Art is a form of human expression. Art can be seen as the artist sleight of hand on his mood. Art is in various media from posters to public wall of which we call “graffiti”. Art is elusive as the use of colors shapes and the surface used adds a new dimension. Art portrays various ideas, feelings such as triumph, love, happiness, sorrow and boredom in loss to mention a few. Art is beauty and creativity. During man’s evolution art has progressed over in its most primitive state up to its most modernized versions today.
History shows that art has been used as a major tool for communication. Cavemen did art on their walls using unsophisticated and blunt tools. The indigenous people of our country, the aborigines such as Albert Namatjira have also done cave paintings of their Dreamtime stories. Graffiti as far back the year 79 when Pompeii was destroyed by a volcanic eruption display that there were was a source of communication through art and a part of life. Biblical paintings recorded the life and death of Jesus Christ.
Religiously symbolic art has expressed the important role played by religion. Chinese art has various color combination which can be seen on chinaware, scrolls, pictures, calendars and even woman kimonos reflect high artistic talents and shows the appreciation of life. Ancient Egyptians, Aztecs, Incas and Mayans created many meticulous pieces of art. Some of the meticulous pieces of art are masks, pyramids, jewelry, wall paintings, tombs, sarcophagi. The primal Romans and Greeks showed their appreciation of life through art.
India used art to show their dance and their religions. The African art is symbolic of their tribal cuffs as seen of their totem poles. Today, Art has gone through many changes. Abstract art dominates art today shows ambiguous life a man lives, in contrast to the unambiguous art of the past. Modern does not have spirituality and cultural values and beliefs in the past and is now a reflection of a materialistic life of today. Bill Henson, a portrait artist used his 12 year old Olympia as a nude model for his portrait drawing.
This brought much controversy that he was exploiting the body of an under – age girl as his own gains. This shows that art is used for popularity and financial gain. The message behind art is to show ideas and ideas that are relevant to society. Art is meant to enliven life and things, though modern art shows more if life’s negativeness. Galleries, parks and museums view to the public with meaningfulness and with the appreciation for art. Art is still effective as hand written material was seen in the walls of Ancient Egypt.
Modern art stimulates the thought and fosters greater understanding; it links people across the globe. Art is an important life of ancient artist. Vincent van Gogh saw light through art. As an expressionist artist, Van Gogh used vibrant colors on the and strong brush strokes on the canvas helped him to convey his emotions. Dutch artist, Johannes Veameen used families and girls on his subjects “The girls with pearl earring” showed his love of human personalities. Michelangelo Painting “The suite of Mona Lisa” shows the importance he placed on human personalities.
These examples prove to us that art is importance of art in the life of artists. Art may sound a luxury but it is essential ingredient in life. Without art, the world will be dull place. We can understand so much about the past through art. It is easier to picture things more quickly and more easily through art. As the saying goes “a picture is worth a thousand words”. Art stimulates us spiritually and shape through art. Art is important for a person’s mental and commuter skills and helps a person to develop into an ethic admirer and a person who will appreciate life.
