Thanks Ranulph.
Further to your brief post, and relating to the broad question 'What
is Art?', the twelve 'core' items listed below are said to summarise
the cross-cultural features of works of art and qualities of the
experience of art.
I have not summarised them (most are self explanatory) but thought
that in keeping with the debate on the list titled 'Design - the
problem of Art' I wondered if design researchers on the list envisage
a future for their work without all of these features:
1 Direct pleasure
2 Skill and virtuosity
3 Style
4 Novelty and curiosity
5 Criticism
6 Representation
7 Special focus
8 Expressive individuality
9 Emotional saturation
10 Intellectual challenge
11 Art traditions and institutions
12 Imaginative experience
Dutton, D. (2009). The art instinct : beauty, pleasure, and human
evolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Regards, Robert
On 10 Jun 2010, at 17:07, Ranulph Glanville wrote:
> Art, of course, means cunning.
>
> So does design.
>
> QED (whatever it was that had to be demonstrated, that is).
>
> Ranulph
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