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By its original and broadest definition, art (from the Latin ars, meaning "skill" or "craft") is the product or process of the effective application of a body of knowledge, most often using a set of skills; this meaning is preserved in such phrases as "liberal arts" and "martial arts". However, in the modern use of the word, which rose to prominence after 1750, “art” is commonly understood to be skill used to produce an aesthetic result (Hatcher, 1999). Britannica Online defines it as "the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others"Britannica Online. By any of these definitions of the word, artistic works have existed for almost as long as humankind, from early pre-historic art to contemporary art.
Defining art
How best to define the term “art” is a subject of much contention; many books and journal articles have been published arguing over even the basics of what we mean by the term “art” (Davies, 1991 and Carroll, 2000). Theodor Adorno claimed in 1969 “It is self-evident that nothing concerning art is self-evident any more.” (Danto, 2003). Indeed, it is not even clear anymore who has the right to define art. Artists, philosophers, anthropologists, and psychologists all use the notion of art in their respective fields, and give it operational definitions that are not very similar to each others.
Nonetheless we can make some progress towards defining art in its most everyday senses. The first broadest sense of “art” is the one that has stayed closest to the older Latin meaning, which roughly translates to "skill" or "craft", and also from an Indo-European root meaning "arrangement" or "to arrange". In this sense, art is whatever is described as having undergone a deliberate process of arrangement by an agent. A few examples where this meaning proves very broad include artifact, artificial, artifice, artillery, medical arts, and military arts. However, there are many other colloquial uses of the word, all with some relation to its etymology.
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@JoolsMace ooh what martial art is it? I'm a bit of a fiend
WildPaw (Karen Wild) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:22:21 -0000
@JoolsMace ooh what martial art is it? I'm a bit of a fiend
Exhibition Review | 'A Woman?s Wit: Jane Austen?s Life and Legacy': At the Morgan, the Jane Austen Her Family Knew #art http://bit.ly/3BZ8QP
artglobe (Art Globe) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:22:16 -0000
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The Art of Multiprocessor Programming読了。正直、役に立つ度ではJava Concurrency in Practiceの方が数段上。
#6: Southwest Art (1-year) http://ff.im/b78EL
melvinsfrederic (Melvin S. Frederic) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:22:09 -0000
#6: Southwest Art (1-year) http://ff.im/b78EL
Suffering for your art yes. Suffering for his art I don't think so.
KristinaSmithxo (Kristina Smith) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:22:03 -0000
Suffering for your art yes. Suffering for his art I don't think so.
The Art of Tibet - The Himalayan Art Project, sponsored by the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, provides access to more than 1,200 works of Tibetan art held in major collections. Each tangka or statue can be viewed in fine detail using a zoom capability. Browse by category or use search to locate subjects. Also includes special exhibits and educational material.
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Art of Joan Bredin Price - A gallery of paintings and prints of the Twenty One Taras paintings accompanied by corresponding verses of traditional prayers. Available as prints or new commissions.
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Art of Newar Buddhism, Nepal - Sculpture, temple and stupa art, and rituals. Includes many images as well as detailed text.
Art of the Headless Dakini - Some images of dakinis, including headless ones. Also images of thogchags. Comments on both.
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Asian Arts, New York City - Museum quality Central Asian, Islamic, Nepalese and Indian material with a specialized interest in the art of Tibet.
Asianart: Early Tibetan Mandalas: The Rossi Collection - Fourteen Tibetan paintings of mandalas dating from the 13th to the 16th centuries, with commentary, and descriptive catalog.
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Buddhist Art: Symbolism of Mandalas - A brief description of the general meaning of mandalas.
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Chenrezig / Avalokiteshvara - The Tibetan Buddhist Buddha of Compassion: Chenresig (Avalokiteshvara)
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Chenrezig Tibetan Sand Mandalas - Tibetan Sand Mandala Tour 2001 and 2002 in New Zealand. Information about and images of Chenrezig Tibetan Sand Mandalas.
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Dakini Land - A celebration of the female spirit as manifest in the Dakini. Some images of Dakinis with a brief discussion of the symbolism.
Dharma Images Home Gallery - A gallery of Deities from Tibetan Buddhist tradition rendered through Photoshop and the Web.
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Kaladarshan - Tibetan Art Virtual Library - Guide to Tibetan Art, Theatre Music. The WWW Virtual Library entry provides a central access point to online resources dealing with Tibetan art.
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Mirrors of the Heart-Mind - The Rezk Collection of Tibetan Art from the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. Eight-five images with explanatory text accompanied by forty-seven related essays.
Nepalese Thangka Paintings - A collection of Tibetan and Nepalese Thangka paintings featuring Red, Green, and White Tara; Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara); Manjushri, Boddhisattva, Mandalas; Wheel of Life; Mahakaal; Yab Yum; Kuber; Ganesha.
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