Of course there are many different opinions about what art really means and what impact it has to society, but generally art is considered as something free. There is no "right" or "wrong" when it comes to art, because there are no rules. This can make it difficult for some, but easier for others. Art influences people in many ways, without them sometimes noticing. Just browsing through the internet one is bombarded with all kinds of art, some more positive, others of course more negative. I found some interesting websites, where authors express their opinions about what art means to them. In the first one for example http://arthistory.about.com/cs/reference/f/what_is_art.htm, Shelley Esaak, a portrait artist, freelance illustrator and graphic designer, writer and educator writes about her personal opinion what art means to her. When I read this, I fully agreed with it and thought it is impressive how easy she made it for me to understand what she was talking about. Furthermore Anthony Bond, who's website: http://www.artinfluence.com/whyartmatters.html explains why art matters to him and how art can change the way one looks at the world. He gives a different perspective on art and how one can observe it. Every country has a different way of seeing art and sometimes art to one culture can be something completely different to another. He discusses the differences and describes how to observe art according to their origin.
Last but not least, I really enjoyed reading Marc Vallen's web-page, as he speaks about the artist's role in society. He shares his own experiences he made, when traveling through the world and learning about the different styles there are. He also speaks about what keeps him going on as an artist and what inspired him in today's society. Read more on his web-page:http://art-for-a-change.com/blog/2005/03/artists-role-in-social-change.html .
What is art today? Throughout history, art has changed tremendously. In this blog I will go through the changes of art and what purpose it had and still has to society. Some call it nuisance, others talent and others really don't care. But art has a major impact on society and can change, provoke and even hurt peoples feelings.
Art is beautiful
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WHY ART MATTERS!
With time, and historical events, art changes all the time and in today's society art could be considered nearly everything. Influences such as the camera, which was invented by Nicéphore Niépce in 1825, created new styles and changed the meaning of a painting. Before the camera, paintings would "capture reality in detail" and represent status. Certain objects in paintings would represent important meanings and the more detailed the painting, the more impressive it was. But once the camera was invented, it was no longer necessary to paint in detail and many artists began to paint abstract and focused on other things as colors, composition and personal style.
The problem with art is, everyone can interpret it differently. To my mind art has a major influence on society and can express opinions/world views much more than one realizes.
In today's news, one can use art, as for instance cartoons to express political views and comment on current events. For example, the most discussed cartoons in the press are probably the 12 cartoons of Muhammad, published in several European newspapers, as for instance the danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on September the 30th 2005. Muhammad, the Muslim Prophet, was shown in many different humorous situations and many Muslims felt it was too much of a deliberate offensive joke that should not be taken in a humorous way. Cartoonists were asked to express their opinions about the Islam and it was not intended to provoke anyone directly, but some Islamic radicals took them to the Middle East and that's when the violent reactions began. Danish Embassies were burned only because of the cartoons published in the newspapers. This is when I began to wonder how art can have such an intense influence in the world. Cartoons, which is considered as art can provoke and unnecessarily cause problems in society when at the same time it is something so beautiful.
Just click on the link below and you will be able to see the 12 cartoons that were published.
http://www.hissheep.org/islam/images/12drawings.jpg
The problem with art is, everyone can interpret it differently. To my mind art has a major influence on society and can express opinions/world views much more than one realizes.
In today's news, one can use art, as for instance cartoons to express political views and comment on current events. For example, the most discussed cartoons in the press are probably the 12 cartoons of Muhammad, published in several European newspapers, as for instance the danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on September the 30th 2005. Muhammad, the Muslim Prophet, was shown in many different humorous situations and many Muslims felt it was too much of a deliberate offensive joke that should not be taken in a humorous way. Cartoonists were asked to express their opinions about the Islam and it was not intended to provoke anyone directly, but some Islamic radicals took them to the Middle East and that's when the violent reactions began. Danish Embassies were burned only because of the cartoons published in the newspapers. This is when I began to wonder how art can have such an intense influence in the world. Cartoons, which is considered as art can provoke and unnecessarily cause problems in society when at the same time it is something so beautiful.
Just click on the link below and you will be able to see the 12 cartoons that were published.
http://www.hissheep.org/islam/images/12drawings.jpg
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