ART APPRECIATION

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Art appreciation , like love , cannot be done by proxy ' said Robert Henri , a known American painter and teacher . It merely reiterates the trite phrase , beauty is in the eye of the beholder ' This implies the personal characteristic of art appreciation . A person or group of persons who encounters a work of art -those products of the senses emotions and intellect - is the sole judge of its substance (Dewey 1934 . Anyone , even though not an expert in any branch of art , is

capable of appreciating works of art . Non-experts make use of their emotions , experiences and intellect in their scrutiny (Bell , 2008

Appreciation of art like photojournalism varies among people . Like other artworks , photographs call for a thousand interpretations . One example is the cover of Time Magazine 's July 2010 issue , entitled What Happens if We Leave Afghanistan . It was a controversial one . The cover was a portrait of an 18-year old Afghan woman whose nose was sliced off After reading the article , one goes back to her picture and examines it for the second time . Now , the purple fabric she was wearing and her black hair gives emphasis to her gentle face . There was tranquility in her eyes . She appears to be a strong-willed woman , who despite what happened to her was bold enough to show the world what she has been through . This is her way of standing up for other woman who had the same experience as hers

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