what is art by ELEA ORTEGA

ART ART ART WHAT IS ART?

A good definition of the arts is given by the Free Dictionary as "imaginative, creative, and nonscientific branches of knowledge considered collectively, especially as studied academically."

On the other hand we have the singular term art “Art is created when an artist creates a beautiful object, or produces a stimulating experience that is considered by his audience to have artistic merit.”

For instance we have Marie Hall and Andrew Bucci, their art was to provoke a sense or thoughts on people. So people could interpret their masterpieces, as they wanted. As I did with one of Marie Hall’s painting, Bright Fields, which on me provoke, happiness, love, and faith, because of the bright colors and the combination of intensity.

So, one could conclude that art is the process that leads to a product (the artwork or piece of art), which is then examined and analyzed by experts in the field of the arts or simply enjoyed by those who appreciate the arts.

Art is for everybody; sometimes it requires discipline for those who really want to penetrate into the beauty of art.

To me at some point, to create art you have to put your heart and soul, in order to create something meaningful. Leonardo da Vinci said, “Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is not art”.

For example, the entire projects that we have done, I consider them art, because they are made from the bottom of my heart.

Some examples of Arts are: Fine Arts, Liberal Arts, Visual Arts, Decorative Arts, Applied Arts, Design, Crafts, Performing Arts, and so on.

There is some other arts too, for instance folk art which is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic. It is also a way to express one's feelings and emotions in a material way it involves hard work and effort and it's able to motivate sentiments in its appreciators. Theora Hamblett is a perfect example, she was an artist from Oxford, Mississippi, she did not go to a professional school of arts and none professional artist taught her either. It was innate in her. She did not follow any rules; she had her own techniques, techniques that we then follow on class in order to create our own art.

My favorite arts and the ones that I can say I practice is the photography, which is the art of creating still or moving pictures. The other one is dance, which is human movement to express feelings and emotions and is an example of performing arts.

Now with all of this and with the case of our own creations I can come to the conclusion that Art is a way to express our feelings and thoughts, sometimes emotions that the heart download in some way. They are so many ways to express it for example we have sculptures, photography, music, painting drawings, dance. In addition art involves effort and a lot work. These ideas mixed together bring what it is art.With a clear statement or the intention to make the appreciator create her or his own meaning, art goes beyond that a form of expression becoming an instance of developing and creation of something new and original.