What is Art and What Do We Get From Canvas Paintings?
The most straightforward question is “What is art for?” A simple answer might be that “art is decoration”, but this ignores a host of important and elementary meanings. The history of art is filled with fantastic examples of canvas paintings showing disturbing and violent imagery, stylised or otherwise inaccurate likenesses and also objects that require continuous care in order to prevent their wear and tear. There is no doubt that canvas paintings have their aesthetic purposes and adorn any wall on which they are hung, but the role of art has many more aspects: 1. Art communicates emotion, feeling and teaches us history. Past events are relayed through art from times when there was no photography or any other medium that could be used to capture the moment and the memory. Things and events are documented in art. 2. Artists have for hundreds of years indulged their fantasies. These fantasies are not necessarily sexual, but through art the impossible can become possible. Reality can be
