art Flashcards
art
the process and product of applying certain skills to transform matter, sound, or motion into a form that is deemed aesthetically meaningful to a people in a society
art as non-functional or functional
art doesn’t have to be functional
institutional of definition art
art is constituted by where it is displayed (art can only be present in certain places) it is conditional
money and art
the display of art is linked to market processes through money and selling art, profit and the market becomes interlinked with art because it can be the main motivation for it
intentional definition
art objects are intended to be works of art by their marker- artistic intent; but intent is subordinate to function, the intent to build a boat is irrelevant if the boat sinks
andres serrano
piss Christ
defined in terms of attributes
focus on the visual or interpretative properties rather than strict function
attributes of art objects
skill in manufacturing emotional features aesthetic features semantic or interpretative features interrelation
attributes of fine art
rare, expensive, university-course subject, made for the market, artist is named, uniqueness valued, produced by artists in western classical tradition, not utilitarian (non-functional)
art in anthropology
a communal process
3 perspectives on art
Functional, iconographic, aesthetic
functional art
use of the object in ritual and religion, the function is what gives it value
iconographic
object represents something and has a particular meaning
aesthetic
aesthetic or interpretative considerations must be those relevant to the producer
functions of art
psychological, political, religious, social, educational
psychological function
helps people cope with tension and aggressive feelings, understanding certain emotions
Propaganda
used as an effective regime/political tool- art assist in conveying the messages
Characteristics of art
- enjoyable, not necessarily functional
- art is supposed to evoke response from the reader
- transformational- converting a simple shape into a complex image
- symbolic
Anderson’s criteria of what is not art
- no meaning
- cultural context is not needed
- no sense of aesthetics
art classification
art is very flexible category
early art
- simplistic (artists had no prior training)
- not much emphasis of aesthetic, all of it had a function, not art for art sake
- emotional
- had to do with sex and fertility
- about harmony with nature
primitive art
category of art that is apart from western culture , it is usually anonymous
anthropology and art
study of
what role art plays in people’s lives and
what symbols/meanings they hold,
the status of the art makers in the community, and
the value of the art to its makers and to outsiders
criteria for anthropological analysis of art
open to analyze art that is non-western
social function of art
to create and maintain social values
function and form
- form and function of an art can be separated i.e designs on a pot do not add to the function of a pot
- can be integrated the mask meant to hide the face and give a new identity making the art integral part of the function
ethnomusicology
study of how music relates to other parts of culture
4 interest of ethnomusicology
- a culture’s ideas on music
- how is music socially structured
- what are the characteristics of music
- material cultures related with music
