Art. This one word has been debated since the beginning of time. I can just see one caveman grunting to the other in recognition of what they would have assumed to be art. Of course in modern era, our language has progressed, yet we still have the same arguments and acknowledgements on this subject. The free dictionary says that art is the conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium, or the human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature. After spending some time I came up with this more primitive definition: Art is the interpretation of human perception in any media form. Art is a snapshot of history. The picture above is Edgar Degas' Dance Class and I love it for just that reason. It's a snapshot into a dance class. You can see all the different people in the room and they all have a different story. There's the girls not paying attention, some that are conversing in the background, the teacher, the girl actually trying... There's just so much detail... like a snapshot. Art is all around us, it's present every second and minute of every day, and it's our interpretations that make it come to life for others.
No comments:
Post a Comment