In today’s art world, it is difficult to exclude any type of creative process
as a form of art. My freshman year of college, I took an aesthetics of art
course where we discussed the definition of art. It is difficult when you think
about it to define exactly what makes a painting, photograph, sculpture, etc.
an art form. One could say that anything someone creates is art, but what if
they made it unintentionally? It is very interesting to think back to the
nineteenth century when people were debating the importance of art in the
world, especially with the new medium of photography. Clement Greensburg
thought that in order for photography to be considered art it must tell a
story. However, there are many photographs we have learned about in class that
leave the viewer making up their own purpose of the image or meaning behind it.
The pages also describe the many styles of photography in the past and the way
in which photography has transformed as a medium in order to fit into the art
world.
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