Art is
the human impetus to express and thus create. It is the product of human experience coupled with
skill and imagination, and it covers various creative activities such as painting, literature,
music, film, sculpture, and architecture, to name a few. While art exists first on the personal
level, it is undoubtedly a product of its own time and geography and thus society and politics.
Because of this, art reflects culture insofar as it mirrors the current landscape of a society's
experience. The very existence of art movements is a testament to this. For example, Modernism
as a movement reflects the phase in human history where skepticism, disillusionment, and a
desire to break away from tradition abound as a result of war and an increased interest in
experimentation.
It is evident in the works of...
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