Why is seeing only beauty not enough to understand expression in art?

Because meaning, feeling, symbols, and context must also be understood

The governing concept is that artistic expression is communicated through several connected elements, not through visual beauty alone. A pleasing colour arrangement or attractive form may be important, but the viewer must also consider the idea, feeling, symbols, subject, cultural background, and situation in which the work was made. For example, a work may use disturbing colours or an uncomfortable figure intentionally to express fear or injustice; judging it only as beautiful would miss its purpose. Thus option A is correct. Option B is false because beauty can be part of art, while C wrongly claims that art has no meaning. Option D is also incorrect because interpretation by the viewer helps reveal how the work communicates.

This is a Class 9 Art Education question. Chapter: Introduction to Art. Topic: Art as a form of expression.