ingo wrote in message <376aa81a@news.povray.org>...
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>>Anyway, such matters - art, religion et al - are far too subjective, too
>>individual to search for a global answer. You cannot discuss standards.
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>Why not? We judge art, beauty etc. almost every day. We judge them by by
>standars. Why not discuss these?
>


You have your standards. I have my standards. There will never be global
standards, no ISO or ANSI, regardless of how much we may debate. Art for
one, crap for another. Is crap art? Are we art? Is art art? Is my art better
than your art? etc etc etc ad nauseam.

Margus

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Margus Ramst heeft geschreven in bericht <376aac53@news.povray.org>...

>You have your standards. I have my standards.
Yes, Yes.

>There will never be global standards, no ISO or ANSI, regardless of how much we
>may debate.
No standards!  Although....


>Art for one, crap for another. Is crap art? Are we art? Is art art?
First you'll have to get rid of personal taste, then study some more work of the
artist, read about an artist. Maybe do some art history/theory classes. After
that, you can answer these questions for your self.(I guess you already did?)
I discuss these things somtimes with my collegues at work. First thing they say:
Uhh modern art, my three year old grand daughter can paint better. What almost
always strikes me is that most people don't want to invest times or efford in
something like this (not only art, but just learning/thinking things). They come
home after work, sit on the coutch, zap from Jerry Springer to the weather
forcast to the late night entertainment, and are happy with it.

Even if you let personal taste slip in, there are big groups of people with
simmilar backgrounds with whom it's very good possible to discuss art in this
way. Take the people frequenting this part of the net. Ask them to name a
favorite artist. Escher wil probably be No. 1 followed by Da Vinci. Name some
(sf)writers: Asimov, Adams, Heinlein, Herbert, Tolkien etc. Your favorite
software: .... Enough commom ground for discussion.

The goal would not be setting standards, but learning other points of view. They
might change your own view, or help develop these.

>Is my art better than your art? etc etc etc ad nauseam.
With some knowledge (more than I have at the moment), yes, you can distinguish
quality in art.

have a good night,

ingo
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[I sent this message earlier, but Netscape didn't. Dang.]

I think the Pope refers to the beauty that art transmits. As you say, beauty
depends on who looks at it and how. For there to be beauty there must be uglyness
to contrast it. Like the barn in Ken's picture. It sends a message, a feeling.
Also, there can be beauty hidden in a seemingly ugly image. Escher has some images
that look kinda ugly, but when you really look at them, when you see all the hard
work in them, when you sit down and look, and think about them, you come back with
a new appreciation for them. You have found the beauty.

Thank you everybody for reading. =) I'm glad you liked it.

PS: There was more material in the letter, but aimed at other fields of art
(music, etc.), and other more Christian/Catholic stuff.

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/letters/index.html

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OK, I think we are all getting the picture here...

No need to dispute this thing nonsensically!  Although everyone's made great
points and shown how wide the field of art really is (and thus how wide our
imagination and creativity is).

Thanks for sharing with us TonyB, I'm sure everyone got something
interesting and thought-provoking from it :)  I know I did.

So, with that said, everyone has their own opinion and their own unique form
of art.  I appreciate all art, so please keep the raytraced works coming!
:)

And a big thankyou to the POV-Team for creating a wonderful tool for us to
use in that venture of self-discovery!

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Lance B. has aged another 2 years in wisedom I see (double his chronological age).

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Was that an insult?

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Lance Birch wrote:
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> Was that an insult?

Only if you resent maturity.

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TonyB wrote in message <3769700A.F91F80AF@panama.phoenix.net>...

>The human craftsman mirrors the image of God as Creator.


This obviously applies to me -- my current POV project is building an entire
world (it's going to be the basis for a Myst style game).

Mark

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Not at all :)

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Ken wrote in message <376B07E3.8BCF7526@pacbell.net>...
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>Lance Birch wrote:
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>> Was that an insult?
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>Only if you resent maturity.
>
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>mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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Now how in the heck did that seem like a insult to you Lance! LOL
2 times your age in wisedom insulting?! Now I think I may be offended. But then I'm
unoffendable, so: nah nah na-na nah :b

(notice the unmistakeable immaturity there)

P.S. you can tell when my younger relatives are visiting by their personalities
rubbing
off on me. Oops... now there's a real insult I think.


Lance Birch wrote:
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> Not at all :)
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> --
> Lance.
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> Ken wrote in message <376B07E3.8BCF7526@pacbell.net>...
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> >
> >Lance Birch wrote:
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> >> Was that an insult?
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> >Only if you resent maturity.
> >
> >--
> >Ken Tyler
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> >mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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