SPORTS
Sports
have many affinities with art. Ice skating and Tai chi, and Dancesport for example,
are sports that come close to artistic spectacles in themselves. Similarly,
there are other activities that have elements of sport and art in their execution,
such as artistic gymnastics, Bodybuilding, Parkour, performance art, professional
wrestling, Yoga, bossaball, dressage, culinary arts, marching band, drum corps,
etc. Perhaps the best example is Bull-fighting, which in Spain is reported in
the arts pages of newspapers. The fact that art is so close to sports in some
situations is probably related to the nature of sports. The definition of "sports"
above put forward the idea of an activity pursued not just for the usual purposes,
for example, running not simply to get places, but running for its own sake,
running as well as we can.This is similar to a common view of aesthetic value,
which is seen as something over and above the strictly functional value coming
from an object's normal use. So an aesthetically pleasing car is one which doesn't
just get from A to B, but which impresses us with its grace, poise, and charisma.
In the same
way, a sporting performance such as jumping doesn't just impress us as being
an effective way to avoid obstacles or to get across streams. It impresses us
because of the ability, skill, and style which is shown.Art and sports were
probably more clearly linked at the time of Ancient Greece, when gymnastics
and calisthenics invoked admiration and aesthetic appreciation for the physical
build, prowess and 'arete' displayed by participants. The modern term 'art'
as skill, is related to this ancient Greek term 'arete'. The closeness of art
and sport in these times was revealed by the nature of the Olympic Games which,
as we have seen, were celebrations of both sporting and artistic achievements,
poetry, sculpture and architecture.(1)
source
(1) wikipedia