What Is Art

Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), French artist. Quoted in: Huneker, Pathos of Distance, p. 128.

Defining art is a very difficult thing to do. Choosing one characteristic over another would be unfair. Art and literature can’t be based on good characteristics in a book or one way of painting or sculpting. You can’t say that music is only good when it has words. So the question is what makes something art? Art can be defined as a unique style, something that has never been done before.

Everyone is different, even the most identical twin’s don’t share the same fingerprints. Everyone is also born with there own sense of style, there own thoughts and ideas. Art can not be art if you are coping other people’s style. A not very well known book or piece of art can still be considered art as long as it holds it’s own unique style. Take Pablo Picasso for example he changed modern art as we know it. Picasso didn’t want people to copy him or his style. “Painting is a blind man’s profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.” Pablo Picasso From this quote I am led to believe that it’s not his intentions for people to copy him. Art co

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A young man who was a pessimist, swore and certain that the adult world was full of phonies. Salenger is a true artist because he was able to withstand public scrutiny. Many best sellers can be considered “not art”. Salenger took America by surprise with that book. He took us into the world of Holden Caulfield. mes from within, you can’t copy someone else and say that’s how you feel. His book was very controversial for it’s time, but J. Without that art can not fulfill it’s true purpose, to express a unique style. They made one good book it was there first book.

In the end what would you want to be remembered for. Without your own style in that piece, it can no longer be considered art.

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