(Witcombe, 4) First used during the Renaissance, the word "art" was a collective term for sculpture, painting, and architecture. ... (Witcombe, 10) Largely, the new modern artists rejected the standards and principles of the academies and the Renaissance traditions. ... (Witcombe, 11) This statement was in ironic mockery of the Renaissance tradition which had placed the artist in a dignified position. ... Yet, according to artists, museum curators, art patrons, art educators, art critics, art historians, and others involved with art, art follows some rules that characterize what is consider...

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