The Importance Of Discipline In Art

Everywhere you look you see art. It is everywhere in our life today and has become an important part of our daily life. Arts education helps students develop creativity, visual learning, self-confidence, decision making, improved academic performance, and self-motivation. All are necessary to be successful in life. “Art education isn’t something we add on after we’ve achieved other priorities, like raising test scores and getting kids into college,” said the First Lady Michelle Obama. Art education is important for future students. It allows students to learn about themselves, their culture, their community and the world around them. Creativity and Imagination will be encouraged through the development of an artistic mind. Art uses science, math, and creativity. Art uses math because it involves shapes and angles and when people make an art project with geometric shapes they use math to find what is this angle worth? Science needs art because art helps people to understand and see what they are learning in science classes. Scientists always use and draw models that include art.

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“If you enjoy your work, then others will feel that- especially in music because that is a direct representation of the self put purely into sound and emotion.”

Many people have different perceptions of what art means and what types of creative skills and imagination defines true art. One type of art that truly demonstrates art is murals is a tool used to demonstrate feelings through culture, sociopolitical issues, and express goals of art. People use culture in their murals to define certain emotions and areas during certain periods of time that gives murals and artistic meaning. Sociopolitical issues help embody the mural as not just a painting but something that has true depth in meaning. Also, murals express goals of art that give the viewers a view of the artist point of expression. Furthermore, Murals give multiple views of sentimental value and diversity to create what defines true art.

Upon glancing at various beautiful paintings there is to offer at the Museum of Fine Arts, only one astonishing artwork caught my immediate attention. The artwork is named “The Windmill on the Onbekende Gracht, Amsterdam” and it was painted by Claude Monet of the impressionist period in 1879. The medium is oil which is used for the oil painting on a canvas. Besides the subject matter, the content of the overall painting represents a serene and beautiful setting in which one can take ease and enjoy. It is a breathtaking view that captures a fleeting moment of a town setting by the riverside. Furthermore, the title also signifies the importance of the central object, which is the windmill.

The Merode Altarpiece, a piece by artist Robert Campin, is a representation of the Annunciation of Christ. The piece was originally painted in Flanders during the Early Renaissance period in 1425. It is a considerably small altarpiece, commissioned for a private residence, created with oil on wood panel. The piece is currently held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The scene depicted in this particular altarpiece is very popular among artists during the Renaissance and the detailed representation captured by Robert Campin made it one of his most famous works of art.

“The Madonna and Child with Saint Anne and an Angel” is an art piece with many different art principles and elements that are conveyed in such a manor that alludes complexity and great importance. The picture consists of four individuals- an angel, a baby, a Madonna or mother, and Saint Anne. The baby, cradled and asleep, is being overlooked by an angel, as the angel seems to be covering the child with a white blanket and much great care. Contrary to modern pictures, the angel has black wings wearing normal clothes similar to that of the mother and Saint. An important characteristic of the baby is that he has bright blonde and orange hair, a trait that resembles Jesus Christ. The mother and Saint Anne seem to be having a very important face-to-face discussion. All characters in the painting, including the child, are wearing late 15th century early 16th century clothing (rags and clothe looking material dresses) and recognizable colors.

In Elizabeth Bishop’s poem, One Art, it displays the acceptance Bishop has for losing things. Each stanza the losses get more significant, until she finally displays the one thing she can’t accept losing. Elizabeth Bishop uses techniques such as verse form and repetition to display her feelings toward those losses.

“ The artist is creator of beautiful things”(1). This aphorism coveys that beauty can be found within art and by looking at art one is looking at beautiful perfection. “The moral life of man forms part of the subject matter of the artist but the mortality of the art consist of perfect use of an imperfect medium”(1). What the author is trying to explain through this aphorism is that artist use the imperfect things they find in the imperfect world as subjects in their art. However the make these imperfect things become perfect and beautiful through their art work. These aphorism both suggest the aesthetic attitude because they support the idea that “ the highest pleasure is to be found in art”.

for my dissertation, I intend to explore the argument of concept over skill in contemporary applied arts. It is a debate that has cropped up many times in my experiences with creating contemporary art pieces and in my jewellery practice and is an area with very little defined lines. In my essay I will investigate contemporary artists works and how much 'concept' or 'skill' has impacted on their creation of successful artworks, exploring the idea that the works could survive with either concept or skill alone. My specific focus is the cotemporary jewellers. The word skill is very closely associated with the idea of a physical object, a very tangible thing that we can easily understand, that to create such a thing. requires skill, which in turn has required a degree of qualification or knowledge, patience or time.

As Gombrich describes, objectivity is the ability to represent something exactly as it is seen in nature without any influence. According to Gombrich, the objectivity of the representation in a work of art does not define how correct or real the art is. On the contrary, realism is defined by the information conveyed from the art. If the information is correct, the work is realistic. Gombrich believes this because there are multiple limits to representing objectively. One of the most prominent limits is style because as much as any artist would like to recreate nature objectively, style overrules. Every artist has a unique temperament which is represented in their work, making it a limit to representing an object objectively. Furthermore, the style itself is a limit to objectivity as well. Style includes but is not limited to the method of recreation or technique. The choice of technique restricts the artist freedom of choice as the artist can only render what his technique is capable of rendering. Not only is the limit to objectivity seen in the work of art itself, but it is also present in viewing nature itself with the eyes. The artist will see certain aspects of nature that others will not see based on his technique. For example, an artist drawing a scene will focus on the scene in terms of lines. Another limit to objectivity is the preference of an artist. An artist will only paint what he likes, which is what he can paint.

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

Discipline gives freedom to do the right things by binding away the wrong or unprofitable things.

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.

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.