What is the Use of Art?

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What is the Use of Art?

There are many different opinions of what is good and what is bad art. But what is art? In my view, there are many diverse categories of art that include sculpture, painting, poetry, music, film and theatre. All of these can be classified as art which is ultimately a type of entertainment that gives pleasure. It is an extremely broad term that incorporates many different genres of each category.

In my opinion, art is extremely self-indulgent and hedonistic. An artist ultimately creates a masterpiece for his or her own pleasure before considering the final output even if they think about the target audience. Very few people do it to primarily please others and tend to take great pride in their art.

Subdivisions exist in each category. For example, in music, these include concerts, stage shows, musicals, music videos and operas which all incorporate colour, vividness and imagination. All are music interpreted in different ways and each is an art form in its own right. Even a newspaper could be considered as an art form to some as it includes photos, pictures and text all construed in a different manner