significance does art acquire if we assume that our interpretation of it is correct? What is the relation between aesthetic response and all other forms of human behavior? How do we explain the role and importance of art in the general behavioral system of man? There are as many different answers to these questions as there are different ways of evaluating the importance of art. Some believe art is the supreme human activity while others consider it nothing but leisure and fun. The evaluation of art depends
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Performance art is an essentially contested concept: any single definition of it implies the recognition of rival uses. As concepts like "democracy" or "art"‚ it implies productive disagreement with itself.[1] The meaning of the term in the narrower sense is related to postmodernist traditions in Western culture. From about the mid-1960s into the 1970s‚ often derived from concepts of visual art‚ with respect to Antonin Artaud‚ Dada‚ the Situationists‚ Fluxus‚ Installation art‚ and Conceptual Art‚ performance
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3rd‚ 2013 Assignment Two: Art as Expression‚ Or Just Aesthetics The question of what art is cannot be properly answered without asking why art is. Prior to the advent of the written language‚ art was used as a means of communication‚ and in some ways‚ written language is in its own regard‚ art. Art‚ then‚ must be an expression of meaning by the artist‚ or potentially by the client that artist created the artwork for‚ but this assumption is altogether too broad. Art is not exclusively a private
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Art Censorship: Why Graffiti Should Be Considered an Accepted Form of Art Imagine almost 50 years ago an art form was invented that changed the whole dynamic of art. Graffiti became the most talked about topic during the 1960s. Young artists used graffiti as a way to express themselves. It was also used by political activists and gangs to make statements. Graffiti was a way to spread messages; not only that‚ it was a competition. Artists were on the come-up and took every opportunity to demonstrate
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interest in what the modern world can offer‚ many artists were drawn to these cities to depict and explore the marvels that they contained. However‚ some artists remained in the rural areas of Europe and some lived in more suburban areas. The Milwaukee Art Museum has a specific gallery that deals with this issue of the dichotomy of increasing modernism and continuing ruralism through the eyes of German Expressionist artists. All of the artists in this gallery were associated with a German Expressionist
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wood‚ fiber‚ and metal-it was once common to think of crafts in terms of function‚ which led to their being known as the "applied arts." Approaching crafts from the point of view of function‚ we can divide them into simple categories: containers‚ shelters and supports. There is no way around the fact that containers‚ shelters‚ and supports must be functional. The applied arts are thus bound by the laws of physics‚ which pertain to both the materials used in their making and the substances and things
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Zahorski CHIC 3221 10/25/11 Cultural Identity Through Art: Literary Critique With the start of the Chicano Movement‚ not only did the rebellious youth of the 20th century create a drastic change in the connotations associated with Mexican-Americans but they also sculpted‚ painted‚ sang and danced to form a cultural identity unique and distinctly their own. Mainly focusing on Southern California during the 1940’s to the present‚ Chicano Art took its roots from Mexican painters like Rivera‚ Siqueiros
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censored and supported works of art. The United States government hesitantly created the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in 1965 to provide material support for deserving artists. Initially the government did not want to support individuals or groups of individuals because it feared that the works of art they created might end up being construed as national art and it only allowed NEA to be formed after being pressured by activists. The need to cease underwriting vulgar art became apparent in 1988
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Julie Hobbs-Marin Intercultural Communications September 5‚ 2012 Does Art Reflect Culture or Does Culture Reflect Art? As I first pondered this question the obvious answer seemed to be that art reflects culture. However‚ something didn’t sound quite right. Then I realized that although I feel that art does reflect culture it goes deeper than mere reflection. There is an old song from 1968‚ performed by the "Supremes" called Reflections and a part of the lyrics is a perfect example of what
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