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Discussion on: Is Coding an Art?

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Alain Van Hout • Edited

Painting requires practiced motor skills, a good sense of how perspective works (so you can either follow it, bend it, or break it in a specific manner), and knowledge of how paint behaves when working with specific brushes, sorts of paint and your canvas.

That's a description of something most people would consider an art. With that I mean to convey that rules, guidelines and requiring certain knowledge isn't at odds with 'art'.

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Antonio Radovcic

I'd say you're describing a craft, rather than art.

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Alain Van Hout

I'm describing (as specific aspect of) painting, which is generally considered an art. That aspect indeed focuses on things most commonly attributed to a craft. As such, craft and art are not mutually exclusive.