Defining Art

Defining Art
 Art Appreciation
The term art appreciation is referred artist’s place in the world, firstly in the
to the knowledge of the general and artist, and that’s why artists do their art.
everlasting qualities that classify all great But once the art is released to the public it
art. It is seen used to refer to the can also set off similar (Perhaps!)
exploration of visual art forms or the complicated conscious and subconscious
introduction of basic principles of visual thoughts and feelings in the viewers. (But
literacy. It refers to analyzing the form of these may vary from person to person and
an artwork to general audiences to enhance may not be the same as artist’s original
their enjoyment of such works of art. It may impressions)
be analyzed without reference to subject
matter, symbolism or historical context. Art Imagination is tied very closely to
appreciation can be subjective depending creativity because imagination is putting
on personal preference to aesthetics and things, ideas, feelings or images together,
form, or it can be based on several initially in the artist’s mind. The artist’s
elements and principle of design and also imagination may be in the form of picturing,
depends on social and cultural acceptance. thinking or feeling what the proposed work
Most of the modern art critics and art of art will be about. But also, during the
historians draw back from this term, creation of the work, the artist will use their
underrating art appreciation as demanding imagination to feel, think and picture
too little serious thought. possible alternatives to what they have just
done, at every stage of doing. The public, in
turn, will perhaps have to use their
 Art Creativity, Imagination and imagination to comprehend this work that
is usually hard to pin down precisely in
art expression words.
Creativity is not exclusive to the arts but is "Imagination is more important than
a necessary component because in art you knowledge. For knowledge is limited,
are not just putting material together, whereas imagination embraces the entire
paint, matter, your body’s movement, ideas world, stimulating progress, giving birth to
etc. (Which are done across many fields of evolution." -Albert Einstein
human activity which have relation to this
activity we call art) In art, you are doing Expression is automatic in every action,
more than just putting materials or actions thought or feeling in everyone. We can’t
or combining ideas together! In the creative avoid expressing who we are in every
arts, once the material or the ideas are put thought and feeling, but, until we indicate
together, they invoke complicated our internal states through actions others
psychological, conscious and subconscious will not know these. Most people are not
process of feelings and thought patterns very good at getting their thoughts and
about some aspect of the world or the feelings out in an acceptable way. Artists
and poets, it is claimed, are very good at pieces of art such as paintings, drawings,
getting these things out in a way that the sculpture.
public can say “Hits the nail on the head” in
these allusive aspects of being human. Art history doesn’t consist in simply listing
That’s why people read poetry, go to plays all the art movements and placing them on
and movies, listen to music or songs and go a timeline. It is the study of objects of art
to art galleries; this is to get insight into considered within their time period. Art
their inner thoughts and/or feelings that historians analyze visual arts’ meaning
they may have felt but can’t express or may (painting, sculpture, architecture) at the
never thought or felt before; most people time they were created. Also, another of art
also find this pleasurable. As a final note, history’s mission is to establishes authorial
imagine our world without music, poetry, origins of artworks, i.e. discovering who
novels, plays, visual art, movies and dance; created a particular artwork, when, when
would you last for any length of time? I and for what reason.
suspect not, because the arts, creativity,
expression and imagination are intrinsic to Iconography is a major part of art history. It
being human and to art! consists in analyzing the symbolism of
works of arts. For instance, art historians
“What an artist does to an emotion is not to identify the visual elements of a painting
in duce it, but express it. Through and interpret its meaning. Art historians are
expression, he is able to explore his own interested in what the works of art
emotions and at the same time, create represented at the time they were created.
something beautiful out of them”- Robin It is a way to learn about the civilizations of
George Collingwood the past.
 Art History
Art history is the study of objects of

art in their historical development and
stylistic contexts; that is genre, design,
format, and style. The study includes
painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics,
furniture, and other decorative objects.
Art history is the history of different groups

of people and their culture represented
throughout their artwork. Art historians
compare different time periods in art
history. Such as a comparison to Medieval
Art to Renaissance Art. This history of
cultures is shown in their art work in
different forms. Art can be shown by attire,
architecture, religion, sports. Or more visual

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