Art Histories

ART AND HISTORY: What is the connection?

      Connecting Art Histories seeks to strengthen art history as a global discipline by fostering new intellectual exchanges among scholars in targeted regions whose economic or political realities have previously prevented collaboration. Art is important to the study of history because the objects created by man show how humans were reacting to the world around them. You could think of it in terms of cause and effect. Art history spans the entire history of humankind, from prehistoric times to the twenty-first century. Art and history has emerged as a discipline that specializes in teaching people how to evaluate and interpret works of art based on their own perspective. It has frequently been criticized for its subjectivity because the definition of what is beautiful varies from individual to individual. Learning to evaluate what you see by building on the art forms you already know can develop your aesthetic understanding. Combining exposure to art history with the desire to foster art appreciation in others represents a happy medium. Art and history requires you to study and describe what you see in terms of the design elements of line, shape, color, value, and texture.

      Connecting of Art Histories aims to increase opportunities for sustained intellectual exchange across national and regional borders.Whether you like to observe caveman paintings or Botticelli angels, you can find visual arts that challenge your creative side and inspire you to find beauty in man made forms. Art and history go hand in hand. It springs from the recognition that all forms of art historical study will be stronger when scholars from around the world inform each others ideas and methodologies. Connecting Art Histories seeks to strengthen art history as a global discipline by fostering new intellectual exchanges among scholars in targeted regions whose economic or political realities have previously prevented collaboration. Connecting Art Histories also seeks to enhance the preparation of younger scholars in countries where art history is an emerging discipline. At its most basic level, art history is the study of how art has developed across time. Art history seeks to explain art's influences and changes within its historical, religious, and social contexts. The history of any activity or product that made by humans in a visual form for aesthetic or communicative purposes, expressing ideas, and emotions. Arts in our history act as an evident that they use art to tell a story for us to see. Art history is distinguished from art criticism, which is concerned with establishing a relative artistic value upon individual works with respect to others of comparable style, or sanctioning an entire style or movement; and art theory or "philosophy of art", which is concerned with the fundamental nature of art. The common usage referring to works of art and architecture.

         Art and history requires you to study and describe what you see in terms of the design elements of line, shape, colour, value, and texture. Once you write a response to one work of art, you can compare it to another work of art. An alternative is to make comparisons and contrasts between artists and their artistic works with the mind’s eye. As you explore the fascinating world of art, a beautiful collection of thousands of years of human experience, you will want to travel farther from your home to see works of art in person. Throughout history, it has always been the case that art has the power to change society, especially when new media are used to express an idea. Anytime you view or read about a particular artwork, you are gaining an understanding about art history. Creating art is an important part of experiencing life. It allows us the opportunity to express ourselves in a unique form. Art history is not only a biographical endeavor. Unfortunately the current disciplinary gap between art history and the philosophy of art often hinders. The history of art is a multidisciplinary branch of the arts and sciences, seeking an objective examination of art throughout time, classifying cultures, establishing and observing the distinctive and influential characteristics of art.