What is art: How does one define what art is: How does one identify it
What is art: How does one define what art is: How does one identify it
Respond in at least one paragraph to the following topic:
What is art? How does one define what art is? How does one identify it? What makes a painting by Da Vinci or a musical composition by Beethoven art but not a comic book or a pop song? Can comic books and pop songs attain the level of art? What about certain movies? How does one determine what art is and what it isn’t? What is the criteria and how is this determined (and who, for that matter, determines it)? Take a stand and make an argument. Don’t forget to support this with reasons and/or evidence.
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You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
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The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.