(April 5, 2019 at 8:15 pm)Thoreauvian Wrote: I would be interested to read forum members' opinions on the fine arts.Maximum enjoyment.
Specifically, what do you think makes great art great?
(April 5, 2019 at 8:15 pm)Thoreauvian Wrote: What artists or specific works are your favorites, and why?I don't have favorites, but if I had to choose, then the synthwave music of Carpenter Brut atm:
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(April 5, 2019 at 8:15 pm)Thoreauvian Wrote: What artistic movements are the most appealing to you?Synthwave music atm.
(April 5, 2019 at 8:15 pm)Thoreauvian Wrote: Do you think art is more than a variety of entertainment?I think there's entertainment that's art, but not all art is entertainment, but there's clearly overlap if you do a Venn diagram of it.
(April 5, 2019 at 8:15 pm)Thoreauvian Wrote: What purposes should art serve?Ultimately entertainment, IMO. But also a sort of introspection into whatever zeitgeist there is; such as political, otherwise ideological and fashion, for that matter.