Art is a creative activity to express human thoughts, emotions, experiences, feelings, and cultural values. It has a unique subjective nature and form of expression that can transcend time, space, and cultural differences to resonate and communicate with people. The true understanding and recognition of art needed to be considered from many aspects. First of all, art is a form of expressing human emotions and thoughts. Therefore, artists will express the theme and emotional content of their works according to their own emotions and thoughts. Secondly, the form and structure of art will also have an impact on the true expression of the work. For example, art forms such as painting, sculpture, and music all have specific techniques and elements. The use of these elements will affect the visual effects and emotional experience of the work. Appreciating art was also an interesting thing. It required a certain amount of aesthetic ability and cultural background knowledge. In the process of appreciation, we can understand the works from the artistic background, era culture, theme and emotion of the artist. At the same time, we can also feel the artistic skills and aesthetic style of the artist through the form, color, line, composition and other aspects of the works. The true expression and appreciation of art required a comprehensive consideration of many factors. Different art forms also had their own unique ways of expression and audience experience. Through appreciating art, we can understand the development of human civilization and culture, improve our aesthetic quality and artistic accomplishment, and at the same time, we can also experience the emotional resonance and cultural content brought by artistic works.