[mairdie]

A lot of art is a gimmick. During the rennaisance, paintings were ordered by the percentage of colors so that the artists would use the more expensive colors. That’s a gimmick. Art, to me, is balance and color and line and cleverness. Some of the photography here is rather brilliant. But then I think Andy Warhol’s Campbell Soup can was as much art as Andrew Wyeth.

[dfwgator]

I have a simple criteria: If I could do it, it ain’t Art.

[independentmind]

I have always read that great art, besides requiring great skill, incorporates universal themes into the particulars it represents.

You may not agree with that definition.

I don’t care much for Warhol, but I can see why you would mention him. The artwork pictured above, and Warhol’s work share a sense of cleverness. I doubt either will stand the test of time.

[tumblindice]

I like Paul Johnson's definition of art Anything that appeals to one's sense of the sublime. A lithographed copy of a can of bad soup or Marilyn Monroe in shockadelic colors doesn't do it for me.