tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post1709012118248558928..comments2024-03-27T03:11:58.288-04:00Comments on Kitchen and Residential Design: Simon Cowell on What is Art?Paul Anaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-24411729581875590372010-03-03T13:49:49.548-05:002010-03-03T13:49:49.548-05:00Thanks Richard, for chiming in! Still waiting for ...Thanks Richard, for chiming in! Still waiting for my teens' head-heart connection to develop more, but they're way ahead of where I was at that age. I think/hope they are growing up in a more introspective culture today.<br /><br />Leona, wow! That's interesting stuff about the Bauhaus approach and it rings true. Thanks for that insight!Kit Tosellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952085087476789466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-59171737783208384392010-03-03T13:20:34.714-05:002010-03-03T13:20:34.714-05:00Great food for thought here.
My head was recently ...Great food for thought here.<br />My head was recently turned (not for the first time) by the Bauhaus school of design. This time it was via the recent show at the MoMA. The founders of the Bauhaus firmly held that there should be no boundaries between art, craft and design,commercial or otherwise. Their search for truth, simplicity, function and manufacturability in design helped to democratize beauty in a way that we take for granted today, often raising it to the level of art.<br /><br />Sure art is commercial. An artist has to eat,right?Leona Gaitahttp://www.gaitainteriors.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-79188255302770835482010-03-03T12:50:00.546-05:002010-03-03T12:50:00.546-05:00The observation about transparency is insightful; ...The observation about transparency is insightful; honesty, as you said, is instantly recognizable, lends credibility, and allows the onlooker to be engaged (the eye of the beholder). We are all repulsed by falsehood, in appearance and behavior. We crave "legit" (not always, however, the sole focus of teenagers - I have a couple of my own...).Richard Holschuhhttp://www.concretedetail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-38160914561317396472010-03-03T11:21:54.891-05:002010-03-03T11:21:54.891-05:00I'm happy to have your voice heard here. Come ...I'm happy to have your voice heard here. Come back any time Kit!Paul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-91990782469879420792010-03-03T11:20:09.134-05:002010-03-03T11:20:09.134-05:00Thanks again Paul for the impetus for this worthwh...Thanks again Paul for the impetus for this worthwhile exercise! I agree it's humbling,and a deep deep well, and I've enjoyed the stroll.Kit Tosellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952085087476789466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-23119604024209256202010-03-03T10:45:06.785-05:002010-03-03T10:45:06.785-05:00Great points all around and thanks for your defens...Great points all around and thanks for your defense of commercial art. The Mona Lisa was indeed commissioned as was everything of note from the Renaissance and beyond. Art for art's sake is a 20th Century concept.<br /><br />The real benefit to studying art history (or any history for that matter) is that it requires that students let go of their ideas of current cultural standards are somehow timeless and universal. Art in general reminds me that what I think is nothing more than what I think. Sometimes it's with a nudge and sometimes it's with a kick. I find the whole enterprise to be humbling and enlightening at the same time. Yay art!Paul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.com