Why Art Is Important

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Why it is important to keep Art in schools

The Arts are defined by Rabkin and Redmond as an “imaginative, creative and nonscientific branches of knowledge considered collectively, especially as studied academically” (10). Art is either the end product or the process of intentionally arranging products with a symbolic meaning in such a way that it affects and influences the viewer’s senses (Ruppert 2). This field encompasses a wide range of human activities, modes of expression, creations that include music, film, literature, sculpture, photography and paintings. In earlier times, the term was used to refer to any mastery or skill a person had. The concept changed in the Romantic period when the view of art changed to be the mind’s faculty in categorizing it with science and religion. Art is usually made with an intention of stimulating an individual’s emotions and thoughts. Art School is any educational institution with a focus on visual arts specifically painting, illustration, sculpture, photography and graphic design. Additionally the term refers to institutions where elementary, secondary or post secondary, undergraduate or graduate programs are taught in those areas. These schools are specialized in the subject as opposed to larger institutions that may offer the same courses but as part of other subjects like liberal arts or sciences (Rabkin and Redmond 15). A model of an Art school would be Ecole des Beaux Arts in France that has moved passed the barrier of apprenticeship style of instruction that was used in historic times. Most art schools, if credited, would be able to offer Bachelor of Arts, fine arts or Bachelor of Science degrees in addition to associate degrees and diploma programs as well. Performing arts are different from plastic arts because one uses an artist’s body, face and their overall presence as

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