Question

In your response, discuss whether knowing the social and historical context matters when determining whether an object should be classified as a work of art. Must an object display certain visual characteristics to be considered art? If so, what are those characteristics?

Answer 1

Yes, Social and historical context matters when determining whether an object should be classified as a work of art due to the following reasons:

• Historial Context provides an understanding of the work of art.
• Social context gives us an idea about the people and their work.
• Most importantly, historical and social context helps in co-relating the art form of any particular location and this makes our easy understanding of the art and its importance and many more.

No, there are no certain visual characteristics to be considered as an art because art varies from location to location. It is not necessary that art has any special characteristics as we have seen in the world that it varies throughout the world and exhibits the uniqueness.