What is art?

1. What is art?

2. What is art?

5. What was art? • In the 15th and 16th centuries art was painting, sculpture, and architecture.

6. What was art? • In the 15th and 16th centuries art was painting, sculpture, and architecture.

7. What was art? • In the 15th and 16th centuries art was painting, sculpture, and architecture.

8. What was art? In the 18th century music and poetry were added to the list of art forms. Such pieces were considered “fine arts”.

9. What was art? Excluded from the list of fine arts were decorative arts such as furniture making, weaving, pottery, and metal work.

10. What was art? 19th & 20th century modernist approaches to art focused on the connection between art and the changing world.

11. What was art? Europe and America were struck by the “romance” of technology and some artists of this time period adopted technological mediums. Murphie & Potts, 2003

12. What was art? Although all modern artists did not share the same attitudes towards technological advances all sought after “new modes of representation that might reflect the changed world around them” Murphie & Potts, p43, 2003

13. What was art? 20th century art was defined by Marcel Duchamp as anything the artist creates. This classifies the post-modern view of art. Murphie & Potts, 2003

14. What is art? • In the 21st century art is “the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences to be shared with others” • Britannica online, 2010

15. Am I an artist? • Modern definition would say I am. Past definitions would deem me a “craftsperson”.

16. Am I an artist? • So…what is my art?

17. Am I an artist? • So…what is my art? • photography

18. Am I an artist? • So…what is my art? • photography • video

19. Am I an artist? • So…what is my art? • photography • video • carpentry

20. Am I an artist? • So…what is my art? • photography • video • carpentry • knitting

21. Am I an artist? • So…what is my art? • photography • video • carpentry • knitting • weaving

22. Am I an artist? • So…what is my art? • design

23. Am I an artist? • So…what is my art? • design • furniture repair/refurbishing

24. Am I an artist? • So…what is my art? • design • furniture repair/refurbishing • make-up art

25. Am I an artist? • So…what is my art? • design • furniture repair/refurbishing • make-up art • Interior design

26. Am I an artist? • So…what is my art? • lesson planning

27. Am I an artist? • So…what is my art? • lesson planning • bulletin boards

28. Am I an artist? • So…what is my art? • lesson planning • bulletin boards • Moodle sites

29. Am I an artist? • So…what is my art? • lesson planning • bulletin boards • Moodle sites • letters to parents

30. Am I an artist? • So…what is my art? • set design for drama productions

31. Am I an artist? • So…what is my art? • set design for drama productions • set design for student videos

32. Am I an artist? • So…what is my art? • set design for drama productions • set design for student videos • presentations for staff in-service days

33. What is my medium? • Technological tools such as: • digital cameras

34. What is my medium? • Technological tools such as: • editing software

35. What is my medium? • Technological tools such as: • the Internet

36. What is my medium? • Technological tools such as: • saws, planers, drills, and sanders

37. What is my medium? • Technological tools such as: • LCD projectors and SMART boards

38. My art reflects my culture

39. My art reflects my family

40. My art reflects my surroundings

41. My art reflects my lived experience

42. My art reflects me