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Fine Art
for Interiors
To read the works of early, great thinkers as they crafted language, gives historical meaning and the etymology or root of a word. Only by comparison and reflection can the evolution of language be viewed from how a term had been used, to how a term is applied in the present. Just think, a decade from now, our descendants will evaluate what was said and interpret the words while keeping a traditional meaning, convert words to a different meaning, or invent new terms.
Think like Aristotle with a curious mind and believe in a logical order of truths. There was a pattern to his thinking: a purposeful intent and the outcome should be the same, an important qualifying factor in determining art as "fine". To Aristotle, an artist had two objectives: first, the intent to create beautiful art, and second for that art to be seen as beautiful by others. If the intent was to create beautiful art was received by another and thought of as beautiful also, then the purpose for creating the art as beautiful was achieved. The outcome becomes the final purpose as originally intended. The term "final purpose" evolved to become "fine art" and the final purpose centered on the art itself as a beautiful object that brought aesthetic pleasure to another.
Can Aristotle's principles be applied as a useful guide for planning and selecting fine art for interior spaces? One way to select fine art is to know the intent of an artist and decide if that intent has the same appeal to the observer, an important qualifying factor. Select expressions of fine art for interior spaces include paintings, sculptures, photography, and high-quality prints.
What were the qualifying factors that determined the outcome? What questions might have been asked and what answers might have been given to reach a conclusion and qualify the art as beautiful? We may never really know. One clue, art is viewed with a critical sense: visual, tactile, audible, and a memory of sensations. Beauty, like fine art is subject to individual interpretation. Although many theorists had defined and explained fine art, the basis of their platforms remained the same as Aristotle. A conclusion, throughout this evolutionary process, Aristotle's early explanation of fine art continued to be the standard principle and remains appropriate for our time.
An analysis of Aristotle's descriptive meaning will have a dual focus: first, to allow us to determine if this term remains appropriate for our time and second, as a useful guide for planning and selecting fine art for interior spaces.
What thoughts come to mind when you hear, "fine art?" This term, diverse in meaning, had evolved from an early reference by Greek philosopher, Aristotle (384-322 BC). Why venture back so far in time to understand a term? A response would be, "why not?"
Blackberry at Blackwalnut Creek (1996)
Bruce I. Campbell
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