Art101 Week One DQ Name Class Date Professor Part One My mother has always had a passion for art and would drag me to art museums in every city we travelled. When I was younger I wished I could see what my mother saw in the art but it just did not move me in the same way. I thought the paintings, sculptures, etc. Were beautiful but I did not see the special meaning behind the art that my mother saw. As I got older I developed a passion for the written word especially poetry but good short stories or novels as well. Certain poems could move me to tears like the art that moved my mother in the art museums and I realized art is personal and moved different people in different ways. Overtime I have gained a deeper self awareness to my connection to art and its purpose (Rockwell, 2011). While I enjoy the beauty in many cases I am moved by the historical significance or the reason behind why the art was created. I am moved by art and its connection to the past but have seen pieces of art that take my breath away. I no longer try to understand the meaning of the art just allow myself to enjoy its actual creation. My only art teacher was my mother. I love to write but she is an artist. Some people are just born with the ability to draw anything and that is my mother. Popular culture has a heavy influence on art and as society changes art leaves behind a record of cultures of the past. Part Two Art should be defined by the creator and the beholder. The creator of the art will define the art based on their personal perceptions, feelings, inspirations, etc. while the beholder will develop their own personal viewpoint about the art and its purpose. Art can be a type but does not conform to any specific definition. Art is anything that is created with love and passion. Everyone has different viewpoints of what is art. For some people art is painting of beautiful landscapes while for others art is a magnificent building or an interesting story. Aristotle’s statement "The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance" is both right and wrong. Art is the creation of a thought or an emotion as well as the creation of an object. Due to this fact art can represent other things but its outward appearance but in other cases the outward appearance of the art is the sole purpose of the artist. Art is subjective and so is a person’s reaction to the art. Art critics examine art and determine if it is good art o should even be considered art (Darke, 2012). Art critics make judgments. I find art is hard to define to even harder to critic especially since it is subjective and so is the opinion of the art critic. References Aristotle. (n.d.). Retrieved from the Brainy Quote Web site: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/aristotle104151.html Darke, C. (2012). Do Art Critics Count? Retrieved March 23, 2014 from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/colin-darke/do-crit ...