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Introduction to Art Describe the 4 characteristics that make up the anthropological definition of Art and explain what art reveals about a society.
Art has been called expressive culture. The idea suggest that this element of culture allows a society (or an individual) to show or express what it (he/she) values. Give some example of how art demonstrates what is important to a society.
So if art expresses our values, what the heck is it?
What is Art? Art is play with form, producing some aesthetically successful transformation-representation
Play? How can the creation or consumption of art be like play? (Discuss with your group)
Play? How can the creation or consumption of art be like play? The creation of art is enjoyable, self gratifying Fun It is created w/ imagination Like play it is non-utilitarian, unnecessary for survival
Form? What forms of Art can you think of?
Form? What is the definition suggesting when it says art has form? Art is often designated by a set of guidelines. Certain forms have certain characteristics (Haiku 5-7-5)
Impressionism
Surrealism:
Chinese Landscape Painting
What kind of instruments will we hear in a heavy metal band?
Can you think of specific form of art and give at least two rules that if has.
Aesthetic: Humans universally have the capacity for an emotionally charged response Art... excites the senses stirs the soul affects your emotions What emotions can art effect?
The Persistence of Memory
The Pieta Michelangelo
A Sunday Afternoon on the Ile de Grande Jatte Georges Seurat
Aesthetic: Do all cultures react to the same subjects in the same manner? Why? What then does the art of a society reveal about it?
Beijing Opera
Give an example of how a work of art has affected you aesthetically.
Transformation /Representation Art is a metaphor, the work of art represents something else The Artist is communicating his/her views through the medium of art Often what is communicated by the is not artist is not internalized by the viewer (lonely, misunderstood artist)
Guernica Picasso 1937
Jackson Pollock Galaxy
Louie Armstrong 1968
Transformation /Representation Why will different cultures choose to represent different subjects? Why do the subjects of Art change within a culture?
A Quick Review What are the 4 aspects of our working definition of art? Play, Form, Aesthetic & Transformation/Representation
If art is expressive culture, what can we tell about a society by observing its art?
Create a brief summary of today s lesson By combining the ideas of our definition of Art with the idea that Art is a reflection of society.
Why is the Mona Lisa considered art? How do we classify art? What makes art different from other mundane objects? What makes art, art?
Introduction to Art Describe the 4 characteristics that make up the anthropological definition of Art and explain what the art of a culture reveals about its society. Art has been called expressive culture. The idea suggest that this element of culture allows a society (or an individual) to show or express what it values. Give some example of how art demonstrates what is important to a society. Art is play with form, producing some aesthetically successful transformation-representation Play How is the creation and consumption of art like play? Form List as many forms of art as you can? What is the definition suggesting when it says that art has form? My examples? Your 2 examples?
What does aesthetic mean? Aesthetic What emotions can art effect? (give specific example)s Why could different cultures react differently to the same piece of art? Give one example of how art has affected you aesthetically. Transformation/Representation Art is a metaphor, the work of art represents something else The Artist is communicating his/her views through the medium of art Examples Why is the transformation not always successful? Why will different cultures choose to represent different subjects? Why will the subjects of art change within a society over time? Create a brief summary of today s lesson by combining the ideas of our definition of Art with the idea that Art is expressive culture.