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Photography Techniques. Art and ICT. Works of Art. How to Read a Caption A caption gives basic information about a work of art.

Works of Art

Title Titles appear in boldface. Art and Spirituality. Art and spirituality transcend organized religion to a wholeness in the human experience.

Art and Spirituality

"Art has always been central in human life because it has the power to integrate and reveal the wholeness of things," said Daisaku Ikeda in a speech at the Academie des Beaux-Arts, Institut de France, Paris, June 1989. "Through art, people discover their bonds with each other, with nature, and with the universe," Ikeda continued. "Into all the forms of art is impressed the symbol of ultimate reality. The soul of the artist stretches beyond the physical dimensions of the work to seek union with ultimate reality, to cosmic life.

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Prehistoric art. Art. Art is a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities, usually involving imaginative or technical skill.

Art

In their most general form these activities include the production of works of art, the criticism of art, the study of the history of art, and the aesthetic dissemination of art. This article focuses primarily on the visual arts, which includes the creation of images or objects in fields including painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and other visual media. Modernism. South African artist.

Traditional European Painting