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  • Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
  • Philosopher Alain de Botton gives his top five reasons why art is such a vital force for humanity. Are we wrong to like pretty pictures? Why is some art painful to look at? Can art heal your feelings of urban alienation? Relax, watch and find out.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 215

  • @malenalee9709
    @malenalee9709 4 роки тому +44

    Art expresses a person view of the world, their emotions , their story, their thoughts visually. Art shows this in many ways you can almost just tell if a person was happy or sad by just looking at an art piece. Sometimes you cant tell what the art is trying to tell you. Art is earth without art our world would be plain and lifeless. Art creates the world we live in , art isn’t something you have to look for, its in front of you wherever you go.

    • @neotheone5559
      @neotheone5559 2 роки тому +1

      In a nutshell: Art is for expression (expressionism and abstract art as examples), For our mental health, to create our own imaginary world, to view the world, and for fun

  • @NOVAsteamed
    @NOVAsteamed 7 років тому +153

    Art is a representation of our consciousness and humanity.

    • @sendmemeshoney336
      @sendmemeshoney336 6 років тому

      Huixtocihuatl riight 👍👍

    • @NOVAsteamed
      @NOVAsteamed 4 роки тому +1

      @Gareth Lloyd Yeah well I don't really like how I formed it, but I think I'm right at a certain point. Like, art is a really human thing. We are the first specie as we know of that was able to derive aesthetics from biological purpose. So yeah, art is the conception of humanity and either made or interpreted by human consciousness. A picture of a galaxy can be art for the human mind, but for a fish it is meaningless. Now, if you like very precise definitions I suggest you got watch videos about mathematics instead of art

    • @honest_bishop5905
      @honest_bishop5905 3 роки тому

      This is a perfect example of a statement that sounds deep but turns out to be vacuous on inspection.

    • @marcoswolffenbuttelmoreira4404
      @marcoswolffenbuttelmoreira4404 3 роки тому

      @@honest_bishop5905 why

    • @miguelaguilar751
      @miguelaguilar751 2 роки тому

      @@honest_bishop5905 ditto for yours (and mine tbh)

  • @eduardavetisyan9230
    @eduardavetisyan9230 3 роки тому +50

    For IB students:
    A-Flock to
    B-awkward
    C-ascribe
    D-close
    E-weight
    F-regret
    G-visible
    H-depress
    I-condition
    J-false
    K-extraordinary
    L-aggrevate
    M-drawn to
    N-rounded
    O-stifle
    P-vital
    Q-glamorous
    R-tease out
    S-energise
    T-stiff

  • @zakariaali5241
    @zakariaali5241 9 років тому +21

    art is something that last for a mere moment, but within those few moments takes away your breath mesmerises you takes away your breath in other words: ART IS AN EXPLOSION.

  • @renzo6490
    @renzo6490 6 років тому +28

    After many years, I finally came to understand that I am most happy when I am creating.
    The chorus in Verdi’s Aida sings an invocation to the great god, Ftah.
    “You, who from nothing created the universe....”
    How is something created from nothing?
    By use of the imagination.
    We have an image in our mind and we create it as art.
    And by creating a tangible product that starts with a thought, we are assuming, on a small scale, the role of God.
    Perhaps the anxiety of being powerless over life and death is relieved a bit when we, like god, create.

    • @lienhoa_12
      @lienhoa_12 4 роки тому +1

      "After many years, i finally came to understand that I am most happy when I am creating."

  • @artesiningart4961
    @artesiningart4961 6 років тому +18

    For me art is also the representation of the mystery, order, harmony, beauty, and even chaos of nature.........representing or presenting the nature around us and the nature of us. It's just like putting these unexplainable, philosophical, spiritual, emotional, mental, psychological, and social experiences and ideas we have into something visible or audible or expressing it through movements. It's our nature to search for total order, total harmony, and our admiration for something beautiful and attractive or to something worth of thinking and ponder that we also do art. It's just our way of recording these ideas, experiences, and admiration or attraction towards humanly affairs, nature, and culture, the development of individual and societies, and of our selves that we acknowledge as special only among us. Art makes us think, it makes us feel that touches our emotions or reminds us of something, it tackles issues around us or mimics the nature in and out of us that others might understand the mystery and feeling of our ideas and experiences or of the very human condition itself.

    • @sxxitt7874
      @sxxitt7874 5 років тому

      Nobody is gonna waste their time to read this, get pressed :*

    • @belhadjamani9214
      @belhadjamani9214 4 роки тому

      i did not only read it but acctually rewrite it since it inspired me for my o ral presentation, thank you for not deleting the comment after the foolish answer you got

    • @Han-ys3wu
      @Han-ys3wu 4 роки тому

      @@sxxitt7874 stupid

  • @ruy1854
    @ruy1854 4 роки тому +30

    0:44
    1:32
    2:30
    3:44
    4:32

  • @feathercheng4250
    @feathercheng4250 3 роки тому +508

    Who's here for homework lol

    • @BurNt_RL
      @BurNt_RL 3 роки тому +6

      all of the view's probably

    • @anythingsvt3311
      @anythingsvt3311 3 роки тому +5

      Everybody

    • @nicolexie4623
      @nicolexie4623 3 роки тому +3

      I'm here for an idea to write my personal insight question on

    • @ejbee6400
      @ejbee6400 3 роки тому +11

      me i’m looking thru comments for an answer lmao

    • @cherryblxssom7546
      @cherryblxssom7546 3 роки тому +1

      Me. 😂

  • @reinne5313
    @reinne5313 2 роки тому +5

    I'm here for THAT au.

  • @mariamfawal_
    @mariamfawal_ 4 роки тому +7

    This video is a piece of art, editing done so well

  • @1976sprinter
    @1976sprinter 9 років тому +119

    I think you don't see art , you don't hear art . I think you feel art.

    • @calpardo
      @calpardo 3 роки тому

      :O

    • @OMAR-vq3yb
      @OMAR-vq3yb 3 роки тому +2

      How can you feel a song without hearing it?

    • @Nik-se5dd
      @Nik-se5dd 2 роки тому +1

      @@OMAR-vq3yb Through vibrations - Beethoven was deaf & one of the greatest and most influential composers of the Western classical tradition - can def feel a song w/out hearing it.

  • @josephososkie3029
    @josephososkie3029 7 років тому +1

    My personal litmus test for serious and meaningful definition of art and aesthetics is if they don't us the term " art for art's sake". Sweeping any confusion under a tautology rug. There must be a half dozen attempts like this one on UA-cam and this one wasn't too bad. I agree that whatever grabs your attention is the place to start.

  • @Cuanalo
    @Cuanalo 7 років тому +4

    A better approach for this issue is to start by acknowledging that the word art was created by somebody to name a phenomenon they experienced in their lives; so we go and look for that original convention so we know what the phenomenon is. Once we do this, we find out that Romans coined the word ars (art) to account for the source of those things that were not created by the gods, but rather by humans, so that they could divide the universe in the realms of 'the natural' -things created by the gods through their agency called 'natura'- and the realm of 'the artificial' -things created by humans through their agency called 'ars'. And right there, automatically, we know what art is for: creating the artificial. After that is just a matter of understanding the fundamental differences between creating and manufacturing and other such words, and understanding the concept of originality -and distinguishing it from novelty and other such words-. For example, the film Metropolis, by Frits Lang, 1927, created the robots, particularly the android robots, in the sense that it was the origin of that 'form'. Without artists having imagined this form, there would be no engineers trying to make such contraptions.

  • @Gatltonian
    @Gatltonian 8 років тому +17

    Loved the video. Art should be more accessible to the general public, even to politicians. Maybe if it was more funding would be available. Schools could do more if teachers had better training or if they were allowed to swop around a bit to teach in areas of more experience in the junior grades.

  • @nanamin5200
    @nanamin5200 Рік тому

    ahhhh the nostalgia of this video. I am looking for definitions of Art since we needed to have a reflection then I found this video☹️ if you're a filo czennie who reads au then you probably know what I mean 😭 I miss Art is Everything ( About You) that story is just a masterpiece and seeing this makes me miss it so so much ☹️

  • @idicula1979
    @idicula1979 Місяць тому

    Like the rivers form the mightiest of rock, true art shapes a man’s soul.

    • @idicula1979
      @idicula1979 Місяць тому

      And guides his journey through life.

  • @erikajoy5322
    @erikajoy5322 4 роки тому +4

    prettiness matters, it's an emblem of hope

  • @mberryfr
    @mberryfr 8 років тому +7

    Beautiful!! One of the best videos I have ever seen!!

  • @renzo6490
    @renzo6490 6 років тому +6

    I don't think Marcel Duchamp exhibited his "ready made" urinal to help us appreciate indoor plumbing!
    He had a wholly different motive.
    And it opened a can of evils that have practically destroyed art as we know it !
    ( conceptual 'art' )

    • @pnutdraws
      @pnutdraws 4 роки тому

      yea true, i noticed that too , his intent was different then the ones mentioned in the video

  • @hyvanabiloo2468
    @hyvanabiloo2468 3 місяці тому

    I love the way you helped me focus on the positive effects of art. ❤ For some reason, I fear to open my heart to some kinds of art because I am afraid of the negative effect it could have on me. Does it mean I am judgemental? Does it mean I hate the artist or I am not tolerant of his or her mind? Sometimes, I am also afraid I won't give a proper meaning to someone's work of art. I have tried to challenge myself to get rid of that uncomfortable feeling in whenever I am in front of a challenging piece of art. My first reaction is to cancel it and I don't like it. Do you think there is a solution for me?

  • @schiandaasheep554
    @schiandaasheep554 2 роки тому

    didn't expect to cry to a story that was based on this

  • @menma5203
    @menma5203 2 роки тому +4

    here because of that one markhyuck au :(

  • @hedwig143
    @hedwig143 2 роки тому +1

    THAT one Specific AU that brought me here.

  • @ormanvidal
    @ormanvidal 9 років тому +3

    Thak you very much.

  • @CAT-2323
    @CAT-2323 5 років тому +2

    Life is art and art is life.

  • @alexamariscal3536
    @alexamariscal3536 5 років тому +1

    I saw this video in my class yesterday.

  • @SohaNoha
    @SohaNoha 8 років тому +23

    People remember oranges!
    So cool :)

    • @TalaR04
      @TalaR04 7 років тому

      Soha Noha Yea

    • @CAT-2323
      @CAT-2323 5 років тому +2

      orange: please, please do not forget me, i don't want to be forgotten. My skin will become moulded and my insides to mush and my seeds wasted. Do not forget me, my consumers!

    • @deadartist8827
      @deadartist8827 5 років тому +2

      #RememberTheOranges

  • @a1mkyu
    @a1mkyu 2 роки тому

    here for that markhyuck filo au. aaaa i really love that story and it was based by this video

  • @Diamondraw4Real
    @Diamondraw4Real 4 роки тому +1

    It gives me enjoyment.

  • @spiritualcosmeticss
    @spiritualcosmeticss 9 років тому +5

    This video is great! Thanks.

  • @mudithabandara8575
    @mudithabandara8575 Рік тому +1

    Simple and informative thank you ❤

  • @JinzouArt
    @JinzouArt 6 років тому +14

    No it's not to inspire
    not to stop lonelyness
    not to rebalance us
    not to any functional purpose you are thinking about.
    You dont hear music to be productive, even if you found out you do, that's not the main reason.
    To put it simple not everything in life is about work and usefullness or productivity. Life is also about enjoyment. To actually have fun, you aren't some ant condemned to just work and be productive. You also enjoy life. That's you watching tv, hearing a joke and contemplating beauty. Art is for enjoyment. Anything else comes after. It's simple and clean, dont over complicate it. Way back then egyptians saw art (the word didnt exist) as a productive way to convey information to the gods. Contemporary art is obsesed with transmiting information, meaning. That's just an aspect of art, not art itself. Art is hardly defined because we made the word from something we didnt have so clear. Doesnt have a functional purpose, of course unless you want to give it one, yet you aren't required to.

    • @chickensuspicious3662
      @chickensuspicious3662 5 років тому

      Bless your soul, you actually helped me write my essay about art, and this comment gave so much inspiration and thought about the hole concept of art!

  • @sunflower7816
    @sunflower7816 2 роки тому +5

    nandito ako dahil sa markhyuck au eh

  • @mateocardo8382
    @mateocardo8382 3 місяці тому

    🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
    02:10 *[invalid URL removed] Art offers solace for pain*
    - Art validates the normalcy of sadness
    - Art allows us to share and express pain
    - Somber art can provide comfort
    Made with HARPA AI

  • @hugosa3562
    @hugosa3562 9 років тому +17

    why is this implying that only paitings are Art? (And please correct me if I am worng, and it doesnt).

  • @TheImmortalArt
    @TheImmortalArt 11 місяців тому

    Art is for everyone!

  • @KenyaWright
    @KenyaWright 4 роки тому +1

    This is everything!

  • @orhancekic2672
    @orhancekic2672 4 роки тому

    Sorunun cevabını ararken tuval ve boya alasım geldi süper açıklanmış

  • @alphawhiskey8085
    @alphawhiskey8085 3 роки тому

    Art is for reminding us we're not alone, In feeling depressed, for not choosing normal theoretical career, etc.

  • @Kashimir
    @Kashimir Рік тому

    this has helped me and I need to say that

  • @venilandshe3484
    @venilandshe3484 6 років тому

    That was very helpful and interesting, thank you very much

  • @espritfarmer7800
    @espritfarmer7800 6 років тому +3

    Who is the artist of the paintings at 5:08 and 5:13? Thank you

  • @elishap1536
    @elishap1536 7 років тому

    Best definition

  • @heroclavicilla
    @heroclavicilla 2 роки тому

    i was here beacuse of "that" au hehe, and now i'm here for my essay.

  • @nicole-secondaryemail-mort9617
    @nicole-secondaryemail-mort9617 5 років тому

    Excellent. Learned a lot.

  • @PaintingwithEnrique
    @PaintingwithEnrique 7 років тому +1

    may , great!!!

  • @NehaSingh-ry4br
    @NehaSingh-ry4br 4 роки тому +1

    I had to watch this for my humanities class and when I saw Harry Styles (he appears at 3:50) I lost it!!!!!!!!!

  • @kyrabuenviaje8396
    @kyrabuenviaje8396 5 років тому

    Looks good and promising.

  • @bembelgirl9893
    @bembelgirl9893 7 років тому +1

    Brillant 👍👍

  • @BlueCollarBeerSnob
    @BlueCollarBeerSnob 8 років тому +1

    very good!

  • @mojonson25
    @mojonson25 7 років тому +1

    can anyone please tell me what is the name of the music playing at 2:00 ? been looking for a while

  • @andreaasmarats8763
    @andreaasmarats8763 8 років тому +2

    Can someone tell me who are the artist that appear in 4:47?

  • @alexisfariola3161
    @alexisfariola3161 5 років тому

    Looks good and promising
    Recommended

  • @TDMMoreThanAMovement
    @TDMMoreThanAMovement 6 років тому +6

    Listen, ART creates peace where there is violence and love where there is hate. THIS IS ARTS PURPOSE. Elvis was able to destroy much of racism in his segregated fans via art. Christmas music was able to bring soldiers to stop killing each other. WHAT'S TO BE MISUNDERSTOOD? If saving lives and creating a safer world is not a purpose then EVERYTHING is meaningless

  • @keventurnerjr7715
    @keventurnerjr7715 7 років тому +43

    Bruh my art teacher made watch this😂😂

  • @KristineLaforga
    @KristineLaforga 2 роки тому +1

    dito ako kasi sa au ehe

  • @artdirect5285
    @artdirect5285 4 роки тому

    Love it!

  • @thaikeaugusto4356
    @thaikeaugusto4356 5 років тому

    Excelent!

  • @ratinthecat2
    @ratinthecat2 7 років тому +2

    Could someone tell me who the artist is of the 2 paintings at 5:07 - 5:19?

    • @s.farfal8248
      @s.farfal8248 12 днів тому

      The Vanity of Small Differences is a series of six large-scale tapestries by the Turner-Prize winning artist Grayson Perry

  • @jeffshepherd927
    @jeffshepherd927 Місяць тому

    Anyone know the name of the artist responsible for the art around time stamp 5:14?

    • @s.farfal8248
      @s.farfal8248 12 днів тому

      The Vanity of Small Differences is a series of six large-scale tapestries by the Turner-Prize winning artist Grayson Perry

  • @annelisplace
    @annelisplace 4 роки тому +1

    give me an opportunity to love or loathe

  • @makinghomehere1682
    @makinghomehere1682 4 роки тому

    awesome stuff, keep it up.

  • @markkoster5997
    @markkoster5997 7 років тому +1

    mam im terrified

  • @emma-lr6jl
    @emma-lr6jl 6 років тому

    Could someone give me the names of the artworks shown in this video? It would really be really appreciated!!!

  • @micheljurgens
    @micheljurgens 7 років тому +5

    This is the voice of The School of Life? :D

  • @joyce-in-Outreach
    @joyce-in-Outreach 5 років тому +1

    Art is a representation of our consciousness and Humanity.

  • @danielfarrar9519
    @danielfarrar9519 6 років тому +1

    We use art to picture our thoughts.

  • @ahmedchouati2379
    @ahmedchouati2379 6 років тому

    good video

  • @HansMcc1984
    @HansMcc1984 2 роки тому

    Remember the oranges!
    -Vincent van Gogh

  • @saffserajum7243
    @saffserajum7243 3 роки тому

    Can someone tell me how these animations were made?

  • @danig6771
    @danig6771 6 років тому

    so how do we tie this to the culinary arts?

  • @elizabormeda6832
    @elizabormeda6832 2 роки тому

    i'm here because of that markhyuck au

  • @dido5862
    @dido5862 4 роки тому

    does anyone know what is the drawing at 5:06?

  • @ciromanso6548
    @ciromanso6548 3 роки тому

    Does someone know the scope of arts

  • @TrangPhan-hi3cw
    @TrangPhan-hi3cw 2 роки тому

    How "familiar" the video is compare to one from The School of Life - What is art for?

  • @Tomkaya
    @Tomkaya 10 років тому +1

    What's the painting at 2.21 please?

  • @chrisshavard
    @chrisshavard 8 років тому +1

    What's the painting at 2:06?

    • @niektestroete3672
      @niektestroete3672 8 років тому +1

      +Chris Havard Egon Schiele, Kniendes Mädchen, 1917

  • @chillingazelle
    @chillingazelle 7 років тому

    What's the painting at 2:22

  • @maitlandjpeg
    @maitlandjpeg 8 років тому +1

    Does anyone know the name of the painting at 2:20? It's much appreciated. Thanks

  • @dundee520
    @dundee520 9 років тому +2

    interesting vid

  • @user-qk3sc8rq9r
    @user-qk3sc8rq9r 7 місяців тому

    Art could remind you theirs gum on the bottom of your shoe, what's your point? There's two things in life: Love and the fear of death. Everything else is just talk, in your case frivolous talk. Do you watch a lot of television? Thought so.

  • @jesselynfrompushingdandeli5119
    @jesselynfrompushingdandeli5119 3 роки тому +1

    I earned a BFA in Studio Art Illustration and I'm currently having a crisis so I'm asking UA-cam "why make art" 💀

  • @LegitParchment
    @LegitParchment 3 роки тому +2

    I’m here for Art homework

  • @odalovaas8225
    @odalovaas8225 3 роки тому +1

    Hello fellow IB students.

  • @johnfitzgerald7618
    @johnfitzgerald7618 6 років тому

    This is speculation. I can think of no empirical evidence for any of these suggestions. Is there any evidence, for example, that people fell more hopeful after viewing pretty pictures? And if there is, how does that imply that that is art's purpose. For example, it would seem to me that by that standard the World Cup is art.

  • @gyartlessons6596
    @gyartlessons6596 3 роки тому +1

    I wish there wasn't so much in here that was inappropriate for younger school-age students....

  • @joyce-in-Outreach
    @joyce-in-Outreach 5 років тому

    isn't the main purpose of art simply to make you think.

  • @keitysaez150
    @keitysaez150 7 років тому +1

    ¿Pero que Guatefac?

  • @krey4ever
    @krey4ever 2 роки тому

    here because of "THAT" au 😔

  • @kaitlynwilliams8033
    @kaitlynwilliams8033 2 роки тому

    Anyone taking art 1301 with lonestar

  • @wakoyako
    @wakoyako 2 роки тому

    napadpad ako dito dahil doon sa isang markhyuck filo au 😭

  • @vibravibra
    @vibravibra 9 років тому +30

    Why are all of the references are western male artists?

    • @Inkulabi
      @Inkulabi 8 років тому +1

      good question

    • @nobertstanel9428
      @nobertstanel9428 7 років тому +14

      Why not

    • @professorrosenstock5026
      @professorrosenstock5026 7 років тому +1

      Nobert Stanel I get their point but granted the art in other places have a different point.

    • @SkywalkerPaul
      @SkywalkerPaul 7 років тому +8

      Because the people who curate art are old white men from Europe . Until now ..

    • @hoek334
      @hoek334 6 років тому

      Paul von Düsseldorf OEH, well , the end of globalstic "modern" art
      supported by what you call old white men , finally looses it's "concepts"
      Back to history !!
      One should not be oikophobic when it comes to European art and classical music ......

  • @slgameplays3950
    @slgameplays3950 3 роки тому

    School assignment lol 😆

  • @makkimaku
    @makkimaku Рік тому

    art is everything (About you)......lee donghyuck

  • @marcelaquintanilla
    @marcelaquintanilla 5 років тому

    Why repost a video from another channel?

  • @Scitzowicz
    @Scitzowicz 9 років тому +1

    hi Alain

  • @zombienans7289
    @zombienans7289 6 років тому +1

    N

  • @moontide3943
    @moontide3943 6 років тому

    Leave it up to this channel to leave a vague, unhelpful, hollow answer.

  • @tikadhakal1021
    @tikadhakal1021 Рік тому

    I m here for exam lol

  • @elenatsmyrniotis
    @elenatsmyrniotis 8 років тому +6

    I would love if there were a version of this with no nudes so I could show it to my students.

    • @elenatsmyrniotis
      @elenatsmyrniotis 8 років тому

      The United Arab Emirates.

    • @donniekong11111
      @donniekong11111 8 років тому +1

      rip

    • @elenatsmyrniotis
      @elenatsmyrniotis 8 років тому

      ***** i might try that, but the images are so engaging. The limitations here are frustrating.

    • @royal3542
      @royal3542 8 років тому +1

      i think they already have seen boobs on paintings so why the fuck you care just show them the vid, there are nudes on paintings deal with it

    • @royal3542
      @royal3542 8 років тому

      César Andrade Nope, yolo is the good thing, and whatever idgaf about that shit xd