我的理解,艺术品除了其功能性(例如建筑,神学), 有两个purpose:
1. Stir the audiences' feelings.
2. Express the artist's feelings.
一个艺术作品,只要能让你的内心浮动,就是成功的艺术品. 如果能让stir your feeling and make you think that artists self status, 可能是更深的层次.
“愉悦”,"紧张","愤怒","无奈","压抑","狂躁","平静","疑惑"等等都可以是艺术的主题.