An Object to Be Considered a Work of Art

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Creative cosmos of artful value

A work of art, artwork,^[1] fine art piece, piece of art or art object is an artistic cosmos of aesthetic value. Except for "work of fine art", which may exist used of whatsoever piece of work regarded as art in its widest sense, including works from literature and music, these terms apply principally to tangible, physical forms of visual art:

• An example of fine art, such equally a painting or sculpture.
• An object that has been designed specifically for its aesthetic appeal, such as a piece of jewellery.
• An object that has been designed for artful appeal as well as functional purpose, every bit in interior design and much folk art.
• An object created for principally or entirely functional, religious or other non-aesthetic reasons which has come up to be appreciated as fine art (often later, or by cultural outsiders).
• A not-ephemeral photograph or film.
• A piece of work of installation art or conceptual fine art.

Used more broadly, the term is less commonly applied to:

• A fine work of architecture or landscape blueprint
• A production of live functioning, such equally theater, ballet, opera, performance art, musical concert and other performing arts, and other ephemeral, not-tangible creations.

This article is concerned with the terms and concept every bit used in and applied to the visual arts, although other fields such equally aural-music and written word-literature take like problems and philosophies. The term objet d'art is reserved to depict works of art that are not paintings, prints, drawings or large or medium-sized sculptures, or architecture (due east.1000. household goods, figurines, etc., some purely aesthetic, some also applied). The term oeuvre is used to describe the consummate body of work completed by an artist throughout a career.^[ii]

Definition [edit]

A work of art in the visual arts is a physical two- or three- dimensional object that is professionally determined or otherwise considered to fulfill a primarily independent aesthetic function. A singular fine art object is often seen in the context of a larger art move or artistic era, such every bit: a genre, aesthetic convention, civilisation, or regional-national distinction.^[3] It can also be seen every bit an particular within an artist'southward "body of piece of work" or oeuvre. The term is commonly used by museum and cultural heritage curators, the interested public, the art patron-private art collector customs, and art galleries.^[4]

Physical objects that certificate immaterial or conceptual art works, but do not conform to creative conventions can be redefined and reclassified as art objects. Some Dada and Neo-Dada conceptual and readymade works take received later inclusion. Likewise, some architectural renderings and models of unbuilt projects, such as by Vitruvius, Leonardo da Vinci, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Frank Gehry, are other examples.

The products of ecology design, depending on intention and execution, can be "works of art" and include: land fine art, site-specific art, architecture, gardens, landscape architecture, installation art, stone fine art, and megalithic monuments.

Legal definitions of "work of fine art" are used in copyright constabulary; see Visual arts § Usa of America copyright definition of visual fine art.

Theories [edit]

Marcel Duchamp criticized the idea that the piece of work of art should exist a unique product of an artist'south labour, representational of their technical skill or artistic caprice.^{[ citation needed ]} Theorists have argued that objects and people exercise not accept a constant meaning, just their meanings are fashioned by humans in the context of their culture, as they have the ability to make things mean or signify something.^[5]

Artist Michael Craig-Martin, creator of An Oak Tree, said of his work – "Information technology's not a symbol. I have inverse the physical substance of the glass of water into that of an oak tree. I didn't change its appearance. The actual oak tree is physically present, just in the form of a glass of water."^{[half dozen]}

Distinctions [edit]

Some art theorists and writers take long made a distinction between the physical qualities of an fine art object and its identity-status as an artwork.^[7] For example, a painting past Rembrandt has a physical beingness every bit an "oil painting on sail" that is separate from its identity as a masterpiece "work of art" or the creative person'due south magnum opus.^[8] Many works of art are initially denied "museum quality" or artistic merit, and later become accepted and valued in museum and individual collections. Works past the Impressionists and non-representational abstract artists are examples. Some, such as the "Readymades" of Marcel Duchamp including his infamous urinal Fountain, are afterwards reproduced as museum quality replicas.

Inquiry suggests that presenting an artwork in a museum context tin impact the perception of it.^[ix]

There is an indefinite distinction, for current or historical aesthetic items: between "art" objects made past "artists"; and folk art, craft-work, or "applied art" objects made by "first, 2nd, or 3rd-globe" designers, artisans and craftspeople. Contemporary and archeological indigenous art, industrial pattern items in limited or mass product, and places created past environmental designers and cultural landscapes, are some examples. The term has been consistently bachelor for fence, afterthought, and redefinition.

See also [edit]

• Anti-fine art
• Artistic media
• Cultural artifact
• Opus number (used in music)
• Outline of aesthetics
• "The Piece of work of Fine art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"
• Western canon

References [edit]

1. ^ By and large in American English
2. ^ Oeuvre Merriam Webster Dictionary, Accessed April 2011
3. ^ Gell, Alfred (1998). Fine art and agency: an Anthropological Theory. Clarendon Press. p. vii. ISBN0-19-828014-9 . Retrieved 2011-03-xi .
4. ^ Macdonald, Sharon (2006). A Companion to Museum Studies. Blackwell companions in cultural studies. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 52. ISBNane-4051-0839-8 . Retrieved 2011-03-11 .
5. ^ Hall, S (ed.) 1997, Cultural Representations and Signifying Practice, Open University Press, London, 1997.
6. ^ "There'due south No Demand to be Afraid of the Nowadays", The Independent, 25 Jun 2001
7. ^ "FTC Wins $two.3 One thousand thousand Judgment Against Gallery Owner In Phony Art Scam" (Press release). Federal Trade Committee. Baronial xi, 1995. Archived from the original on August 4, 2009. Retrieved October 29, 2008.
8. ^ "Rembrandt Inquiry Project - Habitation". rembrandtresearchproject.org.
9. ^ Susanne Grüner; Eva Specker & Helmut Leder (2019). "Furnishings of Context and Genuineness in the Experience of Art". Empirical Studies of the Arts. 37 (ii): 138–152. doi:10.1177/0276237418822896. S2CID 150115587.

Further reading [edit]

• Richard Wollheim, Fine art and Its Objects, 2nd ed., 1980, Cambridge University Printing, ISBN 0-521-29706-0. The classic philosophical research into what a work of art is.

External links [edit]

• Media related to Art works at Wikimedia Commons

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_of_art