Create extraordinary versions of ordinary objects
The Sacred Realm
·
art's role in our
relationship to the sacred, helping us to envision it, to honor it, and to
communicate with it; ex: architecture, icons. (p. 51)
The Sacred Realm
·
art's role in our
relationship to the sacred, helping us to envision it, to honor it, and to
communicate with it; ex: architecture, icons. (p. 51)
Politics and the
Social Order
·
art that reflects the
society and social order of the time. ex: the Great Pyramids, art that
projected images of rulers, Picasso's image of protest against Civil War
Stories and Histories
·
art that displays
stories for subject matter, especially stories with deep cultural ties. ex:
painting of St. Francis, painting of an Indian epic.
Looking Outward: Here
and Now
·
art that depicts
images of ordinary, every day life
Looking Inward: The
Human Experience
·
art that displays
aspects of humanity, that everyone experiences and relates to. ex: boy talking
to dead loved one, Frida's self-portrait, stillness.
Invention and Fantasy
·
common Renaissance
artwork that depicts an imaginary world filled with people and events.
The Natural World
·
landscape images,
whether using realism or not, or art that is created out of nature.
Art and Art
·
art that is made about
art itself; about learning, making, and viewing it. ex: Jeff Wall remaking
Hokusia's windblown piece.
The 6 roles, tasks, or
functions of artists
·
to create places for
some human purpose, to create extraordinary versions of ordinary objects, to
record and commemorate, to give tangible form to the unknown, to give tangible
form to feelings and ideas, and refresh our vision and help us see the world in
new ways.
Selective perception
·
the mind's role in
focusing on the visual information we need for the task at hand and relegating
everything else into the background.
What factors play
into/influence selective perception? What does this explain about artwork? How
does it pertain to interacting with artwork?
·
p. 15 ; the immense
amount of detail, our mood, our prior experience in culture, knowledge,
relationships etc. It explains why a work of art may mean different things to
different people and how we may return to the same piece again and again
noticing new details. Overall selective perception suggests that the most
important key to looking at art is to be aware of the process of looking
itself.
Common assumptions
about art that are incorrect or have changed in the 20th/21st Centuries
·
art being
abstract/nonobjective rather than solely representational or naturalistic,
creating art simply to create. Photography had a huge influence here because
the need for representation as visual records was simplified. "liberation
from a lifetime spent copying nature". The creation of museums changed
things, separating art into a privileged realm, and now people have pushed back
on that by putting art in the "real world" ex: billboard art that was
bought as an idea (p. 50)
Megaliths
·
a very large stone
Representational
·
descriptive of a work
of art that depicts forms in the natural world (to "present again")
Naturalistic
·
an approach that
emphasizes the objective observation and accurate imitation of appearances,
closely resembles the the visual form it portrays,
Abstract
·
an approach that takes
certain aspects of the visual world and simplifies or exaggerates them.
Trompe-l'oeil
·
works that are
convincingly life-like, French for "fool the eye"
Stylized
·
representational art
that conforms to a preset style or set of conventions for depicting the world
(much ancient Egyptian art)
Nonrepresentational or
non-objective
·
art that has
"turned its back" on the visible world altogether to create art that
is valuable in and of itself, speaking its own language not only representing.
Nonrepresentational or
non-objective
·
art that has
"turned its back" on the visible world altogether to create art that
is valuable in and of itself, speaking its own language not only representing.
Style
·
a characteristic or
group of characteristics that we recognize as constant, recurring, or coherent;
helps us categorize art by its own appearance, some say style is what
distinguishes artists from skillful makers. (cultural styles, period styles,
school styles)
Form
·
the way a work of art
looks; size, shape, materials, color, and composition
Content
·
what the work of art
is about
Subject matter
·
the objects or events
the work of art depicts
Iconography
·
means "describing
images", involves identifying, describing, and interpreting subject matter
in art.
Context
·
art's web of
connections to the larger world of human culture it was made in.
Installation
·
a space that is
presented as a work of art that can be entered, explored, experienced, and
reflected upon.
Triptych
·
a painting in three
sections
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