- the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"
- the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
- a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"
- artwork: photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book
· Definition
· History
· Characteristics
· Forms, genres, media and styles
· Skill and craft
· communication
· Non-motivated functions of art
· Motivated functions of art
· controversial art
· Art theories
· Art, class and value
Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music, literature, film, sculpture, and paintings.
Meaning of art :
Sometimes when we look at a piece of art we understand it. It’s meaning is obvious to us. Sometimes we do not understand it on a rational level, we simply feel something when we look at it. We can’t always tell why. Artists rarely provide a clear explanation of what their work is about. The only thing we can tell is that there is a reason behind it. No act of creativity can be said to come without meaning or substance.
Not every artist understands why he creates something, but one thing that we can say beyond doubt is that culture and surroundings are of constant impact on the artist. And their work will often reflect in part their own culture and surroundings and often impart to us their own reactions to such things, although not always. In this all art is connected. Nothing is truly devoid of meaning. Everything is a reaction to something.

