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drmeow

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7. To me

Reply to SorellaLaBefana (Original post)

Sun Apr 20, 2025, 06:57 PM

Apr 20

it is beautiful and artistic but, as a collector of sorts, if I was in a gallery and it was for sale as a work of art I would not buy it. I might buy a framed copy from Target ($39.99!) and hang it on my wall and enjoy it but I wouldn't buy it as art.

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Post-Impressionistic "Oil" of Jupiter: But is it Art? [View all] SorellaLaBefana Apr 19 OP

What makes it art (and all art, art) is the effect it has without out knowing how it was created ... marble falls Apr 19 #1

Nature here on Earth and in the universe beyond is very evocative. Jupiter is beautiful. highplainsdem Apr 19 #3

To me this is the art that shows a Creator's hand. marble falls Apr 20 #5

It's an image altered automatically by a filter. You can call it art if you like, but it isn't deliberate art highplainsdem Apr 19 #2

Btw, I should add that in my understanding, creating art requires intention and work. That's why, for highplainsdem Apr 19 #4

its shrinking!!!!! its shrinking.! wow AllaN01Bear Apr 20 #6

To me drmeow Apr 20 #7