Culture Without Art

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It is impossible to have culture without Art
“Art is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination,typically in a visual form such as a painting or sculpture” (Art).If one searches for the definition of art in a dictionary, that is characteristically more or less what one would find. However, although a creative piece of work, art has no definite characteristics to identify it. It is an individual’s inner creativeness and thoughts about material and immaterial things portrayed in various forms such as paintings or sculptures. Art is opinionated differently by all individuals, whether good or bad, it is impossible to reach a consensus among individuals. For example, the Mona Lisa by Da Vinci is considered a timeless piece of art by many, yet many individuals fail to understand or appreciate it more than a simple painting of a lady. So what exactly is art and how do you identify it when it’s looking straight at you hanging on a wall such as the Mona Lisa. Culture is “The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively”(Culture). We see and sense art in numerous aspects of our life, but one evident part of your that art shapes is culture. Throughout history and till modern times, culture has been built on strong foundations of art, without which it would be incomplete. One of the most prominent examples of an art oriented culture would be Italy. One can sense the footprints of art in various forms in Italian culture ranging from architecture to paintings and even food. Italian culture to this day thrives on its artistic history to stand out among others and even leave impressions on foreign lands. Italian architecture and its extraordinary design would be near to impossible for a tourists as well as Italian nationals to forget and remind them of Italy’s beautiful and majestic domed buildings. One of the
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