What Is Art? Favorite Famous Definitions, from Antiquity to . . . Gathered here are some of my favorite definitions of art, from antiquity to today Henry James in his short story The Middle Years: We work in the dark — we do what we can — we give what we have Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task The rest is the madness of art Leo Tolstoy, in his essay “What Is Art?”:
The definition of art by different authors - Forge of Mind The Middle Ages saw artists like Jan van Eyck, who primarily had a mystical and symbolic approach to art This was, of course, due to the rise of Christianity, which was also the ‘regime’ from which everything in society stemmed, including art
20 Artists Define What Art Is. . . (SLIDESHOW) | HuffPost . . . We have assembled a list of 15 great artists' definitions of art From Leonardo to Warhol, learn what art is from the minds who shaped it There are some gems, some clunkers and a few eyebrow-raisers, but each gives us a little more insight into the eternal question
Art terms - MoMA contemporary art from around the world The dominant artistic movement in the 1940s and 1950s, Abstract Expressionism was the first to place New York City at the forefront of international modern art
What Is Art? A Few Famous Definitions, From Antiquity to . . . Gathered here are some of my favorite definitions of art, from antiquity to today Henry James in his short story The Middle Years: We work in the dark—we do what we can—we give what we have
27 Responses to the Question “What is Art?” - Mental Floss 1 [from the 1300s] Skill; its display, application, or expression… [from the 1600s] The expression or application of creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting,