12-03-2009, 06:05 PM
What is art?
It was a few weeks ago that we were thinking about what we have around the house and realised that in the room we were in, the living room, we have sixteen 'works' on the wall and that eleven of them are original paintings, two are signed limited edition prints and the rest are photos. The mixture is what I believe is called eclectic, ranging from 150 year old oil paintings through to recent years. The same varied mixture is around the house. Is old Chinese porcelain art? How about 130 year old Japanese silk embroideries or 300 year old framed needlework samplers? Difficult to know what is considered art or not.
Paul
It was a few weeks ago that we were thinking about what we have around the house and realised that in the room we were in, the living room, we have sixteen 'works' on the wall and that eleven of them are original paintings, two are signed limited edition prints and the rest are photos. The mixture is what I believe is called eclectic, ranging from 150 year old oil paintings through to recent years. The same varied mixture is around the house. Is old Chinese porcelain art? How about 130 year old Japanese silk embroideries or 300 year old framed needlework samplers? Difficult to know what is considered art or not.
Paul