It is difficult to determine whether something is a work of art or not, the definition of art varies with time and thinkers. ... Can video games be considered an art form? ... We defined art as heavily relying on a community to be considered an art. ... The message of the game is a critic of the concept of utopia, describing a perfect place away from wars and poverty, where machines work for humans free to think and discuss together only to see this seemingly perfect paradise fall into ruins driven by men's everlasting greed and lust for power. ... Video gaming appears to be one of the m...

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(Hegel, 73) The sphere of "pre-art" consists of art that falls short of proper art in some manner. Hegel's account on "pre-art" does not entail every single body of "pre-art" there is, for example, he excludes prehistoric art, Buddhist art, and Chinese art. His main focus for the concept of "Symbolic art was to analyze the different kinds of art that are made necessary by the concept of art itself and the means necessary to shift from "pre-art" to proper art. ... This stage of art can be found in Hindu art. ... It serves as the perfect image of...

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It has become apparent that the impact made by art has lessened dramatically in recent times, as audiences become used to the traditional forms and features of art. ... The social and cultural contexts of both artists and their artworks are important, as is the history and development of all artists, art and art practice as a whole. ... Here Piccinini has presented her view of what these 'Perfect' babies would look like, the exaggeration of the form expressing her views. ... The shocking nature of modern contemporary art is something which is a direct result of the growing tolerance...

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The question, "What is Art"? ... He believed that reality consisted of archetypes (forms) and that what we perceive around us is only an imitation of these archetypes, therefore Klimt's Birch Forest is an interpretation of a perfect birch forest, reinterpreted. ... For Freud art mainly had a therapeutic use. ... Is this a piece of art? ... If we were to follow this, then, much like the previously mentioned Platonic geniuses who have the ability to see the perfect form, there are some individuals who can go about "christening" any object they want as art and all they have to do is exhibit ...

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FLOETRY What is art? ... To me "POETRY" embodies all that art should be. ... Poetry is the one art form that I am most able to connect with. ... She is my soul's perfect mate, my body's passionate love, and my mind's sole companion. ... One color flows and blends with another to form perfect symmetry. ...

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He searches in the outside world for the perfect manifestation of his own soul, when he finds this object, he can create masterpieces by painting it (Bloom 109). ... Ironically, the purpose of Basil Hallward's existence is that he is an aesthete striving to become one with his art (Eriksen 105). ... "Lord Henry presents Dorian with the tenants of his New Hedonism, whose basis is self-development leading to the perfect realization of one's nature" (Eriksen 97). ... Eventually, he is left destitute, without Dorian, the art he so cherishes, because he tried to mold it, as dictated by...

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Perhaps, no other literary era has dealt more with the purpose of art. ... Also the Pre- Raphaelites, who did not accept to heighten the effect of art, had a view of art which was related to the single phrase stimulated by the Aesthetic movement 'Art for Art's sake'. ... His ideas of Art for art's sake, are expressed in the preface of The Picture of Dorian Gray where he argues that : "There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. ... That is all All art is quite useless" (Wilde, Preface). ... However Arnold 'is optimistic that some may pursue beyon...

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I tried to organize my critique of Dave Matthews Band by asking 1) if it is really more valuable to contain 'meaningful' (ethical) lyrics, 2) can the lyrics contribute to the aesthetic value of a certain type of music at all 3) if so, what is the conditions to be 'valuable art' with meaningful lyrics, and at last, 4) what does the appreciation of art in a disinterested way mean in listening to music, which cannot be seen in a real 'form'. ... But its impact as an art was ephemeral, not lasting that long. ... And when a certain type of art can be construed to ...

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