Porn as Art or Porn vs. Art

[EIngerson]

you would probably have an easier time defining something as "porn" than something as "art"... by American culture anyway, I cant speak for other cultures around the world. whats the saying? I don't know art but I know what I like?

That's it right there. 99% of art is crap is my opinion, but one man's crap can literally be another man's art.

The problem stems from people equating "art" with "good" and that just isn't correct. If you made sculpture or something, there isn't a scale to measure it's craftsmanship that you have to meet a minimum of to achieve "art". No one from the Art Inspector's Office is going to come to you and say, "Well Bob, I'm sorry, but that's just a couple notches below what we consider art. Better luck next time." The fact is it's all art. All of it. And you can classify it into two categories. There's art you like and art you don't.

Do you mean that everything that humans create is art, or everything that exists is art?

What are your views on the subject?

 

[rexbobcat]

Pornography is an Art Form. Nudes are not necessarily Porn. What is the distinction you ask? Porn is an art form of sexual arousal.

But would you consider it a fine art? Or is some porn more "fine" in its representation than others since technically fine art is art that is created its aesthetics and not necessarily to give a message or to persuade the viewer.

 

[bentcountershaft]

you would probably have an easier time defining something as "porn" than something as "art"... by American culture anyway, I cant speak for other cultures around the world. whats the saying? I don't know art but I know what I like?

That's it right there. 99% of art is crap is my opinion, but one man's crap can literally be another man's art.

The problem stems from people equating "art" with "good" and that just isn't correct. If you made sculpture or something, there isn't a scale to measure it's craftsmanship that you have to meet a minimum of to achieve "art". No one from the Art Inspector's Office is going to come to you and say, "Well Bob, I'm sorry, but that's just a couple notches below what we consider art. Better luck next time." The fact is it's all art. All of it. And you can classify it into two categories. There's art you like and art you don't.

Do you mean that everything that humans create is art, or everything that exists is art?

Neither. But anything that humans create can be art.

 

[mishele]

NSFW

 

[rexbobcat]

That's it right there. 99% of art is crap is my opinion, but one man's crap can literally be another man's art.

The problem stems from people equating "art" with "good" and that just isn't correct. If you made sculpture or something, there isn't a scale to measure it's craftsmanship that you have to meet a minimum of to achieve "art". No one from the Art Inspector's Office is going to come to you and say, "Well Bob, I'm sorry, but that's just a couple notches below what we consider art. Better luck next time." The fact is it's all art. All of it. And you can classify it into two categories. There's art you like and art you don't.

Do you mean that everything that humans create is art, or everything that exists is art?

What are your views on the subject?

I personally don't think everything that exists is art. I think that anything a human creates can be considered art because it has the application of human creativity and thought, but I think that of we label everything that did, can, and will exist as art then the word itself is useless. It's like if everyone is rich then no one is rich so we don't need the word rich to describe a state that doesn't exist.

 

[rexbobcat]

That's it right there. 99% of art is crap is my opinion, but one man's crap can literally be another man's art.

The problem stems from people equating "art" with "good" and that just isn't correct. If you made sculpture or something, there isn't a scale to measure it's craftsmanship that you have to meet a minimum of to achieve "art". No one from the Art Inspector's Office is going to come to you and say, "Well Bob, I'm sorry, but that's just a couple notches below what we consider art. Better luck next time." The fact is it's all art. All of it. And you can classify it into two categories. There's art you like and art you don't.

Do you mean that everything that humans create is art, or everything that exists is art?

Neither. But anything that humans create can be art.

Ah. In your earlier post it sounded like you were meaning that everything is art.

 

[bentcountershaft]

Do you mean that everything that humans create is art, or everything that exists is art?

Neither. But anything that humans create can be art.

Ah. In your earlier post it sounded like you were meaning that everything is art.

Yeah, sorry about that. Although the art that animals create is a bit of a gray area. Elephants painting with their trunks and what not.

 

[EIngerson]

Do you mean that everything that humans create is art, or everything that exists is art?

What are your views on the subject?

I personally don't think everything that exists is art. I think that anything a human creates can be considered art because it has the application of human creativity and thought, but I think that of we label everything that did, can, and will exist as art then the word itself is useless. It's like if everyone is rich then no one is rich so we don't need the word rich to describe a state that doesn't exist.

But your question is about porn being art. What do you classify it as?

 

[manaheim]

Anytime the answer to a question is preceded with "For me..." there can be no one answer.

 

[jwbryson1]

:addpics:

 

[DarkShadow]

What Picture's you say, here you go.Credit to Igor Amelkovich photography. NUDE & EROTIC : Photo Images by Igor Amelkovich Photography - photo.net Try not to get a woody.

 

[Trever1t]

Pornography is an Art Form. Nudes are not necessarily Porn. What is the distinction you ask? Porn is an art form of sexual arousal.

But would you consider it a fine art? Or is some porn more "fine" in its representation than others since technically fine art is art that is created its aesthetics and not necessarily to give a message or to persuade the viewer.

ABSOLUTELY NOT, by definition. PORN is a form of ART but NEVER fine art...If it is FINE ART you can not classify it as PORN. Now the line between is subjective and changes throughout history.


Eroticism and nudes are not Porn, necessarily. PORN has a distinctive connotation.

 

[table1349]

The most important statement one always needs to remember in any philosophical discussion.....
































"Would you like frys with that?"

 

[pgriz]

I thought it was "want another round to help your discussion, folks?"

 

[MK3Brent]

We're going to need some examples to decide.