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Art does not exist for its own sake. But it is the ideas and feelings of man that he has about the world around him. Art also helps him to connect himself with the universe and to share and communicate his views to the world. Understanding art and using it in a day to day life is an essential part as it helps to connect ouselves with the world. The understanding and perception of art are an essential part of a truly liberal education. In the nineteenth century art was a theory which was considered for its own sake. A quote famous during the period was "art for art's sake", which actually meant that the intrinsic value of art is not linked in any way to a more moral, didactic, or utilitarian purpose or function. But with the advent of modernism the theory of art changed. It was changed from "Art for art's sake" to "Art for life's sake". Ärt for life's sake" which means integrating arts into our everyday lives.

Integrated Arts Experience It is a learning process which facilitates conceptual learning and development. The Integrated Arts Experience is defined as an activity which induces in the learner an emotional or kinesthetic state which is in some way analogous to the concept being taught, and which occurs through heightened sensory awareness on the part of the learner. The term integrated is used to denote the integartion of the arts experience into the learning process. The Integrated Arts Experience provides oppurtunities for the following processes to occur:
 * 1) perceptual cognition
 * 2) metaphorical modes of thinking
 * 3) use of alternative forms of communication.

Importance Art is a diverse range of human actvities which involves creativity, imagination, and ideas. Integration of arts in a classroom helps students to connect with the world they live in. The fundamental principle for integrating arts can be thought as follows: An experiment was conducted regarding the effects the integration of arts has on the students. It was found that the students who were taught by the integration of arts method had more knowledge and understanding of the inter-relationships among the arts and also developed an appreciation for the arts.
 * there is a similarity across arts and other subjects.
 * incorporating arts into other subjects helps in accelerating and facilitating the learning process.
 * art promotes creativity.
 * integrated arts program are more economical than separate instruction in each area.

Implementation Integration of arts plays an important role in the teaching-learning process. In many schools it has been implemented and widely used to teach subjects. It helps in retaining the attention of students and also to make the learning interesting. The rationale for implementing the integration of arts in the education system has been discussed by many of the art educators and others concerned with completeness of general education.

One possible approach is to integrate the arts into the general curriculum. Integrated programmes are commomnly defined as teaching the arts simultaneously with other subject matters. The arts are used to illustrate or reinforce concepts from other areas, such as history, biology, english and social studies. But the question arises as to how the arts can be implemented in the general curriculum. Setting aside one period a day for the arts seems to be a compromise between the narrowness of a particular art domain as it gets revert back to the nineteenth century theory,"Art for art's sake" which dealt with art as a totally isolated thing. There are several examples by which we can include the art into the general curriculum. Taking the students to a museum, describing them about the paintings and telling them the background of that painting and then asking the students to write an esasy on their visit to museum in the english class is one example. Another example of teaching the students with the help of arts is making them to first read a chapter of history and then asking them to create a summary of the chapter through painting. Teaching of history can also be done by role play method where the students enact the characters in the class. One other method which can be used for students of first grade or below that for teaching about animals, can be done by making them hear the sounds of different animals and asking them to recognize.

Advantages
Integrated art activities help the child to connect his knowledge with the world outside. It helps him in transfering his learning about arts to many of his other subjects. Inclusion of arts in the curriculum will help the teachers to make the teaching- learning process interesting and innovative. Art activities are exciting for the sudents and it brings out the innate talents of the students. It also helps in creating a classroom which is lively and makes the learning process exciting. Challenges Integrating the arts into the general curriculum is not an easy task. It is time consuming and also the teacher should be able to implement it effectively. A teacher must know the objectives for her inclusion of arts in a subject. Otherwise it might lead to limiting the student's intellectual options instead of encouraging excellence. One major challenge is about the artistic people fearing the quality of their artistic discipline becoming diluted in the service of academic subjects. Some of the visual arts people even expressed reluctance in using their visual arts skill to enhance academic areas. The concept of the best artist as one who is most free of all constraints, whether intellectual, social, or creative, has been popular. But if the art educators, who often have been the recipients of this discriminatory attitude, were to practice it amongst themselves, it would be ironic.