Art is anything that people add to their 'output' which is 
not functionally necessary and is other than the default 
properties of that output. The word "art" has been derived 
from the Latin word 'ars', which, loosely translated, 
means "arrangement" or "to arrange". This is the only 
universal definition of art, that whatever it is was at some 
point arranged in some way. There are many other 
colloquial uses of the word, all with some relation to its 
etymological roots. This word comes from the Greek 
technic meaning art.
Art and science are usually treated diagonally opposite to 
each other. While science means some phenomenon 
resulting in truth, which is universal and objective in 
nature. In other words, science findings can be repeated 
under the same set of circumstances anywhere in the 
world at any given point of time. Same cannot be said of 
art. Art, on the other hand is purely subjective in nature. 
Take for example, a painting - while one calls it a 
masterpiece, same feelings cannot be expected from 
other individual.
Art can roughly be divided into two, namely philosophical 
art and aesthetic art. The philosophical type of art 
involves human figures for some purposive actions. In 
other words, philosophical art depicts human condition or 
it is the conceptual frame of mind of the artist.
Aesthetic art, on the other hand, shows the perceived 
frame of mind. Two examples will help illustrate these 
two points of view - a Mona Lisa painting is philosophical 
art, while a demon being killed by a super human is 
aesthetic. These two categories are also called classical 
and modern art respectively.
There are other ways of classifying art - major among 
them being architecture, design, painting, music,
drawing, literature, performing art, etc. While these have 
been (and still are) traditional forms of art performed by
human kind, newer forms of art have emerged with the 
advent of technology. Some of the later era art forms are 
games, animation, movie, computer art, shooting, etc.
Two of the most researched areas of interest to artists, 
critiques and archeologists has been the art movement 
(or art history) and art school.
An art movement is a typical style or tendency in art with 
a specific common philosophy, followed by a group of 
artists during a restricted period of time (ranging from a 
few months to years or decades). Art school is any 
educational institute offering education to its students on 
various forms of art.
Birth of art gave rise to another group of individuals - art 
critics. Art critics study and evaluate a piece of art. Its 
main purpose is to rationalize the evaluation of art, and 
ridding of any personal opinion affecting the work of art. 
Art criticism today deploys systematic and formal 
methods to evaluate the piece of art.
Museums are known to nurture and store work of arts 
across the world. Early era museums were patronized by 
the then kings and emperors. Today these are 
maintained by governments or private trusts with or 
without public money. Three major museum institutes are 
British Museum, Museum of Modern Art, New York and 
Galerie des Offices in France.
Understanding art in its totality is almost an impossible 
task for a human being. There are over 3,600 terms in art 
to be understood. And these are not definitive in nature. 
Art is when you are free to redefine these.
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