Art
Art is often intended to appeal and connect with human emotion. It can arouse aesthetic or moral feelings, and can be understood as a way of communicating these feelings. Artists express something so that their audience is aroused to some extent, but they do not have to do so consciously. Art explores what is commonly termed as the human condition that is essentially what it is to be human. Effective art often brings about some new insight concerning the human condition either singly or en-mass, which is not necessarily always positive, or necessarily widens the boundaries of collective human ability. The degree of skill that the artist has, will affect their ability to trigger an emotional response and thereby provide new insights, the ability to manipulate them at will shows exemplary skill and determination.
See also
Notes
- ^ Gombrich, Ernst. "Press statement on The Story of Art". The Gombrich Archive, 2005. Retrieved on January 18, 2008.
- ^ Wollheim 1980, op. cit. Essay VI. pp. 231-39.
- ^ "Art". The American Heritage Dictionary: Fourth Edition. Retrieved on January 18, 2007.
- ^ Richard Wollheim, Art and its objects, p.1, 2nd edn, 1980, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521 29706 0
- ^ a b c d Jerrold Levinson, The Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics, Oxford university Press, 2003, p5. ISBN 0-1992-7945-4
- ^ Jerrold Levinson, The Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics, Oxford university Press, 2003, p16. ISBN 0-1992-7945-4
- ^ R.G. Collingwood's view, expressed in The Principles of Art, is considered in Wollheim, op. cit. 1980 pp 36-43
- ^ Hatcher, 1999
- ^ Britannica Online
- ^ Davies, 1991 and Carroll, 2000
- ^ Adorno, Theodor W. Aesthetic Theory. (1970)
- ^ Danto, 2003
- ^ Novitz, 1992
- ^ "go to nature in all singleness of heart, rejecting nothing and selecting nothing, and scorning nothing, believing all things are right and good, and rejoicing always in the truth." Ruskin, John. Modern Painters, Volume I, 1843. London: Smith, Elder and Co.
- ^ Griselda Pollock, Differencing the Canon. Routledge, London & N.Y.,1999. ISBN 0-415-06700-6
- ^ a b Modern Art and Modernism: A Critical Anthology. ed. Francis Frascina and Charles Harrison, 1982.
- ^ Deborah Solomon, "2003: the 3rd Annual Year in Ideas: Video Game Art," New York Times, Magazine Section, December 14, 2003
- ^ Painter, Colin. "Contemporary Art and the Home". Berg Publishers, 2002. p. 12. ISBN 1-8597-3661-0
- ^ Dutton, Denis Tribal Art in Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, edited by Michael Kelly (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998).
- ^ Danto, Arthur. “Artifact and Art.” In Art/Artifact, edited by Susan Vogel. New York, 1988.
- ^ Controversial Art in History.
- ^ Sharp, Willoughby (December 1969). "An Interview with Joseph Beuys". ArtForum 8 (4): 45.
- ^ Rorimer, Anne: New Art in the 60s and 70s Redefining Reality, page 35. Thames and Hudson, 2001.
- ^ Fineman, Mia. "YouTube for ArtistsThe best places to find video art online.", Slate, March 21, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-03.
- ^ Robertson, Jean and Craig McDaniel: Themes of Contemporary Art, Visual Art after 1980, page 16. Oxford University Press, 2005.
- ^ Robertson, Jean and Craig McDaniel: Themes of Contemporary Art, Visual Art after 1980, page 4. Oxford University Press, 2005.
- ^ Radford, Tim. "World's Oldest Jewellery Found in Cave". Guardian Unlimited, April 16, 2004. Retrieved on January 18, 2008.
- ^ Turney, Jon. "Does time fly?". The Guardian, September 06, 2003. Retrieved on January 18, 2007.
- ^ "Contradictions of the Enlightenment: Darwin, Freud, Einstein and modern art". Fordham University. Retrieved on January 18, 2008.
Bibliography
- Arthur Danto, The Abuse of Beauty: Aesthetics and the Concept of Art. 2003
- Dana Arnold and Margaret Iverson (eds.) Art and Thought. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 2003.
- Michael Ann Holly and Keith Moxey (eds.) Art History and Visual Studies. Yale University Press, 2002.
- John Whitehead. Grasping for the Wind. 2001
- Noel Carroll, Theories of Art Today. 2000
- Evelyn Hatcher, ed. Art as Culture: An Introduction to the Anthropology of Art. 1999
- Catherine de Zegher (ed.). Inside the Visible. MIT Press, 1996.
- Nina, Felshin, ed. But is it Art? 1995
- Stephen Davies, Definitions of Art. 1991
- Oscar Wilde, "Intentions".
- Jean Robertson and Craig McDaniel, "Themes of Contemporary Art, Visual Art after 1980." 2005
Further reading
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- Augros, Robert M., Stanciu, George N., The New Story of Science: mind and the universe, Lake Bluff, Ill.: Regnery Gateway, c1984. ISBN 0895268337 (this book has significant material on Art and Science)
- Richard Wollheim, Art and its Objects
- Carl Jung, Man and His Symbols
- Benedetto Croce, Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic, 1902
- Władysław Tatarkiewicz, A History of Six Ideas: an Essay in Aesthetics, translated from the Polish by Christopher Kasparek, The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1980.
- Leo Tolstoy, What Is Art?, 1897
- Kleiner, Gardner, Mamiya and Tansey (2004). Art Through the Ages, Twelfth Edition (2 volumes). Wadsworth. ISBN 0-534-64095-8 (vol 1) and ISBN 0-534-64091-5 (vol 2).
External links
- Art and Play from the Dictionary of the History of ideas
- In-depth directory of art
- Art and Artist Files in the Smithsonian Libraries Collection (2005) Smithsonian Digital Libraries
- Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) - online collections from UK museums, galleries, universities
- Artforum magazine - online art reviews - also previews of upcoming exhibitions
- Article on the meaning of Art in Ancient India on the website of Frontline
- The Definition of Art entry at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Thomas Adajian
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