Memes aside, what purpose does art actually serve in society?

it just werks :^)

>>1971820
This.

>needing a reason

Self-expression, culture, influence, social statements etc.

it expresses beauty, and gives meaning to everything in an otherwise nihlistic world

>>1971813
It looks cool and people like things that look cool

>>1971831
>nihilism is bad
>it must express beauty and not just be appreciable

>>1971824
If there's no reason for it, how do you distinguish between good art and shit?

>>1971813

Art is literally memes, that's the whole point of it. It encodes our culture's memes in whatever medium the artist specialises in. Art that seeks to reject or subvert this, such as modern art, is invariably awful because "memes aside" there is nothing /to/ the art, it's just empty ugliness.

>>1971813
t. communist

>>1971850
How do you distinguish between liking the look of one painting instead of another?

Liking comes after the appreciation. Analysis comes after the experience.

It makes no sense to say "I like this painting more of *this*" because you would have to explain what you mean by the *this* and can the *this* be replicated later on in other examples? Surely it would make no sense to use the *this* in comparisons of other paintings?

>>1971863
"I like this painting more because of *this*" ****

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it's pretty to look at
just like women

>>1971847
most high art dosent just look "le epic" there's usual connotations and deeper purpose

>>1971869
Doesn't the deeper purpose come after the initial experience of 'enjoying' the piece? And doesn't this deeper purpose designate a different experience?

>>1971813

>Art is literally memes, that's the whole point of it. It encodes our culture's memes in whatever medium the artist specialises in.

So art is a means of storing information in a way? How do you make the distinction between art that encapsulates useful information about a cultures memes, and that horrific conceptualist modern shit?

>>1971890
Meant for >>1971855

>>1971890
>and that horrific conceptualist modern shit?

Kill yourself.

>Hurdur, if i don't like it = bad

>>1971901
Shouldn't you be menstruating on a crucifix or something?

>>1971908
>all modern art is le sjws

Go back to where you came from.

>>1971813
Inspires people.

>>1971813
>what purpose does art actually serve in society?
Different.
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We've gotten to the point where our actual natural purpose- living long enough to propagate our genetic material through offspring- is not a particular challenge. So, we need to entertain ourselves, and art does that nicely. It's a big circlejerk of ideas and concepts that occupy our time until we die.

>>1972484
>We've gotten to the point where our actual natural purpose- living long enough to propagate our genetic material through offspring- is not a particular challenge
damn anon. Making me feel.

>>1971813
Purposes of art:
>escapism
>pleasure
>relaxation
>catharsis
>provide a moment of reflection
>motivate others / give them ideals to live by
>serve as a stepping stone in cultural or historical study
>subdue the masses
>subdue the wallets of idiots
>give pseuds something to talk about
>give pseuds a means to influence others

Those last ones sound cynical and are not really the purpose of art, but rather its abuse. They are nonetheless "purposes" of art in some parts of the world.

>>1971813
zeitgeist in pictorial form (being a 1000 words and all)

>>1971813

What if I told you, literally memes?

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I understand you fags live in a world of text. But this is after all, an imageboard, and I don't feel like you fags take full advantage of it. Post some nice art along with your written posts. You can even redeem yourselves with a good picture if you shitpost. Fags.

a Mexican landscape

>>1971813
Emotional coding of ideology

>>1971830
^^this. Also, it looks pretty and gives us humans something else tobdo other than murder each other.

>>1971890
Art can be many things, propaganda, realistic, utopistic, I can depict Napoleone in majestic pose with his horse crossing the alps, or do it realistically where he crosses the alps with a donkey, just like there can historians that connect certain events in order to create a specific narrative while ignoring others.

It's bound to happen in all arts and crafts and disciplines.

With Art we can understand one's culture, the rites, their ideas, views, how a bustling city might have looked like before photograph.

>>1973688
Your list is only looking at it from an individual level. Art also helps create cultural worldviews and so on and so on.