\[ **BT: [[home]]** ] --- # art ## art as a concept ### theory and classification of the arts #### the philosophy of art ##### diverse theories concerning the nature, functions, and effects of art e.g. mimetic theories, expressive theories, formalist theories, pragmatic theories [[Heisenberg argued that science and art are parallel attempts to describe the world.]][^1] ##### the making of works of art - see: - [[writing fiction#the creative process]] ### experience and criticism of works of art #### the interaction of the arts with social, economic, and cultural institutions ##### religion and the arts - see also: [[religion#religion and art]] ##### technology, science, and the arts [[Heisenberg argued that science and art are parallel attempts to describe the world.]][^1] ##### the role of imitative tradition - see also: - [[fandom]] - [[fanfiction]] - [[GIF making]] ### characteristics of the arts in particular cultures #### China [[In classical Chinese painting, the use of white space is highly important; the white space defines the forms depicted within it.]][^2] --- ## the arts - see: - [[music]] - [[drawing; painting]] - [[photography; printmaking]] - [[literature]] - [[writing fiction]] - [[television]] - [[architecture]] - [[decoration and design]] - [[web design]] [^1]: Nicholas Campion, ‘[[Campion, ‘Importance of Cosmology in Culture’, 2017|The Importance of Cosmology in Culture: Contexts and Consequences]] in *Trends in Modern Cosmology*, ed. Abraao Jesse Capistrano De Souza (InTech, 2017), p. 5, [https://doi.org/10.5772/67976](https://doi.org/10.5772/67976). [^2]: Tony Barnstone, ‘Preface’, in *[[Barnstone and Ping, The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry, 2005|The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry: From Ancient to Contemporary, the Full 3000-Year Tradition]]*, eds. Tony Barnstone and Chou Ping (Anchor Books, 2005), p. xliv. Internet Archive, [https://archive.org/details/anchorbookofchin00barn](https://archive.org/details/anchorbookofchin00barn).