{"id":7939,"date":"2021-01-28T16:03:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T21:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=7939"},"modified":"2021-04-10T18:51:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T22:51:19","slug":"english-idioms-and-expressions-about-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/english-idioms-and-expressions-about-art\/","title":{"rendered":"English Idioms and Expressions about Art"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In English, we have many idioms and expressions that reference art. \u00a0Perhaps because art is such a personal thing, producing emotional responses, we strive to find ways to express how it makes us feel and how to define it. I\u2019m sure that the very word art<\/em> means something different to everyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cLife is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do. Make good art.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2015 Neil Gaiman<\/p>\n

Because of COVID-19, the Louvre, the world\u2019s largest museum, is closed. So are many more museums around the world. This makes me sad because I love to visit museums and art should be experienced. After all, most art was created to share with others. Creating art is one of the most basic of human traits.<\/p>\n

What comes to mind when someone says the word art? A painting? Which one? A building? A dancer leaping in the air? A comic book? A work of sculpture, perhaps.<\/p>\n

A phrase you hear all the time in English is, \u201cI don\u2019t know much about art, but I know what I like.\u201d<\/strong> This is a clich\u00e9<\/strong>, meaning that it is an overused expression that doesn\u2019t show much original thought. The person who says this is really saying, \u201cI only like what I can relate to.\u201d Many people don\u2019t wish to be challenged or to have to consider the meaning and purpose behind a work of art. And while some art is not meant to challenge us, much is. Another version of this phrase is, \u201cI may not know much about art, but I know it when I see it!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other Idioms and Expressions<\/strong><\/h3>\n