User:J.J.Artlover/Introduction to art

What is Art?

Art lacks a satisfactory definition. It is the use of skill & imagination in the creation of aesthetic object. Men, by custom, have referred to certain man – made creations as work of art. Wherever people have lived they enjoy certain patterns of contract & balance for their own sake. Pre historic people carved the handles of their hunting knives in regular, pleasing patterns.

Art is not like other created objects because it is primarily for aesthetic experience; the experience a person has if he/ she pays attention to something for the purpose of grasping the meanings or values that resides in its visual appearance, its sound, its tactile quality, its taste, or in all its sensuous dimensions. According to Indian aesthetic any human activity can be art when one or more people get pleasure or happiness out of it. It’s such a human activity which is done with certain care or efforts so that the person doing it & the person experiencing, seeing, or observing it gets complete pleasure, a feeling of joy that helps communicating ideas, attitudes, about something in the world that has aroused in an artistic curiosity. It can be said that the artist’s creativity is a part of nature’s own creative process. Human has the power to develop & imagine. These basic factors can be understood with the help of scientific & other references material as well as from direct experience.

As art is a way of expressing & transmitting the experiences, experienced by us such as happiness, tragic, sorrow & others. From these some are which we do not tend to even keep a note of, are those which are too tragic or sorrowful; as it reminds us of the pain or hurts our sentiments. But if such similar kind of feelings or experience of tragic or sorrow is been presented to us, in the form of art we do not get upset but, in fact we appreciate it, as we are viewing it with the Third Eye, the third Eye is the awareness of one self or in other words knowing one self. While appreciating it we indirectly enjoy those similar experiences that we were trying to get rid off. So art in any form be it visual art or performing art satisfy & at the same time gives pleasure not only to the artist but also to the appreciator. In this whole process of creating & doing a work of art, awareness about self is very, very important & it is possible through our experiences as we can understand a lot about ourselves. Then only we can sense how they help in artistic creation that takes place. Art is presented to us in the form of composition. To create liveliness in art, organization is essential in a work of art. All visual objects are brought together by obeying certain rules of organization. Inter-relationship is made clear by organization. The quality of work of art is not necessary in its content or concept & emotions that are presented, but it resides in the compositional structure of a work art. This means that the nature of content or the nature what is being communicated should influence decisions about whether a particular form is a work of art.

For example: The concept & emotions presented by Pieter Brueghel

the Elder, in the “Wedding Dance” are pleasant & the

content of Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” is not that

pleasant, yet both are considered works of art.

In both of these instances it is the pleasurable nature of the composition or the way in which the objects is put together that causes it to be called a work of art. As nature puts life into a skeleton & its entire meaning changes in nature’s creation with the with the environment of life the meaning of the skeleton change’s introducing liveliness & movement. Art also requires liveliness & movement as it enlivens a work of art. This liveliness in art Sets a relationship must be established between the appreciator & the work of art. Art all over the millennia have been changing in all is aspects. Indian aesthetics says that there are 64 types of human acts considered as art & amongst them only 5 are considered as fine arts rest are either applied art or general art. These 5 are considered as fine arts is because they give us self realization & knowledge. In this process of gaining knowledge & self realization we even come across bad to worst experiences but, at the same time learn in abidance from it.

The 5 Fine Arts are:

1. Poetry / Literature,

2. Music,

3. Dance & Drama,

4. Sculptures,

(Sculptures as an object,

Architectural sculptures.)

4. Architecture,

5. Painting.

The term “Art” encompassed diverse media such as Painting, sculptures, print – making, drawing, decorative arts, photography & installation. The various visual art exist within a continuum that ranges from purely careful

aesthetic purpose at the other. This should by no means be taken as a rigid scheme, however particularly in culture in which every – day objects are very carefully & thought – fully constructed & imbued with meaning. Particularly in the 20th century, debates arouse over the definition of “art”. Figures such as DADA artist Marchel Duchamp implied that it is enough for an artist to deem something “art” & put it in a publicly accepted venue. Such intellectual experimentation continued throughout the 20th century in movements. Such as Conceptual art & Minimalism. By the turn of the 21st century a variety of new media (for example : video art) further challenged. Traditional definitions of art. Certain events & ideas take on the highest importance in our religious, social, & political life. From earliest times people have used some formal symbol or ceremony to make such an idea.

For example: Pre historic people used dances & rituals to ensure success at

seed time or harvest time, in a war or a hunt. The ancient

Greeks represented ideal human qualities of courage,

strength & beauty in their statues of gods & goddesses.

We give the occasion form in order to make it memorable. We also make the occasion to heighten our sense of its importance.