Art appreciation

Art Appreciation Social Apprentice 200 hours

Though this skill seems highly subjective to an uncultured observer, there's actually quite a bit of studying involved. This skill is needed to properly evaluate a piece of art, whether to determine its selling value or to properly describe and display it in a gallery. Applying this skill to your own work is very difficult. One must not only have a critical eye, but be able to separate oneself from the act of creation and view the piece objectively. Evaluating your own work to determine an appropriate sale price requires at least journeyman skill. When this skill is initially learned it only applies to artistic works in general. To perform a more proper evaluation, specialisation is required. This takes an additional hundred hours for each category, but the total time spent viewing that style counts toward the time&#8212;making this a fairly easy and enjoyable skill for developing specialisations. Some examples of specialisations include: early Formourian folk art, Killian ink painting, bronze sculpture, Ghoulish traditional songs, Khenti literature, modern dance, Elven cuisine, ancient Bizzannite art, Sanlandi poetry, Heldanic epics and storytelling, and Firpish haut couture. At character creation, one area of specialisation may optionally be chosen in exchange for diminished proficiency at the general skill, such as apprentice art appreciation- (journeyman landscapes+).