Art
Art is a term used to describe objects or ideas that are creative in origin or design. The Art of War by Sun-tzu, for example, denotes creativity in warfare.
"An activity by which one creates a work that has beauty or special meaning." The secret of art is love. — Emile Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929), French sculptor, studied with Rodin. Word Tutor, (eSpindle.com).
The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium. Dictionary, The American Heritage.
The arts is a term broader than "art", which usually means the visual arts (fine art and decorative art). The arts encompasses visual arts, performing arts (Music and dance), language arts (Literature) and culinary arts.
The major general surveys on topics in the fine arts are painting, sculpture, drawing, photography and architecture. Columbia Encyclopedia.
Liberalism and art
Liberals use art to express their political views, hoping to gain extra protection for their political speech by claiming that it is not really political but merely "artistic expression". This has been used to defend hate speech in the case of an art exhibit in the 1980s which invited museum goers to step on an American Flag and then record their opinions in a journal. It has also been used in an image of the Virgin Mary studded with close-ups of the human vulva (not widely reported) and bits of dung (trumpeted far and wide).
See also
External links
- National Arts Education
- The Arts U. S. Life, Culture and History.
- Academic Art Artcyclopedia.