or things like that. I suppose it can still be called art, but I do not want to see it. Other art might not be in my taste, might not be something I would want in my home, but I can still respect it as being the original creation and a piece of art.

I sometimes wonder about some "outsider art" (naive, untrained artists), I will admit, especially when I saw it in the National Portrait Gallery. It's a bit startling to see a gorgeous and highly detailed painting done almost photo-realistic, and then around the corner see something on display that looks like a small child did it! But, to each his own, and that kind of art appeals to certain people.As a decorative artist myself, I’ve heard this kind of discussion for years.

Some of the art "snobs" feel that if it’s not on a "serious" note, and not painted on canvas in oil or carved in an expensive medium, then it’s not true art. HA! To me, that's a sign of a closed mind.

Art is art. I can set a tin can on a pedestal, arrange the opened lid in a whimsical way, and declare it art! Or, paint a board orange, add three lines of blue across it, and voila'--an artistic masterpiece!

I remember my daughter being appalled in her first art history class in college when she was presented with a 1917 art piece that was a urinal, the famed "The Fountain" by Marcel DuChamp. Most of us might not consider this "real art", but now DuChamp is considered the "spiritual father" of today's conceptual artists. S playful parody opened the gates and helped us realize that art is truly in the eye of the beholder, and that snobby and closed-minded mentalities needed to open their minds a bit more.

What makes an original work on canvas or in bronze any different in terms of an original work on a scrap of paper in pencil, or cheap bottled acrylics or created from Sculpy clay? Apparently some feel that subject matter, medium, and qualifies something as true "art" over another. How it be any different in definition to design an abstract, original blob of color than a cute, original kitten in a basket?

They both require the same kind of original thinking, the same techniques in creating the actual design, and both can evoke the same kind of response from the viewer. Is one more "art" than the other? Art evokes emotion, whether it's shock and horror, warmth, happiness, boredom, or humor.

I want art that "hits me" somehow, that makes me feel something. I'm not content with "starving artist" kind of works or paintings of misty mountains or a vase of flowers; something that you buy because it matches your bedroom color scheme. I want something that appeals to me personally, that is something that I can relate to and draws me into it.

I can't imagine collecting art just by the artists name. It has to appeal to my senses, my eyes, my brain.It has to speak to me. It has to make me think.

Since seeing his exhibit twice in the Concoran Gallery in DC, I've been in love with famed "American Gothic" artist Grant Wood. I love his colors, his detail, and his sense of humor! Many of his pieces tell a story, like this one called "Daughters of the Revolution", based on women who tried to call him un-American for having a metal piece made in Germany rather than the US (note the George Washington reference behind them!

): It's much better in person! But anyway, this was a fun question to think about. Poppet!

's Recommendations American Gothic, Portraits Art Poster Print by Grant Wood, 9x11 Amazon List Price: $7.99 Fall Plowing, 1931, Art Poster Print by Grant Wood, 20x17 Amazon List Price: $19.99 Fall Plowing by Grant Wood - 17x21" Amazon List Price: $119.99 Grant Wood's American Gothic NeckTie Men's Neck Tie NEW Young Corn, 1931 by Grant Wood - 17x21" Amazon List Price: $239.99 .

In my opinion, there is no "one" way to judge or classify what is art. I think it's a very personal thing. For me, it is seeing a painting, or an object that stands out , and catches my attention personally.

There might be something about the design, or the colors that just "gets" me. I want to look at it. I get pleasure from looking at it, and sometimes can't explain why.

I don't think it can be explained logically. A painting, or an object may evoke certain emotions, maybe from unconcious memories, or experiences we have had in our own lives.

My views on art Here is Yahoo Dictionary’s definition of art: The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium. That’s pretty broad. Under that definition, I would say I consider “art” anything I like and that pleases my eye.

I have “art” in my house that ranges from original oils to framed posters where the framing cost more than the poster. I have pottery my kids make in grade school. I have wreaths I made myself.

I have metal sculptures that someone else might consider kitsch. They appeal to whatever combination of nature and nurture formed my taste, which is as individual and unassailable as my opinions. But they all have at least one thing in common: they affect my sense of beauty, and as far as I’m concerned, that’s all that matters.

I’m not terribly concerned about what visitors to my home would think, just as I assume they don’t care what I think of their “art. ” If the effect on the sense of beauty is part of the definition, beauty is in the eye of the beholder – mine. SharonW's Recommendations 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die Amazon List Price: $34.95 Used from: $20.00 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 13 reviews) .

1 Larssenabdo, regarding your answer "I think art discussions are sometimes up there with politics and religion. ": It really is stunning the way one piece of music, or painting or what have you can touch something at the very core of who we are as individuals while another may be fine for others but doesn't grab at our heart and soul.

Larssenabdo, regarding your answer "I think art discussions are sometimes up there with politics and religion. ": It really is stunning the way one piece of music, or painting or what have you can touch something at the very core of who we are as individuals while another may be fine for others but doesn't grab at our heart and soul.

Mathematics is an art form that uses truth as a tool. ' Anyone know who said that? " "Do you think jewelry design is a form of art?" "Would you consider graffiti a form of art or a crime?

" "Do you consider photography an art form? " "The art form of Impressionism began in which country?" "Which art form is best?

Mathematics is an art form that uses truth as a tool. ' Anyone know who said that?

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.