Comment Re:Nope. (Score 1) 444
The issue being discussed here is much more broad than whether or not you can undo. When we come to classify something as fine art, we have to first know what fine art means. As vague a term as it is, 'fine art' can be defined as any work that provides the person(s) receiving it a certain view into the mind of the artist who created the work. Art in my opinion is simply a medium through which someone can communicate his/her feelings to the outside world.
Language for instance is a form of art and so is a painting. A painting could be understood by everyone while language isn't thus making a painting a more powerful piece of 'art'. When we talk about something like Shrek or Final Fantasy being 'art' I would have to say yes they are, since they provide the audience insight into the mind of the artist. These movies are in my mind works of art as much as any fantasy/si-fi movie is, meaning that they're not very powerful pieces of art. The impressive thing about those movies though is their power in terms of being the beginning of a new age in movie making, giving a director complete control over the environment, special effects, actors, their expressions, etc.
Computer Graphics simply provide a tool for the artist to create art. The artist here being the director and his staff, and the artwork here being the movie. We can always then rate the movie itself as to how powerful of an artwork it is.
Now to put things into perspective, my personal opinion is that Computer Graphics falls into the same category as a paint brush or chisel. A painter uses a paint brush to create a painting, or a mouse+Photoshop to do the same thing. If the final work is capable of passing the message the artist is trying to send then whatever tool he/she used has served its purpose.
Language for instance is a form of art and so is a painting. A painting could be understood by everyone while language isn't thus making a painting a more powerful piece of 'art'. When we talk about something like Shrek or Final Fantasy being 'art' I would have to say yes they are, since they provide the audience insight into the mind of the artist. These movies are in my mind works of art as much as any fantasy/si-fi movie is, meaning that they're not very powerful pieces of art. The impressive thing about those movies though is their power in terms of being the beginning of a new age in movie making, giving a director complete control over the environment, special effects, actors, their expressions, etc.
Computer Graphics simply provide a tool for the artist to create art. The artist here being the director and his staff, and the artwork here being the movie. We can always then rate the movie itself as to how powerful of an artwork it is.
Now to put things into perspective, my personal opinion is that Computer Graphics falls into the same category as a paint brush or chisel. A painter uses a paint brush to create a painting, or a mouse+Photoshop to do the same thing. If the final work is capable of passing the message the artist is trying to send then whatever tool he/she used has served its purpose.
