Art for What’s Sake, VII: The Pornography of Violence
I brought up movies only because many of my favorites have a fair amount of violence in them, and you seem to be lumping violence with pornography.
Tagged: Aesthetics
Art for What’s Sake, V: Aesthetic and/or Moral Judgments
How could we possibly talk about movies as art, if we don’t agree on what art is. It would be the same as talking about movies without knowing what a movie is. And, if everything depends on how we feel or on what gives us pleasure, then there is no basis for discussion.
