What Is Art Flashcards

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Latin word for art, and what it actually means

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Ars, meaning craft

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Who said that art came from ars

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Collinwood 1938

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What is art

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Diverse alrange of human activity n resulting product, knvolves creative/imaginative talent, expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power or conceptual ideas

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What is humanities

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Academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture

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Why study the humanities

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Teaches one how to look at how the past developed n ipacted 2days world, n it also allows us 2 communicate n understand common pasts but present differences

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3 assumptions of art

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[UNNIE] Art is universal, not nature, involves experience

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Y is art universal

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Bc its crafted by all ppl regardless of origin, time, place n it stayed that way bc ppl like it and enjoy it continuously. A great piece of art will never be obsolete

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Y is art not nature

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Bc igmts mans way of interpreting nature. Its made by man, whereas nature is given around us.

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Y does art involve experience

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Bc its highly personal n subjective, rlly depends on the perceivers tastes, biases, n what he has inside him. E.g. movie, dude will not know the movie until he experiences it. Also include relatability, n the emotion it comes w it. Feelings n emotions r concrete proofs thT the artwork has been experienced

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What’s a phrase that means one cannot argue with anothers evaluation of art bc ones experience can never be known by another

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Desgustibus non disputandum est (matters of taste r not matters of dispute)

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