Chapter 2 asks the question what is art to the reader. This question made me think about what art means to me and what art would mean to someone else. Ofcourse we would both have different perspectives on what art is to us.
There was a point in my life when my friend and I argued over why the Mona Lisa portrait is such a great piece of art and is known to everyone. My friend's answer was because of its age and the fact that it is priceless. I did not agree to his arguement, I believed that its not value that made the art work great it was more of the fact that it felt alive. The fact that it is so realistic and that it seems like the woman in the picture is still there frozen in time, smiling towards the viewer. Sure, we have cameras that can take a picture, which can take a an almost exact representation of what we see, but its not the same.
We see objects and scenerys everyday and taking a picture just means that we can see the same scenery we saw at that time, which might look great, becuase its realistic. But the Mona Lisa portrait makes me think that its just on the boarderline between reality and imagination, it is plain and creative at the same time. This portrait was done by Leonardo da Vinci, and makes me really impressed of how much of a great man he was and still is, he was able to create a art work that is even more popular now in the present than it was in his time, which makes him my favorite chapter 2 artist.
My second favorite artist in this chapter will have to be Claude Monet. Her painting Fisherman's Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville makes a beautiful scenery look so pure. The colors she uses for the ocean and trees in the painting makes it look so refreshing and clean. Another reason for why I appreciate this picture is that, if I really imagine that I could see this view in a more realistic view, such as from a camera or if I saw it in person, it won't look as perfect as it does to me shown on the portrait.
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