Art is culture. It has always been with Humankind. It is something that elevates humans. Society needs art. Artists are artisans who create beauty for the enjoyment of others. Art is established as an institution.
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Traditional Phase
February 5th, 20091- Natural Beauty
February 5th, 2009The showing of beautiful landscapes and the beauty of nature.
Paintings, photography, sculptures, videos and installations.
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2- Beautiful Body
February 5th, 2009The showing of beautiful human bodies.
Female bodies are sensuous, male bodies are athletic.
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3- Colour Sensitive
February 5th, 2009Beautiful colours on the monitor, on the screen or on the canvas.
Although it looks like a different excuse if put into operation by a painter who applies colour to canvas or by a video artist applying and combining filters in editing software programmes, the output of both is legitimised by the same impulse. Actually it is very common for artists who are not satisfied anymore with this excuse for one kind of medium to turn and use the same excuse in another.
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4- Rhythmic
February 5th, 2009Images really look powerful with this music.
This excuse saw the light of day with the advent of video art and music videos. It works in conjunction with virtually any other excuse that applies to video.
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5- Hours of Labour
February 5th, 2009That everything about it is very elaborate and time consuming.
Works that have a lot of merit. This excuse benefits from the value of the abandonment of life in favour of art.
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6- Glory to the Lord
February 5th, 2009Works that serve God’s plans.
Confessional religious artists feel their works are legitimate if, by creating them, they serve God.
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7- Gratitude
February 5th, 2009Everything that is a homage to a famous artist.
The artist subject of the homage can either be local or remote in both time and space.
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8- Masters’ Strength
February 5th, 2009The reconstruction of scenes from famous paintings in painting, photography or video.
Different media is made legitimate in different contexts but the principle to which they appeal is the same in all cases. Many times it plays concurrently with Gratitude (7) but Masters’ Strength gets its justification from singular unique works, often without direct acknowledgement of the master’s personality or legacy, but rather to their technique.
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9- Already Legitimate
February 5th, 2009Repeats something that has already been proved as being good.
All the works of art created by famous artists are legitimised immediately. The artist doesn’t even think it is necessary to legitimise the work.
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