notes/education/humanities/Introduction.md

## What is art?
**Art**: the expression or application of human creative skill.
art must:
- be made with the intent to convey emotion
- should "satisfy the senses"
- be made with intent
- have attention to feeling and emotion
art may:
- be a relay of experience or emotion from one person to another

## Medium
A particular material, along with an accompanying technique (plural: media). Example include:
- Acrylic, enamel, gesso, glaze, ink, oil

## History
1. The branch of knowledge dealing with past events
## How do you look at art?
Purposes and functions of art include:
- Communicating information:
	- In non-literate societies, art was used to teach.
	- Today, film and television are used to disseminate information.
- Spirituality and Religion
	- All of the world's major religions have used art to inspire and instruct the faithful
- Personal and cultural expression
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