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minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoI think a viewer can decide something is art unintentionally by evaluating it as art. If you need an artist to intend, then I guess the viewer is that artist because they are the one who made it art.
minus-squarehuginn@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoPeople can decide non-artistic things are aesthetically pleasing and apply the label of art to them but without a creator you can’t have art. But if it’s a good a human designed - that designer had artistic intentions.
I think a viewer can decide something is art unintentionally by evaluating it as art. If you need an artist to intend, then I guess the viewer is that artist because they are the one who made it art.
People can decide non-artistic things are aesthetically pleasing and apply the label of art to them but without a creator you can’t have art.
But if it’s a good a human designed - that designer had artistic intentions.