Is it possible to create art that supercedes the limitations of the physical world?

Answer 1

Art has never been bounded by the limitations of the physical world. In fact, the mother of art is creativity. Creativity seeped into the limitation of ancient civilizations. We can see that, for instance, in the pyramids of Egypt which compared to modern art or technology still puzzle the advanced architects as to how these wonders were ever created sans the technology of the modern times.

Answer 2

Supercedes is an odd word in this context.

Never the less, a thought expressed is art that is not fettered by the limitations of the physical world.

All Art (capital A) possesses this quality... the object which the observer experiences is merely all that remains of the artist's process.

Let me explain it.... I think it is legitimate that the "Art" is in the process .. the artist's own unique perception of the subject. The process is unfettered by the physical world.

Answer 3

2 things first

First I would like to draw the line between art and its physical form
the physical form (painting,sculpture etc...) is not art itself
art is the appreciation of what the physical form conveys either the aesthetic quality it exudes or the message it evokes and in its most sublime form both.

By limitations of the physical world I suppose it can be interpreted as being limited to the the senses (sight, hearing, smell etc...) and not necessarily the form that it takes. I would assume this because it is impossible for art not to have form, the core of the art might be its substance (the message and/or aesthetic quality) but it has to be embodied in a form.

why? because (I'm being an empiricists here, in the first place all aestheticians are somewhat empiricists) the appreciation of art necessarily has to pass through the senses whether in all five or just one. from the sensory experience, the rational mind proceeds to the abstract concepts of beauty and/or whatever message it is conveying.

so no, art has to be manifested in physical form

Answer 4

Yes artistic and talent people do this all the time throughout history in painting, music writings, poetry ideas that are formed in the mind of the artist the creator with the Help of the Divine that are outside of physical restrictions of the world look around you its everywhere throughout history and we should preserve and add to their creations in our own time periods :)))Look at all the religious icons from the Greek to the Roman and Christin peoples the churches the statues the paintings etc.......Jesus was a real man and look at all the paintings that have reached from 3000 years ago to now it is beyond the physical world there is something sacred that was created by these artist of spiritual whether Judah ism, Hindu, Buddha Catholic etc........

Answer 5

There is no art without artworks, so the question is can there be artworks that supercede physical limitations.

To answer this, consider that there are three basic kinds of media for artworks: material media, formal media, and numerical media.

Artworks in material media include paintings, sculptures, etc.; any works which consist of a physical-material object. Clearly, these cannot in themselves meet our requirement.

Artworks in formal media include such things as written music, drama, poetry, etc.; any works which consist of a set of instructions to a performer (even if the performer is a reader in whose mind the performance occurs). Such artworks as these require that the set of instructions of which they consist be maintained in some physical form, such as paper and ink.

Artworks in numerical media are 'digitized' objects or recordings of objects. They consist of a set of numbers which can serve as identifying labels for both the content and form of the work. This digitizing reduces the artwork to a set of discrete units (for visual content, 'pixels'). However, the reproduction or 'performance' of such works requires a matrix, a context in which the set of numbers can be transformed back into the artwork's form and content.

If you consider the artwork to be its form and content, then, arguably, numerical media artworks can be said to meet the requirement of superceding physical limitations.

Answer 6

I thought that was the definition of art.

Imo, art stimulates an emotional response and I always used to classify emotions as non-physical. Of course we now can reverse that belief. In the case of what is aesthetically pleasing, beauty, it is a longer stretch, I would think. It all depends on our definitions which are subjective and non-physical. Good question and as someone said earlier, the answer might be a shade different after breakfast. Cheers!

Answer 7

Does the art exist in the physical world?

Answer 8

I wish it were possible, but all forms of physical art - painting, sculpture, collage, etc. - exist within the physical world and are subject to gravity and other rules inherent to matter. Music consists of discreet bundles of vibration subject to physical rules. Literature may be argued to have the potential to touch on something beyond the physical, but it can only be expressed in speech (like music, nothing but discreet vibrations) or writing (pigment on a surface, and all too physically limited). If one can convince oneself that thought is more than merely a confluence of electrical signals, art might be supposed to touch on something beyond our physical limitations, but it can only be expressed in media subject to such limitations.

I hope I am wrong - that art is in itself transcendent - but fear I am not.

Answer 9

Yes... that is where a true piece of art is distinct from technology... although it can be experienced only through a physical process, the experience itself defies the physical laws and generates inconceivable as well as inconsistent impact.

Answer 10

being in the limited world, for the limited world, is it really possible?