Art – An Insightful Expression
Art is a form of expression used to portray ones feelings and share it through beauty and hidden meanings. During our tour of the art gallery for our enrichment workshop, my mind was constantly wondering the meaning of these works of art. Being curious, I asked the tour guide to give his point of view and then I asked for the actual depiction and meaning of the work. What I realized is that it can be perceived in many different of way based of who is examining it and the way they examine it. It is amazing how an artwork can have so much meaning. As they say “A picture is worth a thousand words“. Through some works of art I was able to understand the time period it portrayed, as if I were there. The emotions and meanings in art is powerful when closely examining it. I wouldn’t mind staring at a portrait for hours and feeling as if I were watching a film. Just as pictures which store memories, paintings have a similar purpose. These works of art stimulated my mind while I was there and is a good form of seeing things through a different perspective. Many people look at things in one way, some conform to others beliefs and some to society. Through developing different perspectives one can see the world in many different ways and not one-sided. The word is a beautiful place and these works of art establish such meaning. In art there are many different forms and techniques used in order to portray several meanings. The use of tone, shadow and other devices all serve a purpose of task. Personally my favorite is when their are two different ideas contrasted in a piece of work, in other words, the element of juxtaposition is used. It shows the difference between two ideas. Through art work many people can learn about the history of ones society, country and the world. Art has a tendency of changing and evolving. The more modern forms of art I have noticed is the abstract form. To some a painting may look as a splatter of random paint on a canvas, while to others it is an insightful expression.
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