Arts and their Origin

Arts differ based from their origin. Asian art is way
different from that of European’s. Both continents are known for their
brilliant arts. It is in Europe where the classic and collection of noble
creations were preserved and it is in Asia where exotic and highly cultural
pieces can be found. And in both are
great contemporary arts, as well.
Arts in Asia are rooted from different inspirations that are
based from varying subjects as that of culture, tradition, history, or
socio-political views. These are great contributing factors to individual’s
experiences and situations. The struggle of a race to progress or to overcome
challenges has a subliminal effect to every constituent of the nation most
especially as that of artists whose source of creativity originates from the
subconscious.
Arts like wall paintings are by-product of the creative
juices extracted from the subconscious emitted as feelings. This emotion when
applied to something via what we call talent or skill is what we call art. From
something raw, it is refined until this piece becomes a work of art. Just by looking at artworks, one can tell
where one piece comes from. American paintings can be very contemporary or if
not, their classic ones usually revolve around rural genre. Usually, it is
southern. We know it is American when we see a cowboy in his horse racing with
train amid a grassy vast land. This, obviously, is not a typical Asian art
where elephants and camels or panda are more expected as subjects than a horse
with a cowboy riding in it. You know it is Asian if you find lacquer or satins
silk as materials used rather than the typical oil and canvass. You know it is
Asian art if it is calligraphy, ceramics and tea pots and some other more
identifying marks. And we can tell which one is European no matter how
contemporary the work is. There is depth and sophistication that a piece
exudes. Why not? The world of art in
renaissance period is said to propagate in Europe first until it became
widespread globally. Renaissance was when art became so alive, contemporary,
and questioning.
And because arts like wall paintings differ from where they
come from, the expression of beauty or better yet the application of aesthetics
is different from one another. There is a generic beauty common to one’s place
of origin but then when blended with others coming from outside, then global
audience decides which among the many is the one.

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