Western Art History

Throughout the exestance of man, we have been fascinated with trying to allow others to see what we see. In other words, art is an attempt to try and re-create what we see with our eyes, as well as our mind. What we see is distorted by everything we see and how our mind perceives it. Therefore, I believe it influences us as individuals to see our own deeper meaning or influence in every piece …

…of Christ.         Art is much like fashion. There are certain fads that are involved, some of which we look back at and regret (disco, mod, etc..). However the fads are very unique and are always based on the cultural ideal of beauty for that particular time. Even fads that were totally out have come back again to be bolder and better than ever. Just to reiterate, each fad infuences others and old fads never die.