Monday, March 18, 2013

what is art?



This question pops up often, and with many answers. Many argue that art cannot be defined. We could go about this in several ways. Art is often considered the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations and ways of expression, including music, literature, film, sculpture and paintings. The meaning of art is explored in a branch of philosophy known as aesthetics. (At least, that’s what Wikipedia claims.)
Art is generally understood as any activity or product done by people with a communicative or aesthetic purpose something that expresses an idea, an emotion or, more generally, a world view.
An artist is anyone who facilitates these activities, any can refer to anyone who creates art. Art is important because is it an important way to communicate ideas and emotions, history, and pure beauty. If we did not make art these ideas would not be expressed so clearly and no visually at all, which I believe is very important. I would define good art as anything that is nice to look at and bad art as anything that is not worth looking at. 

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