When is art not really art? Art is everywhere. Tomb paintings in Egypt, Sistine Chapel in Italy, photography, cave paintings, tattoos, Greeks, comics, African tribal art, nail designs, Mayans, hairstyles, graffiti. The list never ends. It is present everywhere on Earth at all times. There is every style of art imaginable and more. But when is art not art? This is a question that has been asked for years with no real answer. The most commonly accepted theory is that art is when the artist has captured the spirit of what is being painted, drawn, etc. Most view art as something aesthetically pleasing made by an artist in a specific medium. However, this definition poses problems. One thing may please one person and not another. A painting of the Virgin Mary may be fantastic to one person and the ugliest painting ever made to another. Art can be made by people who aren't really considered artists. Many people simply draw in their spare time and are not “professional” artists. And then there's digitally made art, which some don't consider a medium. Check out the DeviantArt website and there are tons. From the first issue there is only one thing to say. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. (Joann) Some find Andy Warhol's famous pop art absolutely hideous and totally overrated while others proudly hang copies in their homes and buy furniture to match. There is no proven way to prove what is art and what is not without controversy. The closest humans ever come to agreeing on art are the fan groups that surround certain artists or works of art. It's simply a matter of opinion. And opinions, like e...... middle of paper ......e with generations to come. This is what all artists try to achieve. Some do, others don't. But in the end, everyone still wonders what defines art. Millions of normal people, academics, painters, students, taxi drivers, teachers and bus riders, have not been able to discover it. So here is the question. Do you know?Works citedMaraviglia, Marilina. “What do we really mean by art? » Smashing magazine. July 23, 2010. Print. Joann, Haley. “Beautiful art” study mode. Blaine Vess and Chris Nelson, April 2012. Online research paper. May 9, 2014.Ganguli, Ankita. “When high art meets low art” Hindustan Times. December 18, 2013. Print. Tolstoy, Leo. What is art? Indianapolis, Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 1996. Print. Dy-Anne. “Issues of Culture and Class in Determining High and Low Art Forms” Science 360 ​​Colette Georgii, March 2, 2007. Electronic Magazine. Can 13, 2014.