What is Art?
Over the past year, I have learned a lot about art and now I have a better understanding of it. I now know there is not just one meaning to art. Many people view the definition of art in different ways and we learned this through studying the various cultures in class. Some people believe art is only what they see in a painted picture or drawing, but I think art is much more than that. Art includes visual art such as a painting or drawing, music, architecture, literature, sculpture, photography, media, and computer art and much more. Even the video of the presentation of the Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II is an art. The list goes on and so does the meaning of art. Art is simply an expression.
For some people art is a way to escape reality. It is a way to escape pressures from their job, school, or family problems. They can express how they feel through art in that very moment. “Ideas alone can be works of art. Ideas do not need to be made physical. A work of art may be understood as a conductor from the artist’s mind to the viewer, or it may never leave the artist’s mind” (Mental Floss).
Everyday people come across art when they least expect it. It’s not only hung up in an art museum or gallery. Art is everywhere and each piece of artwork can be interpreted differently. There is an art to making this laptop that I am typing on this very second. I never really thought that there was an art to making a computer until it crossed my mind while writing this paper. Making this computer is not only art, but art can be made on it. Such art that can be made on a computer is an image, sound, animation, video, video game, a website, and much more. Every movie, every television show and every website you see is a work of art, believe it or not.
Clothing is even an art. The way people dress allows them to express themselves as well. Today, we see a lot of different styles. There is bohemian, artsy, indie, chic, sophisticated, preppy, punk, goth, tomboy, and classy styles, just to name a few. If everyone wore the same thing then we wouldn’t be different from everybody else and clothing wouldn’t be an art. I have a twin sister and my mom use to dress us the same when we were young, but now we dress differently. Some of the stuff she wears I would never wear and the same goes for her, but the art of clothing allows us to be two distinct individuals.
There is an art to preparing food as well. At restaurants the food has to look appetizing and it must be presented well on the plate. If those two components aren’t met, then that restaurant has some problems to solve. People like to eat food that is appealing to the eye. It takes some thought to prepare food on a plate that looks appetizing, so that’s why I’d say it’s an art. If an unappetizing plate of food is put in front of someone they are less likely to eat it. The way we see food definitely affects its taste.
Art can be a lot of different things. Art isn’t always what someone would think it is. Art has a deeper meaning than just a visual form, typically a painting or sculpture. It is so much more. People express themselves through making art. It is what makes us unique. If there was only one specific type of art, then it wouldn’t be able to make us unique. Art is a wide scope of human action and the results of that action, usually involving imagination and expertise.
Over the past year, I have learned a lot about art and now I have a better understanding of it. I now know there is not just one meaning to art. Many people view the definition of art in different ways and we learned this through studying the various cultures in class. Some people believe art is only what they see in a painted picture or drawing, but I think art is much more than that. Art includes visual art such as a painting or drawing, music, architecture, literature, sculpture, photography, media, and computer art and much more. Even the video of the presentation of the Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II is an art. The list goes on and so does the meaning of art. Art is simply an expression.
For some people art is a way to escape reality. It is a way to escape pressures from their job, school, or family problems. They can express how they feel through art in that very moment. “Ideas alone can be works of art. Ideas do not need to be made physical. A work of art may be understood as a conductor from the artist’s mind to the viewer, or it may never leave the artist’s mind” (Mental Floss).
Everyday people come across art when they least expect it. It’s not only hung up in an art museum or gallery. Art is everywhere and each piece of artwork can be interpreted differently. There is an art to making this laptop that I am typing on this very second. I never really thought that there was an art to making a computer until it crossed my mind while writing this paper. Making this computer is not only art, but art can be made on it. Such art that can be made on a computer is an image, sound, animation, video, video game, a website, and much more. Every movie, every television show and every website you see is a work of art, believe it or not.
Clothing is even an art. The way people dress allows them to express themselves as well. Today, we see a lot of different styles. There is bohemian, artsy, indie, chic, sophisticated, preppy, punk, goth, tomboy, and classy styles, just to name a few. If everyone wore the same thing then we wouldn’t be different from everybody else and clothing wouldn’t be an art. I have a twin sister and my mom use to dress us the same when we were young, but now we dress differently. Some of the stuff she wears I would never wear and the same goes for her, but the art of clothing allows us to be two distinct individuals.
There is an art to preparing food as well. At restaurants the food has to look appetizing and it must be presented well on the plate. If those two components aren’t met, then that restaurant has some problems to solve. People like to eat food that is appealing to the eye. It takes some thought to prepare food on a plate that looks appetizing, so that’s why I’d say it’s an art. If an unappetizing plate of food is put in front of someone they are less likely to eat it. The way we see food definitely affects its taste.
Art can be a lot of different things. Art isn’t always what someone would think it is. Art has a deeper meaning than just a visual form, typically a painting or sculpture. It is so much more. People express themselves through making art. It is what makes us unique. If there was only one specific type of art, then it wouldn’t be able to make us unique. Art is a wide scope of human action and the results of that action, usually involving imagination and expertise.
