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The Beauty Of Art And Human Expression

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What is art? As a child most of us are taught to believe that anything can be art. That the beauty of art and human expression is in the eye of the beholder. As we grow up we begin to understand that art is more than a bunch of cluttered finger-painted fingerprint Thanksgiving turkeys hanging on the fridge or macaroni picture frames. We begin to understand that art in our native cultures has many functions. Art serves as an expressive outlet for individuals to use as means to convey symbolism often times religious, as means of identity and solidarity for groups, as educational tools, and as a means of connecting with the supernatural. Art is a stimulation of any of the five senses with a reasonable amount of trade or talent required. One of the first things I noticed when I started my first semester here at BYU-Idaho this fall was “Mormons really love art”. Walk down the halls of any building here on campus and go no farther than five feet and you will find some type of art on display. The amount of art we have here at Brigham Young University – Idaho is truly unique to our culture and community and compliments our religious loyalty.
Symbolic art is significant to BYU-Idaho culture because of the religious affiliation and ties the university has to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to LDS culture. Brigham Young University – Idaho is known and is prestigiously called a disciple-leadership center. Due to the homogeneous nature of both BYU-I and LDS culture

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