The book gives an overview of the history of art and some of
the theories in art. It is easy to read and understand. It has given me
connections between past and present, from the Arts and Craft movement, right
up to the technological age.
P11 Beautiful
objects do not serve ordinary human purposes, as plates and spoons do. ...
Something beautiful has ‘purposiveness without purpose’.
P60 stained glass,
... is now more associated with craft than art; and landscape gardening seems a
hobby or design practice rather than ‘Art’.
P 117-‘ ...some art
takes place outside ...using public or government funding. One example is the
public art project culture in action.
... public projects like this one are successors of earlier efforts to bring
art to the so-called masses, ... similarly, the arts and craft movement ...
aimed to enhance peoples everyday experiences by bringing beauty to there usual
aesthetic surroundings’.
P130 ‘Genius belongs
to creators who employ their medium so that, all viewers can respond, with awe
and admiration’.
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