What Is Your Favorite Type of Art?

Art is dynamic. Each painting, sculpture, photograph, etc, all come from some sort of inspiration. It starts from one idea that builds onto another and manifests into a sort of art. I've been wowed plenty of times by artwork/exhibits. Some of the details in each piece are more obvious than others. That's why I always find myself coming back to the same museum after time has passed. There's always something new to see every time you look back. There's also a change in your own self that affects how you perceive art. Specifically, I'm always wowed by the lesser known pieces of art. It's that their intricacy and beauty and complexity tends to be overlooked compared to artwork that's constantly praised and well known. It's not that these popular artworks are "overrated", in a sense, but rather, they're mostly the ones that everyone always notices and remembers. My best museum experience can most likely seem similar to others. Going to the Met is always enjoyable. Despite going multiple times, there's always something new to see. The atmosphere in art museums is special. People who visit them come from all different backgrounds but are still in the same place for similar purposes. Going to art museums exercises my brain. I can learn about a piece of art from informational blurbs and also analyze the details of it. It’s an experience that lets me escape from reality. Art is inspiration and works my brain to think in creative and novel ways.

You can't do that. You literally can't. You cannot compact art into tiny little blurbs on an editorial. Art needs to be seen, not read about. While I understand that the purpose of this article was to promote the art gallery, it seems a bit criminal to write something like this. Even blurbs on books just shouldn't be, you lose so much of the meaning by summarizing, so don't just talk about it. Show us. Don't describe the omitted images, the omitted stories of artists, you better show us. Every piece of art tells a story. If you don't have the art or the story then it's just a line of text you're writing and I don't want to see it. So personally I don't have a favorite art medium. Every story is worth hearing, worth seeing, worth reading. As a student well invested in the arts, I believe that all art mediums are just that, art. From music to literature, there's so much you can take away and that's what I find important. You haven't experienced the wow factor of artwork until your heart was moved, shaken by what you've seen or heard. I can't feel the wow factor from a cold mechanical description of the beautiful art I should be seeing.

My favorite type of art is photography because it allows me to capture moments in my own life that I don’t want to forget. I enjoy photography for multiple reasons but one of the most significant reasons is that it has caused me to fall in love with light and see the world around me with fresh eyes every day and sometimes, when the mood is right, I just sit back and enjoy the moment without taking a picture of it. I enjoy looking at all art paintings because I know that there is always a meaning behind the picture and even if they don’t have a meaning, I like to think about the different meanings it could have. The first piece that I have been “wowed” by is the classical Mona Lisa because I just found out the significance of the painting last year and ever since I have taken a moment and just realized how creative that was. The 2nd piece is a sculpture of a member part of the Australopithecus that is located in the museum of natural history because it had so much detail. My favorite piece of art is the “Pink Forest” by Patrick Jacobs that is in Martha’s article because it looks so realistic and alive.

For me, I see that art is like a window to your fantasy's and/or worst nightmare. I like to experience art because it kind of gives you a different perspective. There are so many different forms of art that you could have one topic and there could be so many different perspectives on it. I love meaningful photography. I also love beautiful photography and nature photography. It's beautiful to see an animal captured at just the right angle in its natural habitat. I tend to favor artwork that shows meaning. Anyone can just paint, sculpt or take a picture of something, but what is hard is to show the audience your view and meaning through the art. Art is one of the most amazing things that people could do in this world.

As a painter I enjoy the instant gratification of the colours. However my favorite type of art is underwater "landscaping"; fish tank decorating. No this doesn't mean Sponge Bob ornaments, but rather live plants and rocks. I currently have a 75 gal aquarium in which I am turning into a self sustainable tank. I currently have moss and anarchis as a foundation for the root mat. In this aquarium I have three freshwater angelfish, two bala sharks, and one chinese algae eater. This will be a hard project as both the angelfish and bala sharks eat live foods. Making this a difficult and demanding type of art as well. The instant gratification is still here, but you also get the rewards of delayed gratification. You also will watch the plants grow and take shape making this a very natural serene piece of art.

My first time really being “wowed” by a piece of art was not in a museum full of paintings but in my own living room. You see my dad works as a graphic design and sign maker and he used to create these awesome graphics and that’s really what stuck out to me. He could turn a boring old world into something spectacular in minutes and to me that really “wowed” me growing up. Along with that my dad would use his design skills to make decorations for our home and even helped me with school projects. One museum expireiment that stuck out to me was last year and my dad and I visited a place where he shows his work and it is called Engine in Biddeford and when we were there, there were these sculptures of creatures or animals with human faces and some had huge eyeballs and it was pretty scary. Every time I walked by them they would like jump out at me because they looked so real. Ever since that day I saw those sculptures I haven’t gone back because of how creepy they looked.

My personal favorite media for art is pencil, coal or paint. Once I went to the Bowdoin College museum and was "wowed" by a oil painting. It was a very dark painting of an industrial area and it portrayed a incredible stronger feeling. The work was incredible and was a truly amazing piece.

I like Thomas Kinkade's Disney paintings. His artwork is so intricate and detailed. He hides pieces from each movie in every painting. I have always been a big Disney fan and Thomas Kinkade paints each movie perfectly. I remember going on a lot of school field trips to museums and I enjoy walking around and seeing all different kinds of art. I like to see what other artists have created and learning about the time and care they put into their artwork.

I like to experience art because it kind of gives you a different perspective. There are so many different forms of art that you could have one topic and there could be so many different perspectives on it. I also like it because it’s cool to look at and you can interpret the meaning of the piece and what the artist was going for.

The first time I can remember being wowed by artwork is when I was little in a art museum, there were paintings of political figures. At first I thought they were just photos but my dad said they were paintings, I didn’t believe him at first but when I got closer I could see very small brushstrokes. I was in awe of their realism.

Personally, I like digital drawing, paintings, and sculptures the best. I find myself the most wowed by these three medias, but that’s not to say I don’t like the others or don’t find them interesting. These are the three easiest for me to do, and so they’re the ones I like the best. Despite this, I think all types of art great, and just the fact that people can use such cool ways to express themselves is very interesting.

Art has played such a huge role in the development and history of mankind. We can find it all over the place today in things such as clothing, electronics, advertisements and even on cave walls dating back 40,000 years ago. Without art our culture, or uniqueness would not be as intimate and we would have a very dull and lifeless society. Not only can art be cool to look at in a museum or place around your home, but it can also be used for more meaningful things such as expressing emotion, religion, or an idea. My favorite piece of art was Kehinde Wiley’s “Margaret, Countess of Blessington.” I liked this painting for it’s uniqueness and realism which I find to be important in a successful work of art. Although I’ve only been to an art museum once or twice I can consider myself a good drawer and I can recognize a good drawing/painting when I see one.

I’ve seen so many amazing pieces of art and I find it hard to believe that some people are willing to discount an artist’s work because they used a digital medium rather than traditional. I haven’t been to many meseums but with the internet I’m able to view art from people who are passionate about what they make. Some pieces have stunned me with their beauty and I’ve always loved what artists can do. My favorites are always the landscapes that feel like a dream.

One time I have been wowed was actually not at a museum but in the art room at TA. It was in the genre realism and it was a mason jar with objects in it. I was just surprised at how a high school student could make a painting look so real. My best museum experience was in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It had beautiful paintings, sculptures and different exhibits. I like to see older art because of the historical point of view. I think it’s so cool that some things in museums are from hundred of years ago and you can see it in person.

Art is such a wide and diverse topic filled with personal connections to the world and all of which comes with it. To my surprise, the article summed up the different types of art in a matter of a couple words. There is large art, body art, digital, textile art and obviously paintings. Personally, I favor paintings more than anything else. There is just so much detail and skill with the paint colors, the creation is simply a meaningful masterpiece. I can remember myself in an art gallery astonished by all the scenes of Jesus and nature, and then I came across a piece by Abraham Hunter with the name “Rockets Red Glare”. I was honestly obsessed with this painting, and stood ten minutes observing the genuine history that marks the creation of our national anthem. It was here, that I became in love with paintings, and I will continue to feed this habit, because after all paintings are just absolutely stunning.

With the internet making what seems to be everything so readily available, art can be viewed without needing to look at a book or go to a museum. For instance, I spend lots of time looking at art on Instagram. It is especially exciting because you can discover young and underappreciated artists that you wouldn’t have the joy of knowing about otherwise. That being said, it is a very different experience compared to visiting a museum. Being able to see art up close and personal is the best way to view it. My favorite type of art is definitely illustration because it almost always breaks the norms of realism. Even at seventeen, I enjoy looking at children’s picture books for the illustrations. It doesn’t matter whichever method you are using to look at the art, all that matters is that you’re able to appreciate it.

I love meaningful photography. I love how in just a snap, you can have a photo which has captured a moment which people can look upon years later and see exactly what you had seen. I also love beautiful photography and nature photography. It's beautiful to see an animal captured at just the right angle in its natural habitat.

I like art that has blinding colours and stands out from just about anything else. What they're focussing on doesn't really matter to me but it's just the overall aesthetics and look that I care about. The bright colours just remind me of good vibes.

I like art that evolves and follows the times that we are living in. Grafitti art is one of my favorites, along with political art and graphic designs. Art is no longer just a painting of fruit, it is one of the most valuable tools used to express ideas. Something that conveys a reaction out of the viewer, that is provocative and eye opening is art in it's most pure of form.

I tend to favor artwork that shows meaning. Anyone can just paint, sculpt or take a picture of something, but what is hard is to show the audience your view and meaning through the art. I usually do not attend art museums, but instead I read the National Geographic magazine or watch the Discovery channel which contains videos and photography that is breathtaking. Discovery and National Geographic do not just run around taking pictures of anything. They take pictures of things that show meaning, like understanding the harsh life of someone who lives in Cuba which shows the reader the importance of freedom. Or watching an animal rescue program release an animal back into the wild that has recovered from injury which shows that humans can make a change on animal life. Art needs to have a meaning, to make a successful piece of artwork, give it life.

I like pictures of dogs. They make me happy.

Interesting. This sort of article is a good idea. If I may suggest, why not give some of your attention to foreign languages, They are the port of entry into the forma mentis of other peoples, something we cannot ignore in a globalized world, a form of knowledge and understanding a hand-held device just cannot provide. Interacting with others is much more than knowing how to ask service workers to do things for you in their own tongue.