Art
Art
Art (pronounced: /ɑːrt/) is a diverse range of human activities involving the creation of visual, auditory, or performance artifacts (artworks), which express the creator's imagination, conceptual ideas, or technical skill, intended to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.
Etymology
The word "art" comes from the Latin "ars", which, although literally defined, means "skill method" or "technique", and conveys a connotation of beauty.
Related Terms
- Visual Art: Art forms that create works that are primarily visual in nature such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, filmmaking, and architecture.
- Performance Art: An artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by the artist or other participants, which may be live or documented, spontaneous or scripted.
- Conceptual Art: Art in which the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns.
- Technical Skill: The ability to use methods and techniques to perform a task.
- Imagination: The faculty or action of forming new ideas, images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses.
- Emotional Power: The capacity of art to stir emotions in its audience.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Art
- Wikipedia's article - Art
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