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39 Cards in this Set
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What is the importance of Communities? |
They build, visit, or acknowledge important locations |
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Examples of Communities |
Notre Dame Cathedral Interior Colosseum of Ancient Rome At&t Stadium Solomon R. Guggenheim |
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Manmade Mountains |
intended to have and dominate the environment |
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Earthen mounds and Pyramids |
Made since ancient times mysteries about creation, function, and symbolic significance EX: ziggurat, in iraq Stonehenge, in england |
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Artworks made for rituals |
symbolic meaning beyond appearance and visual impact Suggests sights, sounds, and even smells to which we no longer have access |
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Art in Public Sphere |
outside of galleries and museums |
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Public Art |
plazas, parks, exterior walls of buildings Accessible to a wide audience Can provide strong reactions and spark controversies |
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Example of public art |
Richard Serra, Tiltted Arc "people hated it, interrupted commute" |
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Civic and Ceremonial Places |
Serve as gathering sites, become symbols of a city, region, or country |
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Architecture Relates to |
Purpose |
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Public Artworks require |
Community involvement and effort |
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Art is often made in connection with what three aspects of beliefs? |
Philosophical, religious, ideological |
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Spirituality |
our sense of being connected to others, awareness of mind and body, and the desire to understand the meaning of life and the world |
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Deities |
Stories of religious figures or deities |
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Purpose of deities |
Explain their importance Make them more accessible and memorable ex: greek mythology |
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Spiritual beings and ancestors |
artworks may reflect beliefs in the spirits of Gods and ancestors |
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Rulers were depicted with |
divine realm |
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Sacred Places |
Allow the faithful to feel connected and at peace |
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Are art and science related |
yes they are related |
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What did artists study? |
They studied operations and dissections to understand human anatomy |
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Astronomical Knowledge in Art |
Early cultures observed the star and planetary movements "Mayans and Aztecs made calendars" |
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Art of political leaders and rulers |
artworks have ben used to assert a leaders power and influence |
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Artists can show what in leaders? |
power and authority |
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Using science to create art |
advancements in science enable artists to create new kinds of art |
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Why do artists use science? |
to understand how viewers will perceive their artworks |
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Some artists use psychology and dream theories to represent ______in their work |
the subconscious world |
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Absolute power |
Rulers had freedom to govern exactly as they pleased |
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Art and Societal Control |
The power of art as a tool for propaganda |
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Problems of documenting events in war |
can be distorted facts or relay a bias Ex: photographs and video |
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Warriors and Successes and defeats |
can be valuable records of critical historical moments |
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Artists Response to War |
Artists make statements about war from personal experiences and imagination |
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Art Can |
Reflect historical, social, and political concerns provoke change become the target of protest inspire us |
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Ancient sculpted female figures serve as iconic artistic models for the idea and image of |
Women |
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Ancient Egyptians |
Formal Mathematical systems to depict ideal human form |
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Ancient Greek methods idealized proportions influenced who during renaissance? |
european artists |
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Notions of Beauty |
Formed by our personal experiences and our society |
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Performance art |
the body becomes the artwork |
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B engaging all of the viewer's senses, performance activates: |
the space itself shared space with the audience part of the viewer's lived experience |
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The body in peices |
Artists create abstract representations of the human body |
