What is art and what does it encompass 32 Articles

by Rev. P. Howard Beach

The term and meaning of the word "art," was pegged as definition around the years from 1750 or so,defined as skill or a gift of nature for the human thoughts and emotions to aesthetically express the inner self to be prese...read more

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by Eric Haschert

Art is a celebration of life. Art is Man's Critique upon his experience in life and is his way of sharing his life's experience with other people. We don't have just art we have the Arts! We have Music, Sculpture, Liter...read more

by Jim Huckabee

What is art and what does it encompass If you asked one hundred people, what art is you would surely get ninety-five different answers. If this questions answer wasn't hard enough in days past it surely is today. Let ...read more

by Vince Johnson

We each have a variety of artistic diversions we totally enjoy. Painting. Reading. Writing. Quilting. Carving. Pottery. Music. Movies. Gardening. Theater. Cooking. Knitting. Photography. Woodworking. Weaving. We want t...read more

by Carol Pavelek

Philosophers through the ages have attempted to define "art"... "Life is short, art endures" Hippocrates (c. 460 - 400 BCE) Greek philosopher. Aphorisms, Section I, 1. "Art completes what nature cannot bring to f...read more

by Ashley Benlove

Art: "creation of beautiful things: the creation of beautiful or thought-provoking works, e.g. in painting, music, or writing"- Encarta World English Dictionary While this is the dictionary definition, and it is the aca...read more

by -Dj- Pasa

Art is the essence of humanity. Art is the essence of humanity. It encompasses all of everything. It is withheld in a single set of eyes subjective to an individual beholder. It is as objective as a sunset, as the Rock...read more

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by Wendy Mutton

The word "techne" in Greek means art. The word "techne" has evolved to include technology which begs the question; "Is technology art?". Coming from a traditionalist schooling I posit that technology, in most cases, is not...read more

by Beau Smith

One might as well ask, What is life? And that's a good place to begin because that is just what art is: life. Art embodies life. The statements I make here are the result of my having been an artist most of my life, ...read more

by Javonne Winston

What is art? It seems like a straightforward question with a straightforward answer. After all, everyone knows art when they see it hear it, read it, etc. However, such a simple, virtually arbitrary question has opened up...read more

by Keen Johns

Contrary to the popular myth, art does not have to be beautiful to the beholder in order to be recognized, or indeed to be appreciated as a piece of art. For example, a half animal encased in formaldehyde is not in my vie...read more

by Matei Monica

Art.is You. The good quality in art is a useful part of the life. It maintains the real achievements on the edge of quality, self-respect and many more. In the same time can add knowledge in knowing the peoples around...read more

by Gail Kavanagh

Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art? That's a bit like asking whether it was the egg or the chicken that came first. Life and art are symbiotic and inseparable, each grows out of the other. Art began with th...read more

by Cheryl Crider

According to Random House Webster's Dictionary, art is: 1) the production, expression, or realm of what is beautiful; 2) objects subject to aesthetic criteria, as painting; 3) a field or category of art; 4) illustrative or...read more

by Christina Weichel

What is art? Before you really think about it, the answer to this question seems simple; art is the outward representation of human emotion, right? However, it is the way in which one represents that emotion that is the ...read more

by Matt Salter

"Are Matthew Brady's Photographs Art?" First, allow me to provide a clarification. The following is not going to be about Matthew Brady. The photography of Matthew Brady is a concrete instance of brilliant work in the d...read more

by Shenni Bubb

ART: ART: has not always been what we perceive it today. What once was seen as merely an object is now seen through clearer glasses. Objects were not often perceived as art when originally made. They wer...read more

by Maurice Sassoon

The saying, "Art For Art's Sake," echoes loud and clear in the corridors of Time. No external force of suppression can succeed in stifling its progress. It cannot be capitulated as it must manifest itself through alternate...read more

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by Syeda Rippy

Philosophy of art and Why the realism was rejected by the people of the middle ages? According to my philosophy Art is an experimental subject. Artists have right to choose their way of applying the subject. A...read more

by Tom Desimone

What is art to you? Many people might respond that art is drawings and paintings, especially ones of things like bowls of oranges and nude women. My definition is quite different. To me, art is any sort of self-expression;...read more