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Art And Culture

The origin of the word "art" can be tracedemotion, adventure and imagination. Art in
back to the old English "thou art" whichits cultural form gained impetus during the
means "you are". Again, art as in "fine arts"renaissance. Again, the 19th century culture
owes its root to the Latin "ars" or "artis".was the theory of truth and beauty thus the
However, in comparison to the dual meaningsform of art that came up during this period
in which we may express the word, the secondwas  based  on  "truth"  and  "beauty".
meaning has remained unchanged with the
process of time. The word "culture" howeverEarly 20th century culture brought forth the
originated from the Latin language. It saidconcept of modernism -this is the time, when
to have a Latin base "colere" which means tothe human nature was undergoing turmoil. The
inhabit, to cultivate, or to honor. Broadlybizarre mundane society was undergoing a
it can be said to be a human activitydeviation from humanity at this time. The
carrying several meanings and definitions.Thelate 20th century is the postmodern period
two distinct words "art and culture" ifThe puzzled society is now trapped in such a
linked with each other, it exhibits twoditch that an exit from this phase is next to
distinct  conceptsimpossible. Men are said to have been
transformed into robots. Junked up with work
Art may be a product of the extensive culturepressure they have little or no time to
(cultivation)  of  human  sentiments.cherish their emotions and sentiments .The
work of art that comes up at this stage are
Culture of different strata of society atto call up an attention to human sentiment
different places at different time has beenand art at large. The overall disjointed
expressed  in  art.sentiment when cultured by an artist; it is
reflected in the works of art through
Art can be said to be a "result" of extensiveabstract expressions, images, ideas and
culture of human emotions, sentiment andconcepts.
thought of an artist, supplemented with the
artist's skill. It is a product of anBesides, a piece of art may also echo a
artist's cultivation of different strata ofspecific culture. We may find several piece
society at various moments. Thus if one canof art vividly exposing the "Byzantine
culture on society at different situation, heculture". Again a work of art might focus on
can generate a good piece of art .So we may"Iranian culture", "western culture" or
say that "art is a reflection of society" at"modern culture" and so on. Moreover the art
different  time.of working in a particular place at a
particular time is the work culture. Likewise
Practically time being the dictator in thewe have club culture or organizational
evolution of society; it also influences aculture.
product of art. The classical period was a
period  of  reason,  order  and  rules.Actually art in its own form has developed
itself with its multicultural heritage over
Art has thereby exhibited such meanings attime. Thus, it is worth saying that both art
that  time.and culture are complimentary to each other
and an overall support to each other to
The Romantic period being a period ofattain some sort of fulfillment at large.
reasoning, so the dominant subject of art was



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