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Ch2 Aesthetics
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Awareness of beauty
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Whistler
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Monochromatic = mostly one colour
"arts only goal out to be beauty" |
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Utilitarian
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useful objects used from day to day
also pleasing to the eye ex: your specific backpack, pen, water bottle |
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Dish
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came from East Iran
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Motif
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Plated pattern attached to an object
~most bowls serve as a symbolic function in relation to religious ritual ~pleasing to the eye |
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The Tree of Jesse
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stained glass. Used as education for general public
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Wheel of Time
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made by Tibetan monks with colored sand
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Complex Mask
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associated with ceremonies that inact ancient myths in chanting and dancing.
masks were created to aid in ceremonies of spiritual tranformation |
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Main emphasis of Taj Mahal
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Was to be used as a tomb for his wife
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Iconography
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The study of signs and symbols
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Goya vs West
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Goya: Brutality of war
West: Exemplify the idea of patriotic self-sacrifice |
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Augustus of Prima Porta
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He is barefoot, which is a roman manner suggesting that he is a god.
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Charioteer
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intended to inspire dignity and self reliance
(shows he has run the race, but remains calm instead of gloating) |
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idealism
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The behaviour or thoughts that are based on a concept of things that we already share and try to emulate and possibly learn from.
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Mask
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used as part of initiation ceremony for young girls into adulthood. Made by Mendes people, Sierre Leone.
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Davies
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"Global Warming" 1997 Monochromatic
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Assemblage vs Mixed Media
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Assemblage: Collection of objects gathered into a piece of art work.
Mixed Media: Art made with a combination of different materials. |
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Kandinsky
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Compostion 6. Often painted and named his works after music
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The past experiences and interests of a person..
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will also affect the way he sees things and thus his or her definitions of reality.
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Seeing
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the higher level of perception
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Artists vs scientists
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artists get rejected, scientists get praised
we are more willing to accept scientists. |
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Aristotle
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taught that mimesis, imitation of nature, was a basic principle of art. Art as imitation --> revelation of reality.
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untrained/outsider artist
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small amount to no training.
made by people who are largely unaware of art history and art trends. |
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folk artist
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made by people working within tradition
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visual metaphor
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looks similar in form, dissimilar in name
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Georgia O'Keefe
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took time to see flowers
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Plato
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Not much respect for art/artists.
:true beauty and true reality exist in a higher realm of ideal." Nature merely imitates higher ideals, there mimesis in art is imitation of imitation. |
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Rodin
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The Kiss
feeling of embrace form |
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Biancussi
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The kiss
Idea of embrace content |
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Trompe L'oeil
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To fool the eye
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Santeros
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People who don't have an artist background but paint or sculpt religious scenes for private devotion
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3 things to do for children
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1. buy them art supplies
2.listen the their explanations of their art 3. take them to galleries |
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Abstract Art
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to extract the essence of an object or idea.
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Romara Bearden (influence)
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music (jazz), his upbringing, black culture etc....
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what is medium
what is medium what is mixed media |
a particular material, along with the accompanying technique
plural of medium combination of different materials |
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Collage
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moving and pasting one material on to another
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Photomantage
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taking pictures of collage
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James Hampton
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untrained artist
had the calling to create thrones and crowns for the second coming of christ |
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5 traits of creativtiy
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Associating
Questioning Observing Networking Experimenting |
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Representational/figurative art
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depicts the appearance
when human form is the primary subject, it is called figurative art |
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Non-representational art
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presents visual forms with no specific references to anything outside of themselves
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Betty Sarr
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The Liberation of Aunt Jemima
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Problems with insisting art has to be realistic?
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Art is made out of different materials
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ch1 Aesthetics
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refers to a branch of philosophy that attempts to define the artist experience
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reality and realism
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defined differently, by different periods of history and different people
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form
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the total effect of combined visual qualities within a work
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Judy Baca
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The Great Wall of LA
mural project done by groups of untrained artists |
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Theo Van Doesburg
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take the essence of the cow and reduces it to an abstract version of a cow
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Content
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the meaning or message communicated by a work of art
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Edward Weston
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photographed peppers
ABSTRACT ART |
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what is creativity
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the ability to bring forth something new that has value, unlock some new way of thinking
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6 ways of art???
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Delight
Commentary Worship and ritual Commemoration Persuasion Self-expression |
