What Influences Art?
By Melville D Jackson
Usually words "Influence" and "art" are connected in a sentence like "how art influences your life," but here we are going to speak about what influences art. Why an artwork is "warts and all," what made it itself, and the reasons a particular piece of artwork might have its shape, colors, theme and, of course, underlying idea.
Generally, for consumers of art, art is a part of our life. We love art because it`s beautiful, because it`s our history, it`s a door to a different world, a world of our imagination and thoughts. But for artist his artwork is a part of him, of his life, it is his perception of some events around him; it is his way to show us history.
So any artwork is a result of many factors that influenced the artist. The list of these factors is endless. We are going to talk about what I consider to be the top 3.
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