List\u00a0er \u00fea\u00f0 \u00feegar sk\u00f6punarg\u00e1funni er gefinn laus taumurinn og\u00a0myndir,\u00a0t\u00f3nverk,\u00a0styttur\u00a0e\u00f0a a\u00f0rir hlutir eru b\u00fanir til, \u00ed \u00feeim megintilgangi a\u00f0 varpa lj\u00f3si \u00e1\u00a0fegur\u00f0\u00a0og mikilfengleika\u00a0heimsins, a\u00f0 tj\u00e1 tilfinningar e\u00f0a skilning listamannsins, e\u00f0a a\u00f0 a\u00f0rir f\u00e1i noti\u00f0 verksins. Or\u00f0i\u00f0 list getur einnig \u00e1tt vi\u00f0 um afrakstur sl\u00edkrar sk\u00f6punar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Erfitt er a\u00f0 skilgreina list \u00e1 alt\u00e6kan h\u00e1tt, \u00fe\u00f3tt margir hafi sterkar sko\u00f0anir \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed hva\u00f0 er list og hva\u00f0 ekki. \u00d3tal m\u00e6likvar\u00f0ar eru til um \u00fea\u00f0 hva\u00f0a skilyr\u00f0i hlutur e\u00f0a verkna\u00f0ur \u00fearf a\u00f0 uppfylla til a\u00f0 teljast list. Sumir telja a\u00f0 list s\u00e9 \u00fea\u00f0 sem eykur skilning okkar \u00e1 umheiminum umfram einfaldan hlutl\u00e6gum skilning. Oft er tala\u00f0 um a\u00f0 verkna\u00f0ur s\u00e9 list ef afraksturinn er fagurfr\u00e6\u00f0ilegur (Hatcher, 1999). Samkv\u00e6mt \u00feessari skilgreiningu hefur list fylgt mannkyninu fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed \u00f6r\u00f3fi alda, eins og hellam\u00e1lverk s\u00fdna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En \u00fe\u00f3tt h\u00e6gt s\u00e9 a\u00f0 skilgreina list \u00e1 mj\u00f6g v\u00ed\u00f0t\u00e6kan m\u00e1ta eru margir sem vilja undanskilja \u00fdmsa i\u00f0ju sem \u00fe\u00f3 mi\u00f0ar a\u00f0 fagurfr\u00e6\u00f0ilegum afrakstri, svo sem handverk og i\u00f0nh\u00f6nnun. Samkv\u00e6mt \u00feessari skilgreiningu, sem er n\u00fdrri af n\u00e1linni, er or\u00f0i\u00f0 list l\u00edti\u00f0 meira en stytting \u00e1 hugtakinu sk\u00f6punarlist e\u00f0a h\u00e1menningarleg list. Me\u00f0 \u00f6\u00f0rum or\u00f0um er mest \u00e1hersla l\u00f6g\u00f0 \u00e1 n\u00fdn\u00e6mi listarinnar og a\u00f0 listama\u00f0urinn \u00f6gri \u00e1horfandanum, svo upplifun listarinnar ver\u00f0ur virkur atbur\u00f0ur, frekar en a\u00f0 listin s\u00e9 \u00ed bakgrunni og geri umhverfi\u00f0 fallegra. Til d\u00e6mis geta handprj\u00f3nu\u00f0 f\u00f6t sem unnin eru samkv\u00e6mt uppskrift aldrei or\u00f0i\u00f0 list \u00ed \u00feessum skilningi or\u00f0sins, sama hversu vel \u00feau eru unnin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Til vi\u00f0b\u00f3tar vi\u00f0 n\u00fdn\u00e6mi\u00f0 er stundum ger\u00f0 krafa um a\u00f0 list s\u00e9 unnin \u00ed g\u00f6fugum tilgangi. D\u00e6mi um \u00fea\u00f0 er \u00feegar t\u00f3nverk e\u00f0a kvikmyndir sem framleiddar eru \u00ed \u00feeim megintilgangi a\u00f0 afla tekna fyrir framlei\u00f0andann eru undanskilin fr\u00e1 skilgreiningunni \u00e1 list, og k\u00f6llu\u00f0 i\u00f0na\u00f0ur (sbr. kvikmyndai\u00f0na\u00f0ur og t\u00f3nlistari\u00f0na\u00f0ur).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00deegar list er skilgreind \u00e1 \u00fer\u00f6ngan m\u00e1ta, l\u00edkt og r\u00e6tt er um h\u00e9r a\u00f0 ofan, er sjaldg\u00e6ft a\u00f0 menn s\u00e9u samm\u00e1la um hva\u00f0 er list og hva\u00f0 ekki. \u00dev\u00ed hafa \u00fdmsir haldi\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed fram a\u00f0 sl\u00edkar skilgreiningar hafi meira a\u00f0 gera me\u00f0 smekk heldur en hlutl\u00e6ga a\u00f0greiningu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n