The Importance Of Art

The play “West Side Story” presents itself as a story of two gangs who are in the midst turf fueled feud. This feud between the sharks and the jets runs deeper than turf, the feud is truly about how Americans

“After a certain high level of technical skill achieved, science and arts tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientist are artist as well” (Albert Einstein). In this advanced modern tech-world mostly people are dependent on science and technology, but arts also play an important role in education. Art creates balanced thinking and better imagination which helps humans to be successful in their career. Yo-Yo Ma intensely informs about important role of arts in modern education society throughout his essay Necessary Edges: Arts, Empathy, and education. Ma illustrates that arts should be also part of education, because it improve students to filter their imagination through disciplined knowledge. Liberal arts should be equal to science and technology because it creates new idea, and in this modern world people should think critical than divergent in their lives. Empathy teaches students to understand and simplify the complicated life. Collaboration include discussion amongst people or group to make things effortless. Moreover liberal arts itself is beauty such as performing arts, it values the beauty of imagination in modern society by art and sculpture.

West Side Story, based on the book by Arthur Laurent, is a musical about a modern Romeo and Juliet involved in New York street gangs in the 1950’s. Aside from the movie portraying a love that was forbidden between the Sharks, a Puerto Rican gang and the Jets, an Anglo-Americans gang; it also represents the discrimination, violence and economic exploitation Puerto Ricans faced when migrating to New York in the 1950’s. When West Side Story came out in 1961, it explains to the American audience why Puerto Ricans were migrating to the United States and their living conditions.

It is not a secret that West Side Story is what can be called the, American version of the Romeo and Juliet. The musical is very emotional; many social issues are portrayed in the musical: social, racial, cultural, economical and others. I will like to note the contribution of West Side Story to the history of musical. The creators did their research and although the creation time was long they came up with a game changing idea in the music theater arena, because not many plays on Broadway attempted to introduce or present musical theater productions which explored, in depth, issues of race, racism and culture through modern dance and music.

William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy where “two star cross’d lovers” are brought together in death, unexpectedly brining the ancient family feud of the Capulets and Montagues to an end. In the BBC adaption, the plot stayed true to the original and the style of the play gave it more of an original feeling. However, in the West Side Story adaption, the plot remained similar to the original plot, but the mood and style of the movie was altered to give it a modern feel with the addition of gangs and the issue of racism. West Side Story is set in 1950s New York with an Aryan gang, the Jets, and Puerto Rican gang, the Sharks, as the opposing groups. Despite the large contrasts between the two,

In New York City in the 1950s, Tony, a former member of the Jets gang finds love with Maria, the younger sister of the powerful Bernardo who leads the Puerto Rican Sharks gang. Before they realized it, they had found themselves in a mess that leads to a massive fight between the rival gangs and ultimately ends with the death of Tony. The police arrive to arrest the killer and the gangs decide to make peace with each other (www.britannica.com). Sound familiar? The musical described is better known as West Side Story, one of the many adaptations that were based on one of Shakespeare 's legendary plays: Romeo and Juliet. Themes such as love, commitment, hatred, and much more can be seen in both plays. Shakespeare’s greatest works have been

West Side Story is a modern style of Romeo and Juliet and many events happen in the same order. The story starts off with two street gang members falling in love with each other. Tony who is apart of the Jets, a white gang falls for a member of The sharks, Maria, whom is Puerto Rican. They know that they can’t be together but that doesn’t stop them and they do whatever it takes to be together, much like Romeo and Juliet. Later the Jet leader, Riff, is killed by Maria 's brother. To get revenge, Tony kills Maria’s brother. Because he realizes what he has done, killing his lover’s relative, he begs for forgiveness and at the end Maria does eventually forgive him. This is similar to Juliets cousin and her forgiving Romeo due to her

Art is a catalyst of change. It can confront both social and political issues as well as providing people with a creative outlet in which they can express their innermost thoughts and feelings - but what effect can art have on our society as a whole? Artists today have the unique ability to connect with people in a creative, innovative way that they can understand and interpret themselves. With this ability, artists are able to express their own views as well as influencing the views of others. Art is an immense part of our world – so much so that we barely even consider its impact upon us – but just how significant is the work of artists in our modern day society?

“West Side Story” is essentially Romeo & Juliet set in New York City. The film follows Maria (Natalie Woods) and Tony (Richard Beymer), two teenagers who meet at a neighborhood dance one night. It’s love at first sight. The problem? Maria is a Puerto Rican immigrant and Tony a native New Yorker. Maria is

Saying that art is unessential for life, could be the most mindless commits that one can make, for art helps write history. Art is a creative release on a difficult life, as well as a way to document important information in history. Without art, we would lose important historic artifacts that are key for our understanding of the past. Without art we could not look back at history that was laid down for us.

The musical, the west side story, is by Arthur Laurents. This musical was inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. Some of the songs in this musical are Jet Song, Something's coming, and A Dance at the Gym. This story is set in an Upper West Side neighborhood in New York city. It was also set in the mid 1950s. This musical is about two teenage gangs. One of the gangs is a white American gang, the jets, led by Riff and the other gang is a Puerto Rican gang, the sharks, led by Bernardo. These two gangs often get in fights and do not like each other. The jets planned a fight at a dance with the sharks. They ask Tony, the co-founder of the gang, friend of Riff, and previous gang member, to come. At first Tony did not want to go,

Art education is often underestimated by many who believe that school was created to teach only analytical concepts such as mathematics and literature. However, research has shown that art courses are important, even necessary for students in elementary, middle, and high schools. These art classes may include not only visual arts but performing arts such as dance, theatre and choir. Barbara Streisand said, “Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for the truth,” (Quotations). Streisand points out that there are multiple benefits to art whether it be painted by a brush or sung from the heart. Art has the ability to allow people to see situations from

Art is a form of human expression. Art can be seen as the artist sleight of hand on his mood. Art is in various media from posters to public wall of which we call “graffiti”. Art is elusive as the use of colors shapes and the surface used adds a new dimension. Art portrays various ideas, feelings such as triumph, love, happiness, sorrow and boredom in loss to mention a few. Art is beauty and creativity. During man’s evolution art has progressed over in its most primitive state up to its most modernized versions today.

A lot of people think that art can only go as far as a class in school, but in reality there is art around everyone. Art can be a way of life for some people, and for others it is simply just something they pass every single day. What they do not realize is that art can have benefits in different aspects in their life, in children's lives, and even the world around them.

Knowledge lies at the foundation of everything in society. While it may not always be noticed, it is always present. This knowledge is used in an array of processes such as creativity, experimentation, analysis, and so much more. From process to process, or area of knowledge to area of knowledge, all knowledge incorporates the processes of both transformation and description in order to evolve as justifiable beliefs. Transformative knowledge includes the product of an individual’s implementation of their personal cognitive processes to challenge traditional perspectives, while descriptive knowledge results when individuals utilize the new perspectives, allowing fresh outlooks to be perceived. While all areas of knowledge incorporate the use of both processes, some may primarily use one or the other. This can be seen in the areas of art and natural sciences. Knowledge in arts seems to primarily describe the world, while knowledge in natural sciences seeks to transform it through innovation and much more.