Visual Arts...As Old As Civilization
For as long as man has been alive, he has observed the
aesthetics and beauty of life. It seems that it is innate in us
to create and change and this has been demonstrated throughout
the ages. Even the cave man recreated his vision and told a
story via stonewalls.
All art is a communication! The artist is creating his/her
vision via any artistic outlet such as drawing, painting,
sculptures, photography, graphic design or filmmaking etc.
It's any art we see! The natural landscape is a powerful tool
artists have used throughout time. We seem to want to recreate
what we are looking at and at the same time change it to put our
own nuances and character into it.
Art is not limited to drawing, painting, sculptures etc. There
are the living visual arts such as the painstaking shaping of
the Bonsai tree or creating the next beautiful hybrid rose. We
started with the incredibly gorgeous vintage rose and now we
literally have hundreds of different kinds of roses in various
sizes, colors and fragrance.
Dancing, figure skating, gymnastics, ballet, and even acting are
also considered visual art forms.
You are basically taking something that has been done before, or
a piece of life, and are making it new by changing or adding
your own character to the piece. That's all imagination is!
Just in the 20th century alone we have created new forms of art
such as art nouveau, pop art, ethnic art to name a few. The
subject of art is so vast that there is literally no ceiling to
creativity and that is what makes this subject so incredibly
interesting.
For as long as man exists, we will find a way to create new and
interesting things to look at. It is after all in our nature to
do so!