What Defines Art

This is an unpacking of the atomic components of art, and how they assemble into more complex aspects.

This would normally fit into Gained InSite, but I felt it fit here because I’m also drawing attention to certain artists throughout the work.

The format is as follows:

Art – its form

  • brief description
  • its combined form of other arts

Level 1

Reasoning – a form of thought

  • Assembles a new thought based on at least two other elements

Inflection – a form of oral expression

  • Expressing certain sound variations of a word

Calligraphy – a form of visual expression

  • Expressing symbols on a surface

Level 2

Storytelling – expressing a flow of thoughts with a beginning, middle, and end

Diction – a form of oral expression

  • Choosing words to convey an idea with sentences
  • Reasoning + Inflection

Level 3

Prose – a form of expressing a story

  • Choosing sentences to build a sequence of concepts
  • Storytelling + Diction