Arts

The Arts 

Do We Need a 'Knowledge' of Art to Know Art?

The arts can he a tricky category to explain reflecting upon their controversial and debatable defining factors. The dictionary definition of art would be 'the expression of creative skills through a visual medium such as painting or sculpture'. This does not settle the case however, as what some consider art can be highly different from what others do. This is why art is such a complex knowledge system; it cannot exactly be defined completely. 

Do we need a knowledge of art to know it? I do not believe that we do as art is expression and expression is subjective. Some people will consider anything to be art while others have strict and specific categories for something to have to fall under in order for it to be considered art in their eyes. This is why in my mind art can definitely be used in different ways and be considered a valuable knowledge system. It can be used to visually communicate q message to its observer in a possibly more through manner than any verbal communicative system could have. It can be used to make an observer feel a certain emotion very effectively. It has the power to completely change the views and ideologies held by the observer up to that point. Art, therefore, is a crucial aspect of human life as well as human expression and communication, and should be preserved and valued accordingly