Monday, December 1, 2008
2) What evidence do they give to support their argument?
3) What underlying beliefs and values do you think went into this author's ideas about art?
4) Did they raise any interesting points that you hadn't thought of?
5) At this point, what is your definition of art?
http://profart.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/art-everyone-should-know/
The author says that art pervade our society, shape it, change it, and make us ask that most basic of questions: what is art? Art has to be important to communication and culture. The author gave lots of evidence that supported their argument by giving many different pieces of art. The author gave examples like the Mona Lisa, David, Amida Nyorai, and The Sistine Chapel to show the different cultures there are in art. No one would have known about the art style people had back in the 1500s. If there weren't art buildings like The Partheno and The Horyu-ji, people would not have found out the wonders of the Architects of the past where there were many creative artists. The underlying belief the author probably had was that society learns from all the art that is preserved throughout the ages. It teaches people about culture and tells about history. I think as long as it teaches something about culture or history, the author would consider it art. I never thought about art as in teaching history and culture. I completely forgot that people use art to teach. I learned that art can be used to tell a story for future audiences. It surprised me that the author said that art can shape a society and once in a while I guess its true because it can teach us about their culture and influence the future. My definition is still the same, but now it has shown me a little more about the value of art. It can be teachers and teach about history and culture, but it has to be done in a creative way or no one will notice the lesson it has been captured because it doesn't mean much to one who doesn't have much interest in anything unless it can capture their attention. ♥
