Question

Search the internet and find one specific example of each of the eight types of art listed below. Your examples should be by established artists and/or from museum collections online. Submit the URL for each example, a description of the art and an explanation of why the example you provide exemplifies the definition(s) of the word "art."
Painting- Mona Lisa by Leonardo
Sculpture- David by Michelangelo
Architecture- Parthenon by Iktinos and Kallikrates
Photography- Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange
Printmaking- The Great wave by Katsushika Hokusai
Conceptual Art- One and Three Chairs by Joseph Kosuth
Installation Art- Mile of String by Marcel Duchamp
Performance Art- Trans-Fixed by Chris Burden

I found my examples as shown above, but I'm having a hard time with the last part.....an explanation of why the example you provide exemplifies the definition(s) of the word "art."

Answer 1

Here's a good definition of art.

"Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art

I've seen the originals of the first three examples you've listed. The <i>Mona Lisa</i> in the Louvre of Paris, France, arouses curiosity about the source of her enigmatic smile. The <i>David</i> in the Galleria dell'Accademia of Florence, Italy, reminds us of the beauty of the ideal human body. In addition, I marvel at the detail of the precise musculature of this statue. My favorite, though, is the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. Its perfect symmetry, seen both up close and at a distance, fills me full of awe.

I'm sure you can add to my descriptions and then explain your other examples in terms of the definitions of art.