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What is art? What differentiates good art from bad art? What is beauty?

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topic Aesthetic differences and forgery
Is there a difference between two art works which you can not tell apart?
Why exist? 9 61 Nov 19, 2009
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topic Subjective Vs. Objective (1, 2)
Tafa 17 576 Apr 06, 2009
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topic Art, discovery or invention?
To what extent can we speak about art as a discovery or an invention?
Mike23 9 153 Sep 25, 2009
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topic Understanding heavy metal (1, 2, 3, 4)
Tobias 36 533 Dec 14, 2008
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topic "I listen to everything" (1, 2, 3, 4)
Why that statment bothers me.
FloydMcHenry 35 318 Nov 11, 2009
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topic Does Art have boundaries and limitations? (1... 4, 5, 6)
Omninescience 50 577 Jul 30, 2009
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topic The Music Industry
What are your views on the way the artists present themselves in the industry
Paintspot 4 37 Nov 15, 2009
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topic Is Fashion art? (1, 2, 3)
Can art be business-oriented?
pourquoi 24 497 Aug 11, 2009
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topic The Beauty of Violence (1, 2)
On Suffering as an artform
malneyugnfl 13 220 Sep 21, 2009
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topic Does Music Improve with Time? (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
voyaging 40 766 Jan 10, 2009
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topic Minimalism and Boredom (1, 2)
Reflection on the appropriate uses of constraints in art
notquitethere 11 153 Nov 01, 2009
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topic Is philosophy an art? (1, 2)
The philosophy of art? What about the art of philosophy?
Logico 16 338 Sep 16, 2009
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topic On conformity and musical influence
Interactive discussion regarding music and society.
Decagonian 3 74 Nov 05, 2009
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topic Music
StephieDanielle 7 118 Apr 13, 2009
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topic the cult of genre
are people genre obsessed?
nelvan 4 104 Oct 19, 2009
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topic Criticism
Four questions about criticism.
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By Desidude666 Last Post
topic Beauty and Darwin (1, 2, 3, 4)
A Darwinian interpretation of beauty
nyana 32 381 Sep 12, 2009
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By jsidelko Last Post
topic The Blue Note (1... 4, 5, 6)
What is it?
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topic Inglorious Basterds (1, 2)
and ideology
litkey 12 265 Sep 19, 2009
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topic auteur or
litkey 4 106 May 16, 2009
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