Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Yet another "is it art?" thread.

PJF opened this issue on Oct 16, 2003 ยท 57 posts


Literata posted Thu, 16 October 2003 at 11:13 PM

I remember the brouhaha from the "Pink Pony" episode. And I know, if only subjectively, that between the Pieta and one of the Pink Pony series which one I'd choose as being artistic. But... Virtually every definition of art revolves around the idea of 'skillful creation of asethetic objects,' and they all seem to allow for works we'd agree on as Art (the Pieta, Beethoven's Fifth, &c.) and those we'd as likely disagree on (the "Vicki in the Temple" genre, for example). My answer to the question "But is it art?" would be...yes; by any definition of art, the skillful creation of a Bryce or Poser scene (even using pre-existing objects, even if the user didn't alter a single mesh) would seem to qualify. If I were to render the default figure in Poser 5, using the default lights, would it be considered art? Probably not. But once I start adding customizations into the mix, the artistic level would rise. By that line of reasoning, there's no doubt that BigT is an artist.