However, the distinction is not clear-cut, and many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports or games) or art (such as jigsaw puzzles or games involving an artistic layout such as Mahjong, solitaire, or some video games). Games are different from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements. The Card Players, an 1895 painting by Paul Cézanne depicting a card game, in Courtauld Institute of Art (London)Ī game is a structured form of play, usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool.
