What makes something great art 30 Articles

by Del Antonio

When the average person thinks of great art, they might be persuaded to talk about 18th century paintings, classical opera, or black and white epic landscape photography. A different person might call to mind the work of ...read more

by Cicely Richard

When many people hear the word "art," the works of artists such as Van Gogh and Picasso enters their mind, or they think of performing arts such as the ballet and the opera. However, according to Webster's dictionary, art ...read more

by Mike Finlay

Before I begin, I will offer an early apology. I am a visual artist, using words, images, objects and sometimes simply ideas to create my works. I am therefore going to take full advantage of this title in a selfish bid ...read more

by Naomi Nevill

Great art, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. everyone has they're own opinion on what great art is, I think that good art has to make you stop and stair, great art has to make you THINK. I can have some works ...read more

by Colette Georgii

There is a big difference between what is termed "good art" and what is termed "great art." All art is good art, because an artist has taken time to present this work of art and it is his subjective rendering of his own p...read more

by John Devera

"What is art." That's the sort of question undergraduates mull over as they smoke pot on a Friday night after their econ classes. No one who really cares about art actually bothers asking a question like that. Artists c...read more

by Ted Sherman

To respond to this question, many people will utter the old cliche, "I can't really describe what good art is, but I know it when I see it." I don't subscribe to that form of voluntary ignorance. I do know what good art is...read more

by Jac Alyn

Great Art shows you something you've never seen before. Be it four dogs playing poker, or an interesting shot of a wine glass reflecting the room behind it. Sure you've seen wine glasses before, but have you ever seen th...read more

by Eugene Kuzmenko

What is good art? This question always lingers in the mind of artists and other buyers and sellers of art. When there seems to be a rubric which you should follow there isn't. Sometimes art is more than what people except ...read more

by Linda Ann Nickerson

GREAT ART RATES Art is subjective, particularly in the visual arts. One art enthusiast might deem a painting nearly divine, while another may frown upon the same work. A sculpture may elicit intense enthusiasm from one ...read more

by Steven Pell

In a perfect world all forms of artistic expression would be morally vindicated works that express ones deepest desires, fears, perversions and the like. Nevertheless, this old world and it's modern society, if that's what...read more

by Janet Grischy

Great art, of whatever medium, is about great things. Great painting or writing or music concerns itself with life, death, love, the fate of the nation or the future of the world. With freedom. With God, the way the Mass i...read more

by Jane Allyson

When my daughter reached 18 months old she called out to me to come see what she had drawn on her chalkboard. It was a bird with long legs and a beak. I thought it was the most beautiful thing that I had ever seen and I to...read more

by Gary Maclean

Now that's good art, I remember saying to myself, under my breath, as I viewed one particular photo from the dozens of prints, paintings, photos and other pieces of art in the exhibit. I looked at so many that day and saw ...read more

by Susan Hibberd

Great art can be defined in a number of different ways, both subjective and objective. For the most part, great art is something that the viewer appreciates. Art is seen differently in different cultures. What appears p...read more

by Gary Peterson

Good art connects the dots for you. It links the intellect to an emotion and makes you feel good - or at least smart. It unravels a mystery and lets you think you did it yourself. Art is a reflection of reality whether goo...read more

by Radhamani Sarma

What makes something great art. What is good art? The answer to this question is too vast and too variegated to be compressed into one single division or one compact definition, I would venture to ...read more

by John Graham

Art in painting throughout the years has come in many styles: classicism, impressionism, pointillism, symbolism, art nouveau, fauvism, cubism, surrealism, Bauhaus, futurism, Der Blaue Reiter, expressionism, op art, abstrac...read more

by Jonathon Josten

Good art is an expression that is overused. Over my spring break, my friend wanted to know what made Jackson Pollack's splatter art, art. Or for that matter, Andy Warhol's Campbell's soup can art. A lot of contemporary art...read more

by Jane Johnson

You know the pat answer, "art is in the eye of the beholder." Each person has their own norms and understandings that personalize the way they perceive something. What you see and think is wonderful is not always going t...read more