Mais conteúdo relacionado Semelhante a Art Appreciation: Chapter1 (20) Art Appreciation: Chapter12. What Is Art?
• Work of art-visual expression of an idea or
experience formed with skill through use
of a medium
• Media/medium-type of tools used to create
the artwork
– clay, fiber, stone, wood, paint, video,
photography,
• Some communication can only be
expressed through visual form or music...
3. Purposes and Functions of Art
• Art can:
– tell us things
– elevate our spirits
– show beauty
– show injustice
5. Lauren Greenfield. The View North, toward Burj Dubai. 2009.
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9. Art for Day to Day Living
• Objects made to delight the eye as well as
serve useful functions
16. Dish. East Iran. 10th Century.
Diameter 8-1/4".
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17. Art for Worship and Ritual
• Through the ages people have used art to
use for prayer, worship, magic, and
ceremony
18. Dance Wand in Honor of Eshu. Elegba Cult. Yoruba, Nigeria.
Height 19-3/4".
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20. Stephen Cox. St. Anselm's Altar. 2006.
Height 35".
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21. Art for Personal Expression
• The artist uses their medium to express
their personality and/or feelings to the
viewer
22. Rembrandt van Rijn. Self-Portrait. 1658.
52-5/8" × 40-7/8".
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23. Yong Soon Min. Dwelling. 1994.
72" × 42" × 28".
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25. Romare Bearden
• “ The biggest thing I learned was reaching
into your consciousness of black
experience and relating it to the universal.”
28. Art For Social Causes
• Humans are influenced by what they see
• Artists can use their art to influence the
public
29. Francisco Goya. The Disasters of War, No. 18: Bury Them and Say
Nothing. 1818.
5-7/8" × 8-3/8".
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34. Art for Visual Pleasure
• Art is often identified solely by this
definition
• Art made to be visually attractive and well
crafted
35. Decorative Panel from the Alhambra. Granada, Spain.
Nasrid Period, 14th Century.
60" × 50-5/8".
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38. Robin Rhode. He Got Game. 2000.
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39. Untrained Artists
• Outsider artists or folk artists- people with
no formal art education
– folk artists work within a tradition
– outsider artists rarely know about the
trends and history of art
• they work outside of traditional art
guidelines
40. Anna Zemankova. Untitled (M). c. 1970s.
24-1/4" × 17-3/4" (61.6 × 45.1 cm).
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41. Sabatino "Simon" Rodia. Nuestro Pueblo. Watts, Calif. Distant view.
1921–1954. Height 100'.
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42. Sabatino "Simon" Rodia. Nuestro Pueblo. Watts, Calif.
Detail of enclosing wall with construction tool impressions. 1921–1954.
Height 100'.
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43. James Hampton. Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium
General Assembly. c. 1950–1964.
10'6" × 27' × 14'6".
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Notas do Editor © Lauren Greenfield/Institute for Artist Management. Mission Motors, San Francisco. Designer: Yves Behar. Courtesy Mission Motors. Courtesy of the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. F1965.27 © 2010, Indiana University Art Museum: Raymond and Laura Wielgus Collection 87.24.2. Photographers: Michael Cavanagh and Kevin Montague. Collection of The Newark Museum. Inv.: 86.4. © The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A. Chapel of St. Anselm, Canterbury Cathedral, England. Stephen Cox. Copyright The Frick Collection, New York. Photo by Erik Landsberg. Courtesy of the artist. © Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Bernard Brown & Associates. © Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. S.P. Avery Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs. The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Licensed by Scala-Art Resource, New York. Purchased in part with funds from Arthur Fleisher, Jr., and Linda Barth Goldstein. Photograph: © 2002 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Licensed by Scala-Art Resource, New York. Purchased in part with funds from Arthur Fleisher, Jr., and Linda Barth Goldstein. Photograph: © 2002 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Courtesy of Chaz Maviyane-Davies. Museo de la Alhambra. Collection of Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida. Gift of the Women for Special Acquisition and the Council of 101, 87.1. Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York. © Robin Rhode. Courtesy of the artist and Cavin-Morris Gallery, NY. Photographs: Duane Preble. Photographs: Duane Preble. Copyright National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C./Art Resource, NY.