Why Africa? Why Art? By Kwame Anthony Appiah

In the essay Why Africa? Why Art? ,written by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Appiah dispatches some different perspectives about the standard deviation of art and how Western art is defined. Her perspectives and interpretation regarding art is witness every time we look at any ingenious objects performances and so forth. These things are formerly perceived as creative things that are outermost art. Furthermore, Appiah also defines Western art by stating “We know art can serve a political or a moral or even a commercial purpose, but to see something as art is to evaluate it in ways that go beyond asking whether it serves these “extrinsic” purposes.” (1).This clearly states that Western art is a mixture and complex art that comes from different traditions …show more content…
Ballet Folklorico could never be expressed fully only on a canvas one needs to actually practice it dance it and perform it see the faces of the audience of how astonished they are of all the turns and steps being conveyed on the stage. One could ever have this stupendous experience in just plain paper and pen. What other piece of composition that makes people express physically to others the pridefulness they have towards their country. Folklorico gives this sensation of nationalism and liberalism but other artwork does as well. For example, this composition of a mexican flag gives of the same impression, but it's more vague. For instance, in folklorico anyone gets to experience this while actually taking a part of it of the action whether it's performing it or simply enjoying it, in the other hand unless you’re helping the artist or helping the artist you don’t get the full sensation they did while painting but folklorico gives this to everyone without actually having to do any physical labor. Ballet folklorico probably is the only media that actually gives this true sensation as if one was actually in mexico expressing their gratification towards their beloved