Art


From stick figures in the sand and the earliest animals painted and
carved in stone, people worldwide have reacted to the world by making images.
The fundamental goal of art, especially in the past, was to convey meaning and
express important ideas, revealing what was significant to every society, by
arresting images. In recognizing the subject matter of any painting, you have
to look at the artist's intentions, which are regularly connected to social
conditions, national or global issues and the demands of the public. To avoid
the pitfalls of judging all art by our own personal experiences and subjective
views, we have to learn the background surrounding the artist when the work was
created- the social and historical conditions of the time and the philosophical
views which affected the way in which the artist viewed the world. (Russell,
1984)
Art is as varied as the life from which it springs and each artist
portrays different aspects of the world they know. Briefly, it......

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