Artisis's Standard
Artist’s Standards
What are the standards that an artist's product has to meet to be considered a work of art? Should it express some feeling that the artist is experiencing or does it have to hold any meaning to the artist at all? Should it appeal to the viewer or have a specific effect on him? Many philosophers have conducted studies on these matters in attempt to answer the question of what is and isn't art. With the turn of the twentieth century have come new outlooks and productions of art works. Thus, studies of the controversies of art carry on into the twentieth century.
Past centuries developed different canons of art. In order to be considered a work of art, artists had to produce works that met all the requirements set by the specific canons of their time period.
During the Egyptian period, the canon held that all works be produced with the use of a grid as a medium. This method required that an artist made a scale of same-sized boxes which would each contain a certain fragment of the picture. A drawing of the human body, or any other image, had to correspond with the grid so that the proportions were done the same at any size scale. This made the figures appear the way they are "supposed to" and represent them correctly according to the canon.
The Renaissance period brought about a new canon that focused on the classical traditions of art. In accordance to the canon of this period, all works of art were to be consistent in geometrey, proportion, and composition. This canon worked towards an ideal and perfect representation of realistic proportions. However, these standards of art began to fade towards the end of the eighteenth century, and artists began developing their own styles and techniques, even dabbling in the methods of abstraction and surrealism.
Without a canon to keep artists within certain realms of work, the variation of mediums, subject matter, and techniques have spread widely. Art is often defined as a...
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