How to Understand Performance Art
by Shelley Esaak Updated January 28, 2019 The term "Performance Art" got its start in the 1960s in the United States. It was originally used to describe any live artistic event...
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What Is the Definition of 'Medium' in Art?
by Shelley Esaak Updated May 23, 2019 In art, "medium" refers to the substance the artist uses to create a piece of artwork. For example, the medium Michelangelo used to create...
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The Most Important Functions of Art
by Shelley Esaak Updated May 23, 2019 First, proceed with this caution: No piece of art can be "assigned" a function (or functions), either in essay form or in casual conversation,...
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An Introduction to Representational Art
by Shelley Esaak Updated March 20, 2018 The word "representational," when used to describe a work of art, means that the work depicts something easily recognized by most people. Throughout our...
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Why Should I Study Art History?
by Shelley Esaak Updated May 23, 2019 Each semester students find themselves enrolled in Art History classes for the first time. Ideally, they enrolled because they wanted to study the history...
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What Are the Visual Arts?
Guylain Doyle / Getty Images by Shelley Esaak Updated January 19, 2019 The visual arts are those creations that we can see rather than something like the auditory arts, which we...
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Some kinds of Visual Arts
Photography Main article: Photography Photography is the process of making pictures by means of the action of light. The light patterns reflected or emitted from objects are recorded onto a sensitive...
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