1. The meaning of art is in the eye of the beholder and/or the creator. It is the combination of variables such as skill, creativity, imagination, emotion, and intellect (though the list is virtually endless), into a form. The meaning of that form depends on who is deriving it. To some the meaning is aesthetic, and the form’s beauty moves them, while to others it is intellectual and they are moved by the idea the form provokes.
2. My favorite type of art is painting. I am captivated by the infinite number of techniques that can be used to paint a picture as well as how unique those techniques can be to the artist. It allows one to pour his heart and soul out with so many options such as color choice, texture and use of perspective. Anything one can imagine can be depicted and there are so many channels through which to do so.
3. My favorite period is the Renaissance because it was in such stark contrast to the period before. The middle ages were so restrictive to artists and the renaissance was a period with virtually no boundaries. All that pent-up creativity exploded into a period that features some of man’s greatest works of art, and certainly art that speaks to me.
4. My academic strength is my analytical skills. I enjoy evaluating things and breaking those things down into parts to better understand them or better define them. For that reason the classes that interest me most in academia tend to be law or politics related.
5. I feel very comfortable with technologies given the resources to understand them. In this era of technology we live in, new technologies are springing up all the time and adaptability is crucial. I enjoy keeping up with the latest technology related media trends and integrating them into my own life.
6. I think my writing skills are good, though they could use work. Works that require a short period of time to write are difficult for me because I am a slow writer but I am very often proud of what I produce if given adequate time.
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Dear Mrs. Weinroth,
Art is neither object not concept. an object is material and poetry is not. It is also not a concept because it has a form and is thus tangible. it can be an object and it can be part of a concept, however it is not defined as either.
Dear David,
Is Art a concept or an object?
Most philosophers chose an example to explore a definition, in the same way a botanist will use different plants to see if they have common denominator so they can deduce a general statement.