Objectives:
-Consider the origins of art
-Explore a brief history of Western Art
-Examine multiple perspectives for evaluating art
Original Post:
In my cognitive, art is the beauty. Artwork, natural, behavior, everything could be as art. So art is a very extensive thing. However, I have never considered what the real art is. But after I read the reading and watch the video, I learned few things about what is art. In the article, Dissanayake mentions, “Art include all human societies, it accounts for the fact that art is a psychological or emotional need and has psychological or emotional effects”(15). So art is not just as an artwork or represents the beauty. It contains people’s life, behavior, thoughts and aspirations. Actually, art existed in millions years ago. According Denis presentation, “It is widely assumed that the earliest human artworks are the stupendously skillful cave, and about 32,000 years old. And the artistic skills has been found from around 100,000 years ago”. Also there is a tool called acheulian hand axes, which has been found from around 1.4 million ago. And those are the earliest art. The features of those ancient art is delicacy and useful. Furthermore, as Denis described, “Hand axes mark an evolutionary advance in human history-tools fashioned to function as what Darwinians call “fitness signals”. In other words, art is a very universal; it is not a luxury item. No mater in the past, nowadays, and in the future, It can be used as a beautiful of art, but also can be used as a practical tool. Moreover, in the present, art is exists in many places. And art is not restricted by religion, race, gender or something else. Painting, music, movies are art. Also, when I visit Niagara Falls, I praise the art that natural bring to us constantly. That’s pure and gives a shaky felling. Art exists in different form in our life. Next, let’s talk about the Mona Lisa. As we all know, it’s mysteriously. Until now, People want to explore the potential value of this work. And people want to know the story about Mona Lisa all around the world. So what is Art? Personally, I think art is something that people has resonated. However, there are many differences between arts, but it also contains the cross cultural aesthetic pleasure and aesthetic value.
Reflection:
What is the art? As Dissanayake mentions, “Art include all human societies, it accounts for the fact that art is a psychological or emotional need and has psychological or emotional effects”(15). And “Art must be viewed as an inherent universal trait of the human species ”(15). People always have the different feelings on art. Before I read this article, I know few things about art, like art exists in different forms, like artwork, music, movies and so on. Art is something that shocks us or inspired our soul. But I never realized what is the history or origin of arts.
After I watched the short video, I guess I know more things about art. In the thousands of years ago, the art is existed in people’s life already. Just like Denis said in his presentation “the artistic skills has been found from around 100,000 years ago”. This reminds me of “ Sancai”. Sancai is a Traditional Chinese pottery in the Tang Dynasty with yellow, white and green as the basic glaze. It’s very pretty with various pattern, also it could be used as bowl, dish or other decoration. Thus, from this week course, I know art is not only belong to modern times, art is existed in different forms in all ages.
Future:
In the future, I would like to explore what is the real art, like the forms of art in different era or how people understanding art in different ages. And I think museum is a good place to know that. Because museums always have some exhibitions about the historical artwork.
Table of Contents:
Artifact 4: Personal Adornment
Artifact 7: Creative Spirituality
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