Who decides what art means? - Hayley Levitt
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Published 2018-11-26
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There is a question that has been tossed around by philosophers and art critics for decades: how much should an artist's intention affect your interpretation of the work? Do the artist’s plans and motivations affect its meaning? Or is it completely up to the judgment of the viewer? Hayley Levitt explores the complex web of artistic interpretation.
Lesson by Hayley Levitt, directed by Avi Ofer.
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All Comments (21)
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TED-Ed's animations are a true work of art!
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Trust Ted Ed to make interest in a topic that I never thought of.
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But who decides who decides what art means? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
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Im no connoisseur of art, but your animations never cease to amaze. Most YouTube animators and content creators have a fixed style they call their own. They also focus on a particular genre, in which they specialize in. However Ted-Ed is different. The animation varies wildly, and i believe it's fitting for the motto of the channel.
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Art is personal to every human individual. Your life and experiences may change your perspective on art. Art is something that makes us human, and I truly believe that the intention of creating lives within every human being.
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As someone who draws stuff, I like it when people tell me about their interpretations, this inspires me to create better drawings.
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You can't rush art. ~ Geri (Toy Story 2, 1999)
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Stunning animation
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Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder. (Conditions apply)
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"Do wee need a creator to be able to appreciate the creations?" Wow sounds like a profound theosophical question.
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I came here for answers dammit, all i'm left with is more questions. love it.
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One of the biggest influences of my life was when I was yet a kid, like 13-14 or so, when I stumbled across the essay by Roland Barthes "The Death of The Author". I honestly believe one should separate author's identity and supposed intention behind the work from the work itself as framing imposes a limit of interpretation. We should be able to interpret art, whether it's picture, sculpture or a text, however we want and author's interpretation is just one of very many possible.
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In my opinion art has two main characteristics which make it so valuable for humanity: - It's ability to record history and express it , it's ability to record feelings and thinking patterns of past and communicating them to us in the present. - It's capacity to trigger inspiration in human beings in different ways. Since we are all unqiue to some point so our preception of art as well. This brings priceless value to it because world needs inspiration to move forward and progress. So based on these two, I would say that it's helpful to know the meaning of the artist to start your reasoning process about some piece. However the abstract and unique understanding is what eventually trigger the emotions and lead to creative and possibly innovative ideas which move us forward. So I would say I mostly agree with that art has no borders and can be percieved anyhow by anyone unless they sincerely feel what they state they do.
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Can we all just take a moments to appreciate this beautiful piece of art from TED Ed?
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Well every artist making an art has their own reasons for making it and their reasons bring life into those paintings some people might study the painting by just one look and explain it but the artist might have spent years cultivating his artwork for people to understand the true meaning behind their creativity.. like a child's parents know them the best in the same way the artist knows their painting the best and that's the true reason that it is living forever in an art museum!! I like every creative topic Ted Ed chooses to explain!! Great 👍
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Your animation is art at its finest. Love it!
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My quick answer before watching the video: Every individual observer decides what art means to them... (Edit:) ...After watching the video I maintain my opinion. All interpretations are valid regardless of artist intent. Is it wrong for me to stand on a chair or sit cross-legged just because the chair manufacturer only intended it as a seat? If I use the chair as a doorstop am I invalidating it? ...lol Creativity inspires creativity. That's the beauty of expression: it leads to more and more novelty (i.e. memes about memes lol). It doesn't matter in what direction an artwork inspires, in my opinion. All that matters is that it inspired. It serves a purpose even if that's unintended.
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This was amazing. Thank you for the continuous stunning works
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I believe I am a little bit of both, I like the idea that there are a lot of interpretations and perspectives of everyone, but I think it is important as well if we hear the artist perspective and put it into consideration.
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I thought you're going to try to explain what is and what isn't art. What make art 'art'. But this was great too. Also,the animation style is so beautiful 🧡
