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Related Arts
  • Chapter 1 Art and You

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Exploring Art
  • The desire to create, perform, and appreciate
    works of art is universal among humans.
  • So, what is art??

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Art
  • The arts are a basic form of human communication.
  • The visual arts, music, literature, and poetry
    may be considered the means by which people, past
    and present, express themselves in unique sights
    and sounds that capture the interest,
    imagination, and appreciation of others.

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Art
  • should mirror reality. It must look like
    something seen in the real world.
  • must be pleasing to the eye, even if it is not
    realistic.
  • should express the artists ideas, beliefs, and
    feelings so that others can understand them.

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Art
  • Visual arts are unique exprressions of ideas,
    beliefs, experiences, and feelings presented in
    well-designed visual forms.
  • There are two forms of visual arts.

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Visual Arts
  • Fine Arts refers to painting, architecture, and
    sculpture arts which have no practical function
    and are valued in terms of the visual pleasure
    they provide or their success in communicating
    ideas or feelings.

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Visual Arts
  • Applied art most often used to describe the
    design or decoration of functional objects to
    make them pleasing to the eye.
  • Examples?
  • These people are usually referred to as
    designers, artisans, or craftspeople.

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Why is art Created??
  • There are fine main reasons that cultures have
    created art.
  • Aesthetics
  • Morals/Ethics
  • Spirituality
  • History
  • Politics

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Aesthetics
  • Some people create art just for the pleasure that
    it brings to those who understand and appreciate
    it.

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Morals/Ethics
  • In many cultures, art is used to depict people
    and behaviors that are considered noble and good.

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Spirituallity
  • Some are considered a way of connecting with
    supernatural forces. Many religions use art to
    tell stories

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History
  • Many artworks provide valuable information about
    important, places, and events.
  • They will show how people looked and dressed, and
    even record behaviors.

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Politics
  • Art can serve as a tool of persuasion or
    propaganda when it is used to convince people to
    adopt a certain point of view.

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Why Artists Create
  • Some create art to achieve great wealth.
  • Some create to as a means of gaining recognition
    and glory.

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Why Artists Create
  • There is one trait in common among all artists
    the impulse to create.

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Decision Making and Problem Solving
  • Both creating and examining art engage you in
    both decision making and problem solving.

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Questions as the artist
  • What should I paint or sculpt?
  • Which medium and technique should I use?
  • What colors, shape, and lines should I use?
  • How can I arrange these elements most
    effectively?
  • How will I know when Im done and the creative
    process has finished?

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Tasks of the viewer
  • Identify the subject depicted in the artwork.
  • Determine the medium and technique.
  • Identify the colors, shapes, and lines and how
    they are arranged.
  • Decide whether the work is successful.
  • Be prepared to defend the judgment with good
    reasons.

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Real World Connections
  • Art helps build and nurture a place in the mind
    for original ideas.
  • Art builds important thinking skills.
  • Art nourishes an appreciation of different points
    of view, flexible thinking, and self-discipline.

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The Visual Vocabulary of Art
  • A visual vocabulary is necessary when you are
    trying to
  • Gain insight into the artworks of others.
  • Create your own artworks w/ different media and
    techniques.

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The Visual Vocabulary of Art
  • The elements of art are the many different
    colors, values, lines, textures, shapes, forms,
    and space relationships.

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Media and Processes
  • Art media consists of the materials the artist
    uses.
  • E.g. pencils, charcoal, paint, clay, stone,
    metal, etc.
  • Art process is the action involved in making art.

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Media and Processes
  • Any material that can be marked, bent, or shaped
    can be considered a medium.
  • There are two types
  • 2 dimensional paintings and drawings.
  • 3 dimensional sculpture.

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Understanding Aesthetics
  • Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy concerned
    with identifying the criteria that are used to
    understand and judge art.
  • An aesthetician is a scholar who specializes in
    this.

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History vs. Criticism
  • Art historians and art critics operate from
    different points of view.
  • Art critics direct their attention to a thorough
    examination of art works.
  • Art historians seek objective facts about art
    works and their creators.

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Art Criticism
  • Criticism is an orderly way of looking at and
    talking about art.
  • Art criticism allows you to examine and respond
    to art with a more critical eye.

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Art History
  • The history involves finding out the who, when,
    where and why about an artwork.
  • Understanding art of the present can be enhanced
    by understanding art of the past.

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Why Study Art?
  • By studying the creative expressions of artists
    from all backgrounds, you can become aware of the
    beliefs, ideas, and feelings of people of various
    ethnic origins, religions, or cultures.

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