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Originally Posted by Charlatan
art serves as a reflection of a time gone by... of one artist's impression of what was once immediate and is now the past... it can speak to universal conditions (love, fear, triumph, sickness, etc.). As a piece of film, music or literature can entertain, elevate and transport us, so too can other forms of art. The difference is in the unique form in which paintings and sculpture take (hell look at what having two versions of the scream has done to assayers).
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To me the key is cracking the cabal of art historians and collectors that Art speaks of... to find and preserve the art that is lost because it wasn't deemed a "masterpiece". The next time you visit a gallery... do yourself a favour and skip the guidebook... don't read the curator's comments on the wall... just look at the art and find something for yourself... the way an artist has captured an expression or the odd inclusion of a vase of flowers in the background...
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Originally Posted by Nefir
Putting all the aesthetic value aside, art, just like literature, preserves knowledge. You might not agree that this is a knowledge worth preserving, but destroying knowledge is a horrendous practice. Don't you agree?
Having your creations destroyed after death does not agree with human evolution as I see it, either. If not for the benefit of humanity in general, is it not my purpose, as a parent, to become the next stepping stone for my children to walk on, on the way to advancement? By destroying my creations, I would deprive them of the inherent knowledge it contained.
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Great posts! I agree with them both. Art should not be destroyed. Destroying art is the same as destroying scientific knowledge. Without the knowledge from both science
and art, where would society be today? Everyone should have the opportunity to view great pieces of art and come to their own conclusion, even if some of the people conclude nothing more than what the art historians have brainwashed them into thinking. I would go on, but most of what I thought has been said already.
As far as the paintings being stolen, I hope they're recovered in the same condition as they were in before they were stolen! It would be a shame for them to be damaged or destroyed. And since they're being auctioned off on the internet, wouldn't it be a simple matter for the authorities to locate the paitings by tracing who is selling them and the location by tracking the IP address? And if they can't do that, can't they become the highest bidder and then trace where the money goes and to whom? It just seems to me that the police should be close to catching the criminals if they haven't done so already, just from that, unless these theves know a thing or two about how they're going about selling it online. Most criminals are not very smart and make mistakes, which is all we can hope for in this case as far as helping the police to find the paintings.