CPAR L1 Flashcards
Contemporary arts lesson 1. ART
It comes from the Aryan word “ar” which means?
To join or put together
Greek word Artizen which means?
To prepare
Latin word “Ars” or “Artis” which means?
Ability or skill
Based on Britannica online (2007) art is what?
“The use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environment or experience that can be shared with others”
Based on Atkins and Snyder (2007) Art is what?
“Art is the human ability to make things of beauty and things that stir us”
Expression or application of human creative skill and imagination.
Art
Generally refers to art being created now.
Contemporary art
Contemporary art is…Define contemporary art
1.Constantly changing, continuously reinventing.
2.And culturally and technologically diverse.
3.A collaborative process. Audience has an active role in constructing its essence.
4.A medium to today’s thoughts and emotion.
Two main application of Contemporary arts
Chronological view and Historical usage
Refer to art that is new, recent, or modern, or pertains to the present moment.
Chronological View
Refer to art that is new, recent, or modern, or pertains to the present moment
Historical usage
Period of art following the end of modernism.
Contemporary Period
Contemporary art is often considered to be synonymous to ? based on historical usage
Post-modern art
Viewed as the transition period from Modern to Contemporary art
1960’s
marks the cut-off date as the transition was fully realized by then.
1970’s