Re:Is an Engineer an Artist?
by AndrewDucker on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @11:52AM
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That's amazing craftmanship you're admiring.
Art has no function. Craft has function.
Re:Is an Engineer an Artist?
by dragonwriter on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @11:54AM
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The primary function of art (it may have others, but this function is what defines it as art) is to create a response in the person experiencing it; it is not without function.
Or rather, art's primary function is expressive or communicative, while craft has other primary functions.
Can't craftsmanship have artistic flair? The result of creative emotional expression while crafting?
> Art has no function.
Can you name an art piece that has no function?
Haven't you ever looked at a code or software project and gotten that distinct feeling of awe that arises in you when you realize you are looking at something high quality, something that required real craftsmanship to make? That is art.
It most recently happened to me when I discovered Vue.js. As a diehard angular user, Vue was just so clean, so simple, so beautiful - a breath of fresh air in a warzone of competing monolithic javascript frameworks.