Essay on Art in Society
Without art, the world would be a vast empty void of uncreative, unimaginative, non–colourful, bland
society; Toast with no butter or topping; boring, life–draining death of the mind. Art is absolutely
everywhere in everyday society, yet goes almost unnoticed and unappreciated by some; television,
movies, music, stories, billboards, ads, even clothes and jewellery. These are all symbols of art or art
in there own right, and without the Arts, there would be none of this. Art has created all these things
that go unappreciated, has changed all the unimaginative, has manipulated the place we live into a
more beautiful and wonderful place to live. And without support, of all the Arts, then society as a
whole will die a little every time art...show more content...
Without Art, and therefore without the Arts; anthropological research into behaviour of human life
from any era in history would be greatly diminished; society would be without soul, without art,
without music, without theatre, or any form of fictional writing and storytelling. Haviland writes
"art reflects the cultural values and concerns of a people. This is especially true of the verbal arts –
myths, legends, and tales" (1990, p.383). He also states that "Myth, set standards for orderly
behaviour, and the verbal arts generally transmit and preserve a cultures customs and values" (1990,
p.383). So if asked who benefits from the Arts then the answer must surely be all of us; without the
arts, we would never have stories of our past, or even learn from our past mistakes, or triumphs.
Without the Arts, there would be no great writers, painters, or musicians; no Shakespeare, no
Picasso, no Beethoven; we would have no past creative history, no creative evolution.
Often seen as a luxury item, the Arts sometime is overlooked in the level of absolute necessity it has
on society and the people within that society to learn, grow and communicate and understand his/her
fellowman. Without the Arts, we would never learn of other cultures, we would never learn any
ideas from foreign art, music or theatre. But the idea of the Arts getting supported in most western
countries is seen as a luxury item, a non–necessity. This opinion is only generally because the
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