Slide 1 : Humanities The Nature Of Art
What is Art? : What is Art? Art :
Derived from the “Latin” - Ars
Refers to any object, thing or procedure, which express feelings and sentiments, ideas, imagination
Anything which shows skills in using materials, techniques & procedures
Activities that express aesthetic ideas by use of skill and imagination in its creation
What is Creative Art? : What is Creative Art? Something produced with the INTENTION of giving it the capacity to SATISFY the AESTHETIC interest
INTENTION = a combination of DESIRE and BELIEF to create something (artwork) for a purpose (that purpose is to satisfy the aesthetic interest)
Artist not same with Artisan
The Importance of Art : The Importance of Art Art is the most important means of expression
The study of art is the study of mankind
Art is a potent cultural force
Art cultivates self-expression, imagination, creativity and critical thinking
The Value of Art : The Value of Art The Value of Art lies in its contribution:
Source of Inspiration
Influence to change our life
Change society
The Division of Art : The Division of Art Commercial Art
Art for art sake
The Languages of Art : The Languages of Art Primary Language (innate language of art)
Secondary Language (conventional terms)
Third Language (Interpretations/Criticisms
Factors Affecting The Work of the Artist : Factors Affecting The Work of the Artist
Identifying Art Conceptually : Identifying Art Conceptually The object or event is made by an artist
The object or event is intended to be a work of art by its maker
Experts agree that it is a work of art
(NOTE: one can not always determine these criteria only by perceiving the work)
Is this an Artwork? : Is this an Artwork?
Is this an Artwork? : Is this an Artwork? “shovel”
Jim Dine
1962
What do we Perceive in an Artwork? : What do we Perceive in an Artwork? “Fussion”
Frank Morrison
2011 http://thepaintednote.com/tag/painting/
What is Perception? : What is Perception? Perception: what we can observe
Conception: what we know we think we know
We perceive:
Artistic Form
Content
Subject Matter
Participation
Artistic Form : Artistic Form Implies that the parts or elements we perceive, such as line, color, and shape in a painting have been organized in the most profound effect possible
FORMALISM : FORMALISM “Composition no. 10”
Piet Mondrian
1939-42, oil on canvas, 80 x 73 cm, private collection. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formalism_%28art%29
Artistic Form : Artistic Form Artistic form as distinct from non-artistic form, involves a high degree of perceptible unity
(But how can we determine what is a high degree?)
Artistic form (significant form) means – the interrelationships of elements
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Slide 19 : http://twistedsifter.com/2009/06/stunning-open-concept-house-six-ramsgate-singapore-real-estates/
Slide 20 : Left Figure:
Execution in Saigon
By: Eddie Adams, 1968
Right Figure:
May 2, 1808
(Dos De Mayo)
By:Francisco Goya
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Slide 22 : http://twistedsifter.com/2009/06/stunning-open-concept-house-six-ramsgate-singapore-real-estates/
Slide 23 : Mont Sainte Victorie
Photograph
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Slide 25 : Mont Sainte Victoirie
Oil on Canvass
Paul Cezanne, 1886-1887
Participation : Participation The ultimate test for recognizing a work of art is how it works in us
Participative experiences of works of art communions
Participation involves undivided and sustained attention (not spectator’s attention)
Participation & Artistic Form : Participation & Artistic Form Artistic form is a pre-requisite if our attention is to be grasped and held
Artistic form makes our participation possible
Participation & Artistic Form : Participation & Artistic Form Clive Bell – “to appreciate artwork - we need to bring with us nothing fArtistic form asrom life, no knowledge of its ideas and affairs, no familiarity with its emotions”
Robert Fry – “The presence of artistic form is all that is needed to identify a work of art”
Content : Content Unless a work has content – meaning fused or embodied with its form, a work is not art
Artistic form always informs – it has meaning or content
Content – as we experience it when we participate, is always ingrained in the artistic form
We do not perceive an artistic form, then later its content- we perceive them as inseparable (we can separate them analytically)
If the form and content are perceived separately, it is a weak art, less artictic
Subject Matter : Subject Matter The content is the meaning of a work of art – the content is embedded in the artistic form
But what does the content interpret? – We shall call it the subject matter
Content is the interpretation by means of an artistic form – subject matter
Subject Matter & Content : Subject Matter & Content Female nude constitutes a subject matter fundamental to Western Art
Most of these artworks (with nudity as subject matter) are “Masterpieces” because they are highly valued
Their value is because of the powerful interpretations of their subject matter, not just rendering of the human body
Sleeping Venus (Giorgione) : Sleeping Venus (Giorgione)
Bather Arranging Her Hair (Pierre Auguste Renoir) : Bather Arranging Her Hair (Pierre Auguste Renoir)
Reclining Nude (Amedeo Modigliani) : Reclining Nude (Amedeo Modigliani)
Nude Under a Pine Tree(Pablo Picasso) : Nude Under a Pine Tree(Pablo Picasso)
Great American Nude(Tom Wesselmann) : Great American Nude(Tom Wesselmann)
Olympia(Edouard Manet) : Olympia(Edouard Manet)
Reclining Nude(Suzanne Valadon) : Reclining Nude(Suzanne Valadon)
Pregnant(Alice Neel) : Pregnant(Alice Neel)