Art And Culture

The origin of the word "art" can be traced back to theduring the renaissance. Again, the 19th century culture
old English "thou art" which means "you are". Again, artwas the theory of truth and beauty thus the form of
as in "fine arts" owes its root to the Latin "ars" orart that came up during this period was based on
"artis". However, in comparison to the dual meanings in"truth" and "beauty".
which we may express the word, the second meaningEarly 20th century culture brought forth the concept of
has remained unchanged with the process of time.modernism -this is the time, when the human nature
The word "culture" however originated from the Latinwas undergoing turmoil. The bizarre mundane society
language. It said to have a Latin base "colere" whichwas undergoing a deviation from humanity at this time.
means to inhabit, to cultivate, or to honor. Broadly it canThe late 20th century is the postmodern period The
be said to be a human activity carrying severalpuzzled society is now trapped in such a ditch that an
meanings and definitions.The two distinct words "artexit from this phase is next to impossible. Men are said
and culture" if linked with each other, it exhibits twoto have been transformed into robots. Junked up with
distinct conceptswork pressure they have little or no time to cherish
Art may be a product of the extensive culturetheir emotions and sentiments .The work of art that
(cultivation) of human sentiments.comes up at this stage are to call up an attention to
Culture of different strata of society at differenthuman sentiment and art at large. The overall disjointed
places at different time has been expressed in art.sentiment when cultured by an artist; it is reflected in
Art can be said to be a "result" of extensive culture ofthe works of art through abstract expressions, images,
human emotions, sentiment and thought of an artist,ideas and concepts.
supplemented with the artist's skill. It is a product of anBesides, a piece of art may also echo a specific
artist's cultivation of different strata of society atculture. We may find several piece of art vividly
various moments. Thus if one can culture on society atexposing the "Byzantine culture". Again a work of art
different situation, he can generate a good piece of artmight focus on "Iranian culture", "western culture" or
.So we may say that "art is a reflection of society" at"modern culture" and so on. Moreover the art of
different time.working in a particular place at a particular time is the
Practically time being the dictator in the evolution ofwork culture. Likewise we have club culture or
society; it also influences a product of art. The classicalorganizational culture.
period was a period of reason, order and rules.Actually art in its own form has developed itself with
Art has thereby exhibited such meanings at that time.its multicultural heritage over time. Thus, it is worth
The Romantic period being a period of reasoning, sosaying that both art and culture are complimentary to
the dominant subject of art was emotion, adventureeach other and an overall support to each other to
and imagination. Art in its cultural form gained impetusattain some sort of fulfillment at large.