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[mancandy]

sieanr said: mancandy said:What do you think people did for entertainment back when Michelangelo was alive? Watch TV? No, they looked at paintings and sculptures. Not really. During Michelangelo's time most paintings/sculpture was either religious or private commissions that would never be seen by the public. People entertained themselves with plays, drinking, music and other things people still do today, "art" was something most people didn't care about. Average people would only see art in a religious context, in which case it was meant to inspire and direct people in their everyday life - not entertainment. Those who did commission art, like the Medici family, did so for private churches, status symbols and occasionally entertainment(but there was allot more to it than that) Ferrel or Cruise are not artist but entertainers, just like playwrights of the past or pulp writers of the 50's. There is allot more, and I mean allot, that goes into creating art than just some piece of entertainment and you fail to recognize the difference.

You make it sound like that average people are incapable of making "art". However, people during the renaissance did have a an appreciation for art. Art was displayed in public places. Michelangelo was a famous artists, not all artists are famous. Not all art sit in the Louvre. When you talk about "non-average" people, I assume you are referring to the rich. Not everyone was rich.

Ferrel or Cruise are not artist but entertainers, just like playwrights of the past or pulp writers of the 50's. There is allot more, and I mean allot, that goes into creating art than just some piece of entertainment and you fail to recognize the difference.

I see what you are saying, I just want to elaborate on your comment. Ferrel and Cruise are actors, a type of entertainer, hence not artists. So movies are not art, just forms of entertainment. Playwrights, like Shakespeare, are not artists, merely writers and writers are just another from of entertainers. So I will assume all writers are not artists. The plays that resulted from the playwright's work are not art as well since they are forms of entertainment. Also the characters in the plays are not artists since they are just actors. Musicians, opera singers, ballet dancers, etc are entertainers, so they are not artists either. I think I see the difference. Shouldn't you be upset that Hecker is trying to incorporate art into videogames since videogames are merely a form of entertainment? Afterall,

Entertainment and art are two very different things.

and based on this, the two cannot coexist. Isn't he just wasting his time?