Art From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the general concept of art. For people named Art‚ see Arthur. For other uses‚ see Art (disambiguation). Page semi-protected Clockwise from upper left: a self-portrait from Vincent van Gogh‚ an African Chokwe statue‚ detail from the Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli and a Japanese Shisa lion Art is a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities; this article focuses primarily on the visual arts‚ which
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Art and Intention When it came to the understanding of the art works both Marcel Duchamp’s and Michelangelo’s the reactions came for a lack of knowing what they were looking at and a lack of understanding. For Duchamp’s art piece had nothing to do with nudist or anything of the sort it was simply the act of motion. The name it was offended people the most about the “Nude Descending a Staircase” painting done by Duchamp. Now on the other hand I can believe the public had a hard time with Michelangelo’s
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Annotated Works Consulted: Fine Arts Budget Cuts "Arts Cuts at Colleges." New York Times 17 Aug. 2009: 1. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Web. 17 May 2011. All schools are experiencing piercing budget cuts around the nation. Schools are being forced to “nip here‚ adjust there.” All though the article refers to the cuts as just a nip and adjust‚ a person would feel like the budget cuts of today’s economy is more like a slash here‚ burn there. Theses budget cost will force students and teachers to attend
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medium one chooses to use to express oneself determine whether or not it is truly art? While digital artists’ artistic ability is often questioned and the credit is given to the computer being used‚ the art itself springs from the mind of the digital artist. I can say this with personal fervor: Digital art is truly in essence a form of art that merely takes advantage of the innovations of modern technology. Digital Art isn’t computer-generated. While it might involve using tools offered by specialized
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and therefore create their own definition of pornography in their minds. Usually‚ pornography tends to be mistaken with nude art and erotica‚ so some people consider erotic as pornography. Although all three may be similar‚ they each possess qualities that that can make them distinguishable. There should be a legal distinction among pornography‚ erotica‚ and nude art‚ so that they cannot be confused with each other‚ and so that there can be a uniform guideline for people to use when distinguishing
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movements‚ Pop Art and Art Nouveau. This was in direct response to the mass media being produced in popular culture. Pop Art emerged partly from absorption of ideas put forward in the work of various artist such as Roy Lichtenstein and partly from a spontaneous response to the commercial imagery that was beginning to swamp the visual world in that country. Art Nouveau originally formed as a response to mass media under a group of artists in New York who wanted to counter pop culture with their art‚ music
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Art is any form of self-expression. Art is something that is created that entertains‚ inspires‚ educates or makes a person feel something good‚ bad or unexplainable. Art is whatever the artist does or makes in which they deem to be art whether it is of value or not. There is a wide variety of art‚ some that people wouldn’t imagine as art‚ but a true artist sees art in every creation. Art is everywhere and in everything I see. Art is not just a painting‚ poem‚ drawing or a ballet. When I think
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What Makes Art Art? What makes Art Art? Can Art be defined? An artist can create anything and put their mark on it and deem it as art. I believe art to be a sculpture‚ painting‚ or any piece of creative work that brings enjoyment to the artist and an appreciation from the beholder. Art allows you to view the world through someone else’s eyes and obtain their perspective on the subject at hand. Art is everywhere around us. It is expressed in many forms and fashions. From railroad car
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all seem like everyday objects but should we be calling them art? When we were growing up we were taught that art was a beautiful painting - like Van Gogh’s Sunflowers‚ or a perfect sculpture of a human - like Michelangelo’s David‚ but we were never really taught that conceptual and contemporary art were ’proper’ forms of art‚ even though it was established in the sixties. It made us think and challenge our own assumptions of what art should really look like. People didn’t understand the idea of
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creative intellectuals‚ and the process of producing art grew into a philosophical endeavor. Before these statements are explored further‚ perhaps the literal meaning behind these words should be investigated. What is the difference between a craftsman and a creative intellectual‚ art as technique and art as philosophy? Are these ideas and modes mutually exclusive? The idea of craftsman seems to imply a type of specialization in a manual craft of some kind. This involves technical knowledge‚ and
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