What is a frame’s practical purpose? In what ways can frames provide historical context about an artwork?

Should we study frames in relation to the art they display? Why or Why not?

A picture frame is a protective and decorative edging for a picture, such as a painting or photograph. It makes displaying the work safer and easier and both sets the picture apart from its surroundings and aesthetically integrates it with them.  Every art object is a product of materials, intentions, and outcomes that reflect a time and place. People seeking to understand and benefit from the cultural legacy art provides may travel across time and space through art to discover its various interwoven histories.

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well seeing i am an artist and i actually did a self portrait; i will describe how i painted it.   i used acrylic on a stretch canvas about 4 feet wide by 6 feet tall. i painted myself smiling in a soft pink long dress, white tile floor sitting on a white couch with a table behind and a vase of gorgeous flowers.   i also had a round white hat with a soft pink ribbon through it laying on the floor and on the table behind me was a lit candle. i kept it simple but soft and romantic.

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