Art is beautiful

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

Monday, May 9, 2011

ART ART ART!

To many people Art does not really seem like it is too important. In fact many people take art for granted and do not realize how much effort really lies behind it. Art has had so much influence in society, that not too many people actually realize how important it is. To some it helps them learn simple methods such as coordinating ones hands and arm, others learn to express themselves freely, where as others again simply use art as a form of communication. Throughout history the meaning of art has changed, art was used for practical reasons such as maybe painting someone to keep them in memory, or show ones status and then again today, art is used more to provoke society and have them think about their lives or the world we are living in today. Either way, a world without art would hardly be possible and through the development of art, people were more able to express themselves.
In this blog you can follow on the different events and occasions that art has made a difference in peoples lives and prove how important it is to realize that art really does make a difference and can help others.



Works Cited


" Art Education Project for the Mentally Disabled." Chinadaily US Edition. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 May 2011. <http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/video/2009-08/19/content_8589424.htm#>.

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  1. Mark Francis LongMay 17, 2011 at 9:31 AM

    Not only does art poke fun and capture a person's memory but it is also therapeutical and manipulative. It's the best and the worse of both worlds. If you ever get to chance to take a class on psychology of art you will really dive into it's impact on people in positive and negative ways. How it implied to the persecution of Jews, Blacks and other persecuted individuals, religions and races, yet was used as therapy for those individuals being persecuted. It is a weapon of attack and a means to relax and be cured. It is very interesting how dangerous and exhilarating it can be all at the same time. Unfortunately, it is very much abused in advertising and the manipulative qualities are overly used in propaganda documentaries and advertisements to poke at our emotions. Those bastards!

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