Wikipedia defines art as "a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities, but is most often understood to refer to painting, film, photography, sculpture, and other visual media. Music, theater, dance, literature, and interactive media are included in a broader definition of art or the arts." To me art is anything that someone makes with an intention of it being art. With that said, my definition of art also includes nature and natural beauties on the planet and as an extension our solar system.
To focus more on the man-made art, I think if a person made something with an intention of it being art, then it would be art. But that would just define it as art, not as good art or bad art. For example, Rebecca Black's song Friday was a piece of art but that doesn't justify it for being a good piece of art. To me it was just some words put together and some music put together with the word Friday so it was bad art. Counter to that, if we take a look at Coldplay's Paradise, or J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter, or Beaver Stadium, its art and also a very good one at that.
Over my life, I have admired a lot of places, music, paintings, movies, sculptures, murals that it would hard for me to select one so I am going to post some of the stuff that I consider is art, but I am going to talk about one particular piece of art that stands out the most and has been with me throughout my teenage years. It is the books and movies of Harry Potter.
I have admired Harry Potter more than anything in my life. I have read the books a billion times (more like 23) and seen the movies/clips of movies a billion times (that might be right). What JK Rowling did with Harry Potter is something that no other person can re-create. Now whenever I read any of the Harry Potter books I would know exactly where I was when I read it the first time or how I was eagerly waiting for that book or which grade I was in and what I was studying(or not studying) as I read the book. The more I read it the more I get the ultimate message of love and friendship that JK Rowling was trying to send out through these books. Two particular moments in (one in movie 7 and one in movie 5) that stand out are Snape's memory and Dumbledore vs Voldemort battle scene where Harry tells Voldemort that he is the one who is going to lose because he doesn't know what love is or what friendship is. Those two scenes bring out the true essence of the book.
Some other pieces of art that I like are:
Most of U2's songs.
and many more.
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