Aesthetics and the philosophy of art Pertemuan 5 Matakuliah: R0434/Aesthetics Tahun: 2007

Bina Nusantara What counts as ‘art’ ?

Bina Nusantara Artist, philosophers, anthropologist, psychologist and programmers all use the notion of art in their respective field, and give it operational definitions that are not very similar to each other.

Bina Nusantara The main recent sense of the word ‘art’ is roughly abbreviation for creative art or ‘fine art’ Here we mean that skill is being used to express the artist creativity, or to engage the audience’s aesthetic sensibilities, or to draw the audience towards consideration of the ‘finer’ things.

Bina Nusantara Fine Art Van Gogh

Bina Nusantara Often, if the skill is being used in a lowbrow or practical way, people will consider it a ‘craft’ instead of art, yet many thinkers have defended practical and lowbrow forms as being as much art as the more lofty forms.

Bina Nusantara Craft

Bina Nusantara Art or Craft ?