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Art - What Is Considered Term Paper

Art critics refer to the work of Bulgarian-born Christo and American Robert Smithson as land art and earthworks (Art Pp). In February 2005, Christo and his wife, Jeanne-Claude, fulfilled a twenty-six-year-old dream art project when 7,500 saffron colored drapes hanging from 16-foot-high steel frames were unfurled as they wound their way through twenty-three miles of footpaths through Central Park (Sanders Pp). During a recent visit to New York City, reporter Bob Ray Sanders made a special stop to the park to witness "The Gates" for himself (Sanders Pp). His describes the contrast of the bright orange colors with the "grayness of stark barren trees and shrubbery did give the appearance of what the artists called a 'visual golden river' with many tributaries meandering through the park' (Sanders Pp). Sanders said that the bursts of color and the sheer size of the project left him awed, however, his Pakistani taxi driver merely uttered, "What is that," to which Sanders replied, "that's art" (Sanders Pp). The taxi driver gasped and said, "And that's art." when Sanders told him that the project cost $21 million (Sanders Pp). "That's not art," said the taxi driver, "That's crazy...$21 million for this...." (Sanders Pp). The taxi driver clearly did not appreciate "The Gates" as art or anything else and believed that...

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When Sanders told him that people from all of the world were coming to New York City to see "The Gates," the driver retorted, "From all over the world? I wouldn't come from Queens to see this" (Sanders Pp). Sanders found the project magnificent and definitely art, for "It has a way of evoking emotion - positive or negative - and when it speaks, it can speak to the senses as well as the soul" (Sanders Pp).
People are drawn to art because it moves them, inspires them, stirs something deep inside. Certainly, there are those who will view "The Gates" and feel awed, while others will feel puzzled, and yet others who will be determined to feel something simply because the artists are world renown. The beauty of art is truly in the eye of the beholder.

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Sanders, Bob Ray. "Sometimes, perceptions about art separated by very wide gulf." Fort Worth Star-Telegram; 2/17/2005; Pp.

Art. http://art.aaronpeter.com/

Kogan, Nathan. "On aesthetics and its origins: some psychobiological and evolutionary considerations." Social Research; 3/22/1994; Pp

Chang, Rodney. 'Ideas on Art Psychology."1980

http://www.lastplace.com/artpsyupdate.htm

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Sanders, Bob Ray. "Sometimes, perceptions about art separated by very wide gulf." Fort Worth Star-Telegram; 2/17/2005; Pp.

Art. http://art.aaronpeter.com/

Kogan, Nathan. "On aesthetics and its origins: some psychobiological and evolutionary considerations." Social Research; 3/22/1994; Pp

Chang, Rodney. 'Ideas on Art Psychology."1980
http://www.lastplace.com/artpsyupdate.htm
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