Art Vs. Pornography Get a better outlook on Art and your mind out of the gutter!!

I agree with Dax whomever Dax may be. Art is about expression not questioning the artist. Art will always have a point, or a statement. Also to call art pornography!! That is outrageous because Art is higher up then pornography it is a class all of its own. Look at the detail the artist does before you think about whether its moral or not because that question has been around for centuries. Art is all about is it realism, sexual or expressionism. What is the artist point?To change that idea is wrong. Look at the guerrilla girls for example they're taking nudity to a whole different level. Why do all women have to be nude? Why can't men be nude? Or both? To consider their artwork pornography because of the nudity you have got to be joking. I also will use that African royalty sculpture as an example of sexuality. When that piece was carved sexuality was a good think the women was the example of sexuality and fertility. Now in response to the Koons painting I believe it has a lot to do with sexuality and to show people Nudity is okay. The reason for all these opinion's is because art is opinionated.

Deriving Meaning of Degas Ballerina Class

Deriving meaning to me is to take artwork and decipher it.The meaning behind the Degas Ballerina Class, . " The dance foyer at the Opera Ru le Peletier,"1872 has many different meanings to it. It has a touch of happiness to it yet also mystery behind it. The people practicing and the emotions on their faces.

The lighting comes from the right hand side which makes you focus on the left. Your main eye focuses on the chair. How the chair shows implied motion anda hint of mystique. The chair has a bit of mystique to it for example: what is on there that chair? Is it dancing items or items left by accident on the chair? The sense of implied motion because the items onthe chair on not fully visually you can't really pull it apart it leaves alot for the imagination to wonder.
Also learning that degas worked with photography can explain the harshness of some of the lines. It has a very formal element and classic element to it. When defining the line in the painting, and the positive versus negative space how scattered it is.Also how the left becomes dominate over the right side of the painting. All these are examples of deriving meaning.

Peaceful serenity chaotic still

I really liked the japanese painting" thatched cottage in a bamboo thicket returning shades of willow," by busonyoua. I liked the serene meaning behind it, for example your in a chaotic world and all of a sudden you see this peacful painting and it makes you want to be in that painting. Professor Stubblefield makes an interesting comparison of this painting and a Tag body spray still. His argument has an excellent point on how you can figure out the meaning behind the tag body spray in 1/2 of a second, however to look at this japanese painting it takes a lot more than 1/2 second to figure out the meaning behind it. Thatched cottaged is an open compostion it doesn't fall into any one catorgory which is nice to think about because it is such a peaceful painting. To compare an Open compositon painting with a Tactial Texture painting well that would be another comment.

Disturbing Crows in Wheatfield

I was astonished by how rushed Van goghs brushstrokes were in his last painting" Crows in Wheatfield." Van Goghs Crows in Wheatfield compared to Starry nights looks unfinshed like he meant to do more however couldn't. " Crows in Wheatfield," seems disturbing because of the crows and the weird looking wheat, compared to "Starry Night," which is peaceful and serene. Not to mention crows signify death as if he was planning his last painting like the crows of death were waiting for him.