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Art Appreciation

Art Appreciation. Week 1: Introduction to the Course The Nature of Art (Ch. 1) Awareness, Creativity, and Communication (Ch. 2). Marcel Duchamp, Fountain (1917). Every time you look at an art work, think: “ What is art ?” . “What is art?”. Plato. Aristotle . Kant. Plato . Plato .

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Art Appreciation

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  1. Art Appreciation Week 1: Introduction to the Course The Nature of Art (Ch. 1) Awareness, Creativity, and Communication (Ch. 2)

  2. Marcel Duchamp, Fountain (1917)

  3. Every time you look at an art work, think: “What is art?”

  4. “What is art?” Plato Aristotle Kant

  5. Plato

  6. Plato • His answer to “what is art”: art tries to reach the ideal (the God-like)

  7. Aristotle

  8. Aristotle • His answer to “what is art”: art should express harmony

  9. Kant

  10. Kant • His answer to “what is art”: art is the product of genius

  11. “What is art?” Plato Aristotle Kant

  12. Every time you look at an art work, think: “What is art?”

  13. Deer and Hands, Las Manos Cave, Argentina (15,000 B.C.)

  14. The purposes of art

  15. The purposes of art • Picturing everyday life

  16. The purposes of art

  17. The purposes of art • Personal expression

  18. Deer and Hands, Las Manos Cave, Argentina (15,000 B.C.)

  19. Barnett Newman, Cathedra (1951)

  20. Barnett Newman, Cathedra (1951)

  21. What does Cathedra teach us?

  22. What does Cathedra teach us? • Artists have intentions

  23. What does Cathedra teach us? • Artists have intentions • Our experience of art does not always match artists’ intentions

  24. What does Cathedra teach us? • Artists have intentions • Our experience of art does not always match artists’ intentions • Art can cause emotions, sometimes quite extreme

  25. The nature of creativity

  26. The nature of creativity • All humans are creative: we create relationships, a home, goals for ourselves

  27. The nature of creativity • All humans are creative: we create relationships, a home, goals for ourselves • Artists create art objects

  28. The nature of creativity • All humans are creative: we create relationships, a home, goals for ourselves • Artists create art objects • We create our responses to those art objects

  29. What is art? • On a piece of paper, answer, in your own words, the following: • 1. Art is _____________________________. • 2. Art is not __________________________.

  30. Vocabulary • the arts - "music, dance, theater, literature, and the visual arts (painting, sculpture, film, architecture)”

  31. Vocabulary • Medium / media (plural)

  32. Vocabulary • Medium / media (plural) • The material and technique through which a work of art is made

  33. The media we will study

  34. The media we will study • Painting

  35. Types of media • Oil painting

  36. The media we will study • Painting • Sculpture

  37. Types of media • Sculpture

  38. The media we will study • Painting • Sculpture • Architecture

  39. Types of media • Architecture

  40. The media we will study • Painting • Sculpture • Architecture • Film / photography

  41. Types of media • Film and photography

  42. The media we will study • Painting • Sculpture • Architecture • Film / photography

  43. Purposes and Functions of Art

  44. Purposes and Functions of Art • Communicating information

  45. The Tree of Jesse (1150-1170)

  46. The Tree of Jesse (1150-1170)

  47. Purposes and Functions of Art • Communicating information

  48. Purposes and Functions of Art • Communicating information • Art for day-to-day living

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