THE ART WORK IN THE MAKING Pierre Auguste Renoir The art work, we have seen, begins with the old, the familiar, the commonplace, and culminates in the presentation of the new, the unique, the rare. In order to see the creative product, therefore, in its full, complete significance, we should begin the examination of how it comes into existence with a study of the nature of the old, how this arises, what purpose it serves, and in what way it differs from the new that is evolved out of it. The Nature of the Old The Creative Process The Process of Adventure The Process of Discovery		Home The Nature and Objective of Aesthetics Art and the Artist The Art Work The Art Work in the Making The Creative Mind Art and the Artist Art and the Layman The Experience of Beauty Beauty in Music Painting Poetry