What is Art?

Paul Cézanne was a painter from the 18th century that is greatly known for his piece, “The Basket of Apples.” The painting, at first glance, features--shockingly--only a basket of apples. But when inspecting deeper, it's actually a break from past painting styles. For example, when looking at "The Hay Wain" by John Constable, the landscape is painted in such a way that everything is taken in from one perspective, whereas "The Basket of Apples" warps the images in the painting so that anything can be viewed from a different viewpoint. Therefore, Cézanne's art piece used something that is necessary in all of art: the expression of what is inside the brain. This is not to say that Constable's art was "wrong," but Cézanne had created something revolutionary.

pingu is making art

Personally, for something to be art, it does not have to be extraordinarily great or outstanding. It just must reflect what an individual is thinking. For example, this artist does not make something that all would consider a masterpiece, but every morning in sophomore year, I found myself looking for a new whimsical drawing. There's nothing serious about catcrumb's art, but I understand that it is their stream of consciousness, which is why each image feels quite so authentic.

Art is not only restricted to physical media, (though these days I am becoming increasingly more interested in keeping less digital. What if I woke up one day and all of my pictures, videos, messages, etc. went missing? With the state I'm in right now, I don't think I would be able to survive that.) as it can include digital media. For example, as aforementioned catcrumb is a digital artist, in which they make their art on a platform, such as Microsoft Paint. Alongside this, there is also music to include in one of the countless methods of making art. When I was in middle school, I wasn't a big Hamilton fan, but I really liked the song "Burn." Towards the end, Eliza Schuyler sings "The world has no right to my heart / The world has no place in our bed / They don't get to know what I said", and as a 12-year-old dramatic preteen, those words had struck me as genius. The way that Schuyler's words had come across as so passionate towards being deceived by Hamilton left me thinking that this is a prime example of what art is: to express one's own thoughts in such a way that it begins to resonate in others.

Until Next Time,

A Connoisseur of the Arts

Currently watching: "Anne with an E"

My rating: ★★★★★