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is chess art?
Yes. I can look at a chess board hours per day ^_^
It is if you want it to be. If you dont want it to be, then it isnt. So you have to decide if you believe it's art.
they should have a black and white king in the emoji section with the king tipped over my opinion. so it looks fair on both sides if your writing idea for next upgrade
Nov 26, 2016
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#7
It is a sport, a science and also an art. If you consider art, creativity, you can find it in the games of , for example, Levon Aronian. You can also see the games of Mikhail Tal, who played Chess definitely like an art. Everything can be an art depending on our approach to it .
Chess can be whatever you want it to be.
let us consider some of the ideas proffered so far.
Art is the untethered expression of an individual's idea.
An interesting statement which would make any idea art, which seems plausible on the surface but I doubt it will stand up to scrutiny. For example if I form the idea of arranging something in space, lets say pebbles on a beach then I can declare to the world that my untethered expression of this idea is art. I don't think so, for people will ask, in what sense is this art? has not nature through blind chance also accomplished the same? and I will be forced to conclude yes, she has. What are we to say then? that ideas are not art in themselves and not even if they find expression can they be construed as art and we are left none the wiser.
Art has no rules? this reeks of Eastern philosophy. There are no correct answers only correct questions a lecturer at Glasgow school of art once told me. I remember thinking afterwards what a load of drivel, if there are no right answers then why are we searching for solutions. Many of the greatest painters certainly used rules of composition, as well as rules of perspective. Music also conforms to strict rules pertaining to harmony.
There is a very interesting passage in Platos Gorgias where Socrates argues that philosophy is an art, whereas rhetoric is a skill based on mere experience. If we think about the difference between cooking lets say making a pizza or composing a piece of music then clearly one can discern the difference between a skill and an art form because the former finds expression through following a recipe the latter through constant revision and experimentation until the artist finds something that closely as possible resembles his idea. Art therefore involves and element of experimentation lacking in a skill.
Is chess an art form? I would say yes but only to an extent because like music it is constructed on certain principles which the composer utilises to express his thoughts and ideas. However its the arrangement of these notes on the stave which is the actual expression of the idea the same as in chess its the arrangement of the chess men which is the expression of the chess players logic. Chess I would say is more a science though, for these ideas are constantly being subjected to falsification to determine whether they have any validity or not which is a form of experimentation just like any scientist attempts to reduce a theory to falsification in order to prove its validity.
Nov 27, 2016
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#10
I'm not a traditional artist but I am a photographer, and I consider that to be an art. So from that experience I can definitely say that the art of photography has definite rules. Sure, you may not need to follow all the rules, but if you don't you get bad results.
I'd also add that any art form is "tethered" by the medium in which it exists. Photography is "tethered" by the equipment used, etc.
Chess is a medium by which a person is allowed to express creativity. Chess allows people to appreciate beauty. Chess is art.
Isn't an art form supposed to be produced to be appreciated primarily for its beauty or emotional power? (Oxford English Dictionary). In which case chess in itself is not art, although aspects of the game may be said to be beautiful and contain emotional power (anger)?
is chess art?
only in a parallel universe.
robinski909 wrote:
Isn't an art form supposed to be produced to be appreciated primarily for its beauty or emotional power? (Oxford English Dictionary). In which case chess in itself is not art, although aspects of the game may be said to be beautiful and contain emotional power (anger)?
Many people reject this notion saying that art is not merely decorative or concerned with aesthetics but that it should have an intellectual element. The extreme form of this is conceptual art which may have no beauty or emotional appeal but simply conveys an idea. Its important to understand that at first art was merely an imitation of nature and then it was thought that artists should go beyond this.
morethantwentycharac wrote:
Did any of you look at his profile?
I'm on version three and don't know how to view the profile.
Nov 27, 2016
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#15
I'm having flashbacks to V̶i̶e̶t̶n̶a̶m̶ certain other threads...
Don't make categorical errors, kids. Remember, this debate can be over nothing other than the definition of "art," and debating definitions is silly...
