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What Is Art?

The resulting uproar led to comments in the United States Senate about public funding of the arts. Art has long been controversial, that is to say disliked by some viewers, for a wide variety of reasons, though most pre-modern controversies are dimly recorded, or completely lost to a modern view. Iconoclasm is the destruction of art that is disliked for a variety of reasons, including religious ones. Aniconism is a general dislike of either all figurative images, or often just religious ones, and has been a thread in many major religions. This is one of 18 canvases of this view of the bridge, painted in differing light conditions. Britannica Quiz Ultimate Art Quiz From symbolism to sculpture, this quiz will put you in touch with your artistic side. Historically, science has long been opposed to art, because art was characterised as a discipline that could not be learned . "The arts nurture the soul" would to me mean the somewhat different idea that the aggregate of artis