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Chapter 1: A Human Phenomenon
Consider the following questions: What is art? What are some ways to approach a
definition of art?
What is art?
No one definition applies for all times and places.
“Art is a primarily visual medium that expresses ideas about our human experience and the world around us.”
-Lazzari and Schlesier, Exploring Art
Function: what job does the art do within a culture?
Visual Form: what does the art look like, how and what has the artist assembled?
Content: what ideas are being communicated through the art?
Aesthetics: what is defined as beautiful by the culture in which the art was made?
Functions of Art
Assists in rituals, spiritual, religious
Reflects customs about human life
Functions of Art
Communicates ideas,
thoughts, emotions Educates us about
ourselves and
the world around us
Functions of Art
Commemorates, records history, protests
Functions of Art
Entertainment
VISUAL FORM
MATERIALS FORMAL ELEMENTS OVERALL COMPOSITION OR
ARRANGEMENT
CONTENT
The art’s imagery It’s surroundings where it is used or
displayed Its symbolic meaning The customs, beliefs, and values of the
culture that uses it Text incorporated in work, or writings about
work
What defines beauty…?
What makes something beautiful? WHO defines beauty?
Aesthetics: Art and Beauty Philosophies
concerned with the meanings of beauty.
What is beautiful associated with cultural value
Enormous range of meaning
Beauty Is Subjective
• Subjective: full of personal emotions and feelings
• Objective: free of personal feelings or emotion; hence, without bias
Conventions of BeautyWhich woman is beautiful?
"Venus of Villendorf" 10.000-15.000 b.c.
Beauty is like art…
There is no one definition of beauty for one time period or place.
Ideas of beauty change over time and across different cultural and geographical locations.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. One person may think something is beautiful while another may not.
The Artist’s Response to the World
Visual perception: point of view, values, and individual experiences
Arresting, engage our attention, to make us look-make us aware of looking
Enrich our everyday experience
CATEGORIES OF VISUAL ARTS
Fine art Popular culture Kitsch
STYLE CATEGORIES
Naturalistic, Representational Idealized Abstract Expressive or expressionist Nonobjective Cultural style Artist Style
Naturalism Fully representational with specific details
Realism Representational but emphasizes the
emotional not specific
Semi Abstraction
Partly representational but simplified and rearranged.
Objective Abstraction
Based on a physical object but simplified and rearranged so that it appears nonobjective.
Non Objective Abstraction
Started without any reference to a physical object. Based on pure design.
Vincent Van Gogh
Starry Night
Saint Remy, June 1889
Oil on canvas, 29 x 36 1/4"
Van GoghSelf portraits
Style is known for swirling
Brush strokes
Moody content
Van Gogh
What affects your view of art?
Gender Culture Nationality Geographic location Ethnicity Spiritual beliefs Socio-economic backgrd Political beliefs Personal experiences
How you respond to a work of art tells more about you than it does about the work of art.
Recap
Definition of art Functions of art Beauty Aesthetics Categories of Style Artist Style: Van Gogh