Chapter 2: What Is Art? Last updated Sep 27, 2020 Save as PDF Section 1.12: Putting It Together Section 2.1: Why It Matters Page ID71684 Lumen LearningLumen Learning ( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) Section 2.1: Why It MattersSection 2.2: Art as a kind of communication and expression of cultureSection 2.3: Reading- Defining Art from the Medieval Period to RenaissanceSection 2.4: Reading- Defining Art from the Academy to Avant-GardeSection 2.5: Reading- Defining Art from Modernity to GlobalizationSection 2.6: Purposes of ArtSection 2.7: Reading- Purpose of ArtSection 2.8: AestheticsSection 2.9: Reading- Art, Aesthetics, and BeautySection 2.10: Perception and ValueSection 2.11: Reading- Value JudgmentSection 2.12: The Ongoing Definition of ArtSection 2.13: Reading- Defining ArtSection 2.14: Putting It Together