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Unit 4

ART

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD ART? A PAINTING? A STATUE? DOES ART REPRESENT THINGS IN EXACTLY THE WAY YOU’D EXPECT, OR SHOULD IT CHALLENGE THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD? IF YOU’RE NOT SURE, YOU’RE NOT ALONE.

Art is notoriously tough to define. It can be realistic or abstract. It can be created to convey beauty, like Katsushika Hokusai’s gorgeous woodblock print of an ocean wave, or be woven into the fabric of a functional or religious object, like a carved African mask. Whether art is intentional or accidental, it is a window ...

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