Ash's Art Appreciation, Lecture #1

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::Ash sits, his feet propped up on his desk,awaiting his coffee::

Alright, sign the attendance sheet, sit down, and shut up! There will be time for discussion after the presentation.

::dims the lights, and starts up the slide projector::

Alright, we're gonna start with the most basic of concepts, knuckleheads.

::He clicks to the first slide. It merely reads "WHAT IS ART?" in big blue letters::

That's right, what is art? I'm sure you could find a definition in one of them dictionary thingies, but I'm just gonna show you, got it?

::Clicks to the next slide, "The Mona Lisa"::

Art!

::Clicks to the next slide, Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Can"::

Not art!

::Next slide, "The Birth of Venus"::

Art!

::this continues for a good hour, of Ash simply declaring famous paintings Art or Not Art::

Alright, that's the lecture for today. Now, talk amongst your pretty little selves, and don't be afraid to ask any questions.

Comments

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I mean we get the representationalist stuff, and some of the surreal, but why aren't the blurry flowers (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/valarltd/waterlilyjpg.jpg) art?

And then there are things like David (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/valarltd/michelangelo12.jpg) which are naked but most assuredly aren't women. Very representational.