Assumptions of art

Latin, arts which means “craft or specialized form of skill.” Collingwood, 1938 Ars in Medieval Latin

meant “any special form of book- learning, such as grammar or logic, magic or astrology.”

Assumptions of arts 1. Art is universal Timeless, spanning generations and continents through and

through. Misconception: Artistic made long time ago. Age is not a factor in determining art. “Art is not

good because it is old, but old because it is beautiful.” (Dudley, et al. 1960)

Art is universal, because it evokes an emotional response from us if it is doing the job well. The best art
is beautiful and inspires awe. Or joy. But it evokes emotion. Some art, such as illustration, tells a story or
shows you fantastic places or people. Some art has a specific style that appeals to certain groups of
people. And then you’ve got decades of various attempts to come up with original movements in art.
Some of them are great some of them are pure trash. But art and the value of it is in the eye of the
beholder. But I can look at art from people who do not speak my language, and it speaks to me visually,
and emotionally. Or even with humor. Some art we don’t even recognize as art.

In reality, art is everywhere we look. It’s on the signs we read, on the clothing we wear, on the packages
of everything we buy, on the building as we drive past, in the shape and design of the vehicles we drive.

And I haven’t even begun to scratch the different categories of art. From sculpture, architecture, to
photography, and much much more. Art is far richer, and far more powerful then we give credit for. The
more deeply you examine it, the more you find is still there.

* Art really isn't universal.

All cultures produce Art. But the cues, context and symbol/ symbol, object/symbol, concept/symbol
relationships are products of those particular culture, it's history and collective experience.

But the meaningful Experience of the art is relevant to those who understand the symbol links indicated
above. They create the context which meaning and feeling must stem from. There, by the way a huge
number of symbol links beyond the few I mentioned. What would a Mayan made of Mickey Mouse?
Would they know it was a mouse?

The Mayan Mouse Glyphbabove depicts a mouse. Doesn't look much like a mouse.

Mickey Mouse doesn't look like a mouse either.

This, in art theory is a Symbol / concept mismatch. Both are expressing a symbol of “mouse” but it is
unlikely that with culture would recognize the other's symbol.

If your question was meant to be “Why do all cultures produce art (universally)?” Then we were into
cultural anthropology.

Cultures produce art to

1)Communicate internally (traditional costumes, dance, music, crafts, etc, etc)

2) Communicate externally (identify inculsion or exclusion with in social group or tribe).

Throughout history, the production of 'art for arts sake' is a marker of certian definite types of cultural
development.

Most art from human history is functional. Art is applied to every day items. Patterns in fabric, designs
on containers as decoration.

The reasons for this are the foundations of the universality you.may have been indication.

To personalize by custom adornment (Internal communication Thogra's Hammer has the snake carved
into.the handle)…

Or to show inclusion, accomplishment or social status (The women in the P'tah people receive
distinctive facial tattoos after bearing children). (External Communication).

The 'universiality of art' is at it's very roots, a part of the human condition. It is a defiiner of who we are
as a species, and one of the truest things that uniquely identifies us as human.

Thank you for your question.

Assumptions of arts 1. Art is universal Works of Rizal and Francisco Balagtas Not read because they are

old but they are beautifully written. Arts regardless of origin, time, and place are liked and enjoyed by

people continuously.

Assumptions of arts 2. Art is not nature. Man’s expression of his reception of nature Man’s way of

interpreting nature. Art is made by man, whereas nature is a given around us.

Assumptions of arts 2. Art is not nature. Art, not directed by representation of reality, is a perception of

reality. Five blind men touching an elephant Art has its reason why the artist made it. What is it that he

wants to show?

Assumptions of arts 3. Art involves experience. It does not full detail but just an experience. “Actual

doing of something.” Radio DJ, Choreographer, Painter, Sculptor “All art depends on experience, and if

one is to know art, he must know it not as fact or information but as experience.”