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The Beauty of Violence
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The Beauty of Violence

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Posted 11/03/09 - 05:41 PM:	#11
Violence is beautifull because it is forbidden. Life is beautifull because from the moment we are born we are damned.

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Posted 11/09/09 - 04:15 PM: Subject: Sort of.	#12
People don't necessarily enjoy the violent aspect of it. Most of, actually the entirety, of art is aesthetic appeal; when you play a video game, it's not so much the person's actions so much as the person themselves. And yes, the supposed inaccessibility and moral denouncement of violence adds an attractive appeal to it. In short, violence can be interpreted as moral: why would a man beat his wife like that? It can also be interpreted as irony: How can such a man have the means by which he can go about doing that? And all of these are categorized under art.
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Posted 11/10/09 - 12:22 AM:	#13
malneyugnfl wrote: Violence can be both emotional and/or physical. It is everywhere in art. In paintings, in poetry, in novels, in movies. What is so attractive about violence towards another human being? Why is it celebrated in art, literature, film, and video games? Is there a certain type of beauty in such "vulgar" things? And if there is, explain?! I don't think so. Art isn't vulgarity, it's expression. If you consider violence as an expression, you can argue for it. But personally, I don't think violence usually results when expressing yourself artistically, it has emotional, social and personal influencers. In anyway, it may be argued for, but personally, I don't consider violence (as in Giger) a form of Art. It's too disturbing.
What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven. - Ludwig van Beethoven

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Posted 11/13/09 - 10:11 AM:	#14
malneyugnfl wrote: Violence can be both emotional and/or physical. It is everywhere in art. In paintings, in poetry, in novels, in movies. What is so attractive about violence towards another human being? Why is it celebrated in art, literature, film, and video games? Is there a certain type of beauty in such "vulgar" things? And if there is, explain?! There is absolutely no beauty in violence. It is the ugliest thing in the world against suffering. I don't believe it is 'celebrated' in art. Rather is in order to communicate the horror of the act and hopefully to divert rational caring people away from it and to teach through this medium that it is the wrong way to go.

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