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In today’s society, we are constantly being bombarded with visual art forms. Whether they be classical paintings from the Renaissance, a towering and modern skyscraper, or even a cheesy 90’s R&B music video, they all have one thing in common. According to Carolyn Dean’s definition, these would all fall under the category of “art by intention.” In her essay “The Trouble with (The Term) Art” she advocates a distinction between art by intention and what she deems “art by appropriation.” The difference is that one work was created with the intention of being consumed for visual pleasure, while the other was not. However having been educated in the Western school of thought, many art historians cannot help but project their rigid definition of art onto civilizations that may have

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it” (Marilyn Monroe). There are many different ways that beauty can be explained. Beauty is not always what people think it may be especially when it has many different meanings. Beauty can be a person place or thing. What people considers beautiful may not be beautiful to another. Beauty is not only something that pleases the eyes, but also pleases the other senses and the mind. True beauty makes you see beyond the pretty sights. It will give you insight or understanding of something amazing beyond just the outer appearance. Beauty is confidence and having a beautiful personality.

What is beautiful can vary greatly from person to person. Many people disagree on what beauty truly is because it is so subjective. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is an incredibly common phrase in our language, and it is quite truthful. A lot of young people in newer generations have a similar concept of what beauty is, but that was not always the case. Long ago, Native Americans were inspired by absolutely everything in nature. Every leaf, textile, and element was precious to them and beauty was not hard to come across in the untouched environment they resided in. They did not have to point something out and describe only that as beautiful, because nothing around them was ugly. Now, in the 21st century, beauty is much more than nature.

Art is able to evoke different feelings and emotions to each person that sets their eyes on it. The act of ‘looking’ is simple, but a lot comes from it. Where the eyes are first drawn to, the duration that the eyes are focused on a specific detail, and the thoughts that flood one’s brain when viewing art is all significant. These actions say more than the piece itself, it reveals emotions of both the artist and the audience. Art can be expressed through infinite forms, but the underlying importance is not with the art itself. It represents a place in time, displaying what was noteworthy to an individual in their own life. It serves as a lasting creation representative of human imagination with the ability to bring out a multitude of emotions from whoever views it. When art is created it represents the creativity of the human mind compacted into a physical object. Art has little usage aside from pure observation, yet it has prevailed throughout time, showing its importance to humanity. Art provides a lens into humanity, showcasing the human ability over time. When studied through history, art is a view into the development of humans and their interests. Through something as basic as commonly using symmetry to transitioning to asymmetry, the European’s perspective following the Renaissance is revealed. The making of art is solely up to one individual and their creativity. It is the pinnacle of

Beauty is constantly changing to fit every person, every situation, every possible rendition that could ever be thought of. Yes, the girl with legs that go for miles is a pleasant thing to look at, but once she opens her mouth her face seems less important. How is that beauty if she brings nothing but ugly into the world? No one considers the so called "loner" at the back of the classroom, who at best would be rated a four, beautiful, though every night they are up talking their friend out of suicide because the blonde told them they are meaningless. Building others up while you feel like you are falling, is beautiful. Lipstick and eyeliner is not

Looking at a piece of art is a highly subjective process, in which the individual can find how to unjumble the puzzle of the Visual Image. All of this is improved my overall view and engagement with art works in a gallery. I feel as though something that relates first-person is easier to unpick than on social media, whether or not if I like and art work or think it terrible. I found this out when we were at the Wellington Art Gallery by the way people interact with an art work and how the study it is really interesting. I honestly think that not many people understand what makes a great exhibition and how to understand the work that fills a gallery. This was important with the Cindy Sherman exhibition I was able to look critically at her work. Today there is a completely different culture towards understanding art in a gallery, and it is so easy to see what people think of an art work such as Cindy Sherman. For me when we visited the gallery I had a feeling of disconnect around the room, as though people around me weren't fully with what was being put in front of

When one marvels at a painting it is tempting to take in one section at a time so as to not miss anything. Certain work entices the audience to come forward, into the scene. Yet the whole painting in its entirety is made to be experienced from a distance, a place where the expanse of the scene can be taken in fully for all it was created to be. Certain brushstrokes or movements only come together when viewed from three yards away. An art museum is a sanctuary filled with these temptations. Each illustration depicts a different story that can only be fully understood once one stands at a distance, senses the mood, researches the historical background, and asks the question: “Why did the artist make the choices he/she did?”

This bids fair to a maxim erroneously accredited to Friedrich Nietzsche — that aesthetics, in art or science, is no longer a question of "I do my thing, you do yours." Yet, in point of fact, integrating artistic verdict with truth, prettiness, and forthrightness is, in the times we now live in, more than utterly obligatory than ever before. Not only because the US, or our world, has woken up to actuality and vowed to exterminate Frankenstein monsters that it once created, or encouraged.

The purpose of this essay is to fully employ all of the new observational skills that I have learned from the start of the semester to now. With that in mind, I was feeling very excited to use these new “abilities” as I was observing art. The San Diego Museum of Art was very interesting indeed, and I have never experienced art in such a way that is sort of hard to describe. The museum had paintings and galleries ranging from the Renaissance era all the way to the eighteenth century and even Impressionism and Post-Impressionism as well. However, my eyes instantly caught Henri Matisse’s painting, Bouquet, this painting had so many details, elements, and meanings as well as similar characteristics from past chapters that I have read this semester.

What is beauty? The dictionary definition of beauty is a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, which pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight. The definition of beauty varies from person to person, however Mary Shelley sees beauty as a quality of virtue that visually unappealing objects or beings can possess. Mary Shelley argues that people are unable to identify such beauty in the novel Frankenstein.

My appreciation and adoration of art stems from my perception of the aesthetic beauty of even the most melancholic of subject matters. Throughout history, even in humanities darkest times, people looked to the arts to find relief and conversation, while artists thrived on self-expression. For example, one of my favorite masterpieces, Théodore Géricault’s, The Raft of the Medusa (1818), depicted a contemporary and highly controversial maritime tragedy. Although the painting was exposed to mixed reviews, the overwhelming subject matter, and modern technique established Gericault in our art history books. Nothing compares to being able to gaze at a piece of art and not only observe, but feel the raw emotions that have been depicted for centuries; it connects me to humanity in a way I never understood

What is beauty? Is there really only one way to be considered beautiful? All around the world different countries have different standards when it comes to beauty and what looks good. Something that is considered beautiful in one country might be considered ugly in another country. Some countries will let men and women go to the extreme to try to be considered attractive by their country’s standards.

As literary critics, Plato and Aristotle disagree profoundly about the value of art in human society. Plato attempts to strip artists of the power and prominence they enjoy in his society, while Aristotle tries to develop a method of inquiry to determine the merits of an individual work of art. It is interesting to note that these two disparate notions of art are based upon the same fundamental assumption: that art is a form of mimesis, imitation. Both philosophers are concerned with the artist's ability to have significant impact on others. It is the imitative function of art which promotes disdain in Plato and curiosity in Aristotle. Examining the reality that art

Contrary to popular belief, beauty is not skin deep. Beauty is a combination of qualities that one possesses such as: kindness, strength, confidence, and intelligence. A person having these traits may not be considered aesthetically pleasing, but, it is important to realize that a person does not need to possess physical beauty to be truly beautiful.

For over two thousand years, various philosophers have questioned the influence of art in our society. They have used abstract reasoning, human emotions, and logic to go beyond this world in the search for answers about arts' existence. For philosophers, art was not viewed for its own beauty, but rather for the question of how art and artists can help make our society more stable for the next generation. Plato, a Greek philosopher who lived during 420-348 B.C. in Athens, and Aristotle, Plato’s student who argued against his beliefs, have no exceptions to the steps they had to take in order to understand the purpose of art and artists. Though these two philosophers made marvelous discoveries about the existence of art, artists, and