I had to look a little bit deeper than the surface to find a sufficient answer to this question. I must admit, although I have seen and worked with a lot of art over the years, when I actually took the time to think about, explore and read, I found that the notion of 'art' is a lot deeper than what I had originally percieved.
One idea that captured my interest was that of Read (1974), who spoke about defining art as a way of visually conceiving the world. He went on to elaborate on this by decribing an artist as 'a man that has the ability and the desire to transfer his visual perception into material form' (Read, 1974). This definitition was enlightening for me as I was able to then understand and infer how different art movements might have come about over the years. It helps to emphasise the fact that art is not necessarily realistic, more so that it is one person's perception of something that is then created as a visual peice of art, whether it be a painting, sculpture, or any physical representation.
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