Value Of A Work Of Art

men. History is little different from a movie or book, filled with characters that bring out feelings that can vary from a feeling of pure rage to one of thankfulness, that inspire a child living in poverty to work their way up to the top and remind the common person of their ethical values; one will often find identification within the figures that have shaped the community that they live in whether it be via relatibility or the influential voice of long dead

AS91487 3.6 Examine the different values placed on art works Mona Lisa – Leonardo Da Vinci 1506 - The Mona Lisa, 1503 - 1506, painted on poplar wood (77 x 53cm) with oil paint. This composition was created by Leonardo Da Vinci, a Quattrocento artist of the Italian Renaissance between the years of 1503 - 1506. The Mona Lisa is unquestionably acclaimed, with great artistic merit and value, to be the most highly revered, renowned painting. This form of art is a portrait, in which Leonardo Da Vinci

“Art is man 's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him”. -Chinua Achebe The question of “What is art” is a discussion that for some people can be incredibly nuanced and challenging, while for others, it’s inexplicably simple. In this paper I will discuss the topic of what art is, it’s value to society, what it means to me and how this personal definition has evolved both over time and as a result of this course. In addition, this paper

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museum of art, at any given time, and one could find an abundance of monumental names listed on tiny plaques hanging next to even more recognizable works of art. The excitement felt by any art enthusiast when walking into these buildings of time and creation, is undeniable and especially unique. Could it be the atmosphere of the building, the presence of artwork, the people, possibly the grandeur of the space, or perhaps, could it be the spirit of the artists themselves, peering through the work they

the ground of restoration ecology ever offered. Here, and in a succession of papers defending the original essay, Elliot argued that ecological restoration was akin to art forgery. Just as a copied art work could not reproduce the value of the original, restored nature could not reproduce the value of nature. I reject Elliot's art forgery analogy, and argue that his paper provides grounds for distinguishing between two forms of restoration that must be given separate normative consideration: (1)

be reflected in different forms of art because the marxist school believes that everything in a society is based on the current modes of production. A change to the mode of production will bring change to politics, law, philosophy, religion, and art. Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno and Walter Benjamin are three of the most notable critics of Marxism. They write about the production of cultural subject in capitalist societies, agreeing that reproduction of art has drastically changed due to mechanization

“The value of art might be that it offers us a way of working through the complexity of moral or ethical issues – not prescribing solutions to them.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? Cite specific visual examples to substantiate your argument. I disagree slightly with the statement, as the statement generalizes the value of art, claiming that the value of art is that it exists solely for its viewers to question their moral and ethical views. This is based on assumptions as not all

Terms for Art history’ in which he cites Jean Baudrillard’s essay on “The Precession of Simulacra”. To further support the discussion, I will include a visual example from the movie The Truman Show that will aid towards the explanation of simulacrum and show the difference between a copy and simulacrum. From Walter Benjamin journal, ’The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction’ written in 1935-1936, he explains the “aura of uniqueness” and the difference between cult value and exhibition

Renaissance art, we’re talking about a period of art that has a plentiful amount of innovation and creation within the time period. Its artists are innovative, highly devoted to the work of art their working on, and above all else committed to the recreation of a different style of art following the Middle Ages. Having to decide on a piece of art from the Renaissance period to write about is tougher than one would think. There are so many great artist and so many great pieces of art to choose from