/lit/ - Literature

>>4691297

dude this is /lit, not /mu/

>>4691300
I don't go on /mu/ and I assumed /lit/ would have an interest in art. Or at least a few people here.

>>4691297
Read something on the history of art to get the general idea. Then you can just read books that specifically focus on a given period.

It might be better to ask /ic/.

Read some bios. The World of Art series is also a good source for history and inspiration.

>>4691297
id also be interested in knowing

recently discovered this photographer. beautiful shots. it would be cool if this thread turned into a good art share

>>4691297
How exactly do you want to into-art as it would relate to a book?

Because it's just connecting the eyes and hands

Kenneth Clark's Civilisation is a really informative and well put together documentary on art, sculpture, architecture etc. and an excellent starting point, basically looks at the history of civilisation through the history of art. Then maybe try something like A history of art in 3 colours. I'd say after that you could move on to specialising with the context you would then have. History of blue is fantastic apart from anything you should watch that.

>>4691297
Making art?
Ask /ic/.
Interpreting art?
Nothing interesting has really happened since Burke's "A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful".

Why don't you guys just post some good art? art that touches you and that you think is good? would make a much better thread.

here's some edward hopper

>>4691337
Is that suppose to be an assault on people who like to read? Since the guy whos reading is all alone and looks sad. While the others are paired with mates and have a look of pondering the mountains.

Get high and make something.

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ok

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>>4691297
You must unlearn the logical thinking that or education system imparts and start "thinking with intuition"

See, the reason why it's hard to describe is that it's the opposite of thinking verbally, a.k.a in symbols

Read Keith Johnstone's Impro - Improvisation and the Theatre and Edwards' Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, they're a good start and will make you understand the mentality you must adopt

>>4691382
fogot to mention that this is mainly for adopting the artist's mentality, since you didn't specify what you meant by how to get "into art"

>>4691382
I'm an engineering student with genius level grades, I spend almost my entire days making music, drawing, watching films or reading books.
When taking MBTI tests I typically score INFP or INTP, a balance is possible.

>>4691390
>I spend almost my entire days making music, drawing
good. many people don't and balance is indeed possible and indeed preferable

>>4691393
>that sentence

fuck, I'm going to bed

>>4691366
Revolution.

>>4691367
Tranquility.

>>4691369
Hunger.

>>4691370
Desperation.

>>4691371
Hardships.

>>4691373
Society.

>>4691374
Ego.

>>4691375
Vanity.

>>4691378
Ignorance.

>>4691379
The edge.

>>4691381
Duty.

How am I doing?

>>4691394
Pretty well

>>4691297
Go to the library, go to the art books section, grab a pile, take them home and go through them. Look up artists on google from the books. That's what I do.

>>4691337
The guy on the left, closest to us looks like he's being sucked backwards by some kind of vacuum cleaner.

>>4691375
This is just pornography.

>>4691408
Porn is art

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nice. here's some reinhardt

>>4691408
"just"
That is a really good painting anon. It takes great technique to achieve that.

I’m not trying to stir up any arguments here, but I believe every person that considers themselves well-cultured should be able to appreciate art for both technique and idea alike. Saying baroque is “kitschy" is as childish as the “I could do that” attitude, and not seeing the importance of either skill or (transgressive) intention is, to me, a sure sign of closed-mindedness.

>>4691297
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http://plato.stanford.edu/search/searcher.py?query=Art

>>4691597
If the idea is not expressed by the work, if the depiction is so bland and vague that anything can be projected into it, it is no longer "art", but only noise.
And yes, technically everything can be" art", because there is no hard definition of the term, and someone made a joke about that 100 years ago! How witty and funny! So witty and funny that "artists" have just repeated that joke again and again for decades and done nothing else! Not deconstructed beauty and meaning, but abandoned it in favor of pretentious wankery and skill-less reiteration of a century old, shallow joke. Everyone is an artist. Nobody is an artist!

>>4691330

Seconded, was going to post Kenneth Clark before I saw this. Would certainly recommend as an introduction to the history of art

>>4691297
through suffering

>>4691413
it never is. the whole point of art is that it's never porn.

>>4691959
I get what you’re trying to say, that’s why I attached a painting by Klein with my post, although it could’ve also been something from Duchamp, Mondrian, or Pollock — people who actually questioned the limits of art when it was still supposed to be an unquestionable thing. And while there is some quality, thought-provoking contemporary production, I agree on the fact that the vast majority of it is just mindless regurgitation of the same old “hurp what is art what is truth what is ethics” without coming to any conclusions or challenging any norms. Also, shock for the sake of shock value itself is really getting stale, if you ask me.