This document discusses definitions of art and approaches to defining art. It addresses the functions of art within cultures, the visual form and materials used, the ideas and content communicated, and cultural definitions of beauty. Art is defined as a primarily visual medium that expresses human experience and the world. The functions of art include assisting in rituals, reflecting customs, communicating ideas, educating people, commemorating events, and entertainment. Ideas of beauty change over time and cultures, and are subjective. The document also covers categories of visual arts, styles of art like naturalism and abstraction, and how the artist Vincent Van Gogh used swirling brush strokes and moody content in his self portraits and Starry Night painting.
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What Is Art? A Human Phenomenon
1. Chapter 1: A Human Phenomenon
Consider the following questions:
What is art?
What are some ways to approach a
definition of art?
2. 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
3. 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?
4. Functions of Art
Assists in rituals,
spiritual, religious
Reflects customs
about human life
5. Functions of Art
Communicates ideas,
thoughts, emotions
Educates us about
ourselves and
the world around us
9. 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
11. Aesthetics: Art and Beauty
Philosophies
concerned with the
meanings of beauty.
What is beautiful
associated with
cultural value
Enormous range of
meaning
12. Beauty Is Subjective
• Subjective: full of
personal emotions
and feelings
• Objective: free of
personal feelings or
emotion; hence,
without bias
14. 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.
15. 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