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Non-motivated functions of art

The non-motivated purposes of art are those who are integral to being human, transcend the individual, or do not fulfill a specific exter...
Motivated functions of art

Motivated purposes of art refer to intentional, conscious actions on the part of the artists or creator. These may be to bring about politi...
Forms, genres, media, and styles

The creative arts in many cases are divided into more specific categories, each related to its technique, or medium, such as decorative a...
Art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Art is a diverse variety of human activities in creating visual, auditory or performing artifacts – artworks, expressing the author's...
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Versailles: Louis Le Vau opened up the interior court to create the expansive entrance cour d'honneur, later copied all over Europe....
Controversies

Théodore Géricault's Raft on the Medusa, circa 1820 Art has long been controversial, that is to say disliked by some viewers, for a ...
Skill and craft

Adam. Detail from Michelangelo's fresco in the Cappella Sistina (1511) See also: Conceptual Art and Artistic Skill Art can connote ...
Creative art and fine art

Inside perspective of the history of art, [9] artistic works have existed for almost as long as humankind: from early pre-histor...
History

Sculptures, cave paintings, rock paintings and petroglyphs from the Upper Paleolithic dating to roughly 40, 000 years ago have been found, ...