(April 8, 2019 at 10:13 am)Thoreauvian Wrote:(April 8, 2019 at 8:55 am)Macoleco Wrote: I think art always involves some sort of message. Entertainment just for entertainment definitely exists. Take for example dumb comedy movies with no end whatsoever.
What purposes should art serve?
Deliver a message and make people think and feel. I think that’s all art can do.
So merely stimulating people's emotions to divert them is really entertainment, rather than art, from your perspective?
Does it matter what message art conveys, to be considered art?
I think the message can be divided into two possibilities:
- Thoughtful idea carefully considered by the author
- An irrational emotion expressed by the author
Anything that in some way makes the spectator think and feel is successful imo. It doesnt need to be a positive message.