Lesson 1: The Meaning Of Art Flashcards
is rooted in the 13th century French word art, which means skill as a result of learning or practice.
Art
Latin word of ___, meaning ability or practical skills.
Ars
According to _____, “Art is that which brings life in harmony with the beauty of the world.”
plato
For ____ _____, “ Art is an attitude of spirit, a state of mind-one that demands for its own satisfaction and fulfilling, a shaping of matter to new and more significant form.
John Dewey
For _____ _____, “Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known”
Oscar Wilde
For ______ ______, Art is not a thing- it is a way
Elbert Hubbard
The definition of art has been debated for centuries among philosopher. “What is art?” is the most basic question in the philosophy of aesthetics, which really means, “how do we determine what is defined as art?”
This implies two subtexts: the essential nature of art, and its social importance (or lack of it).
Philosophy of Art
Basic Philosophical Perspective of Art
- Art as Mimesis (Plato)
- Art as representation
- Art for art’s sake (Kant)
- Art as an escape
- Art as functional
Art is an imitation of the real that was an imitation of the ideal. Art is an imitation of an imitation.
- Art as Mimesis (Plato)
the aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things but their inward significance.
- Art as representation (Aristotle)
art has its own reason for being. It implies that an art object is best understood as an autonomous creation to be valued.
- Art for art’s sake (Kant)
The ceremony of doing or creating art touches the deepest realms of the mind and the sacred dimension of the artistic creative process.
- Art as an escape
Art serves a function. Art is meant to be used, to enrich lives to be spiritually potent, to educate, to support or protest existing power structures, to entertain.
- Art as functional
According to H.W. Janson author of the classic art textbook The History of Art…” we cannot escape viewing works of art in the context of time and circumstance, whether past or present. How indeed could it be otherwise, so long as art is still being created all around us, opening our eyes almost daily to new experience and thus forcing us to adjust our sights?”
History of How Art is Defined
the definition of art was anything done with skill as the result of knowledge and practice
11th-17th century
emphasis on science empiri evidence and rational thought, created in the pursuit of beauty and expression of emotions
18th century Romantic Period
the Avant-garde art movement began, artist pushed the boundaries of ideas and creativity and represented innovative approaches to artmaking and definition of what is art expanded to include the idea of originality of vision.
1850
