M1L1: Why Study Art? Flashcards
This is not a Chair thought us to
look at things on different perspectives and lenses
Art is putting meaning to things by
Scrutinizing
To be able to gain knowledge beyond guidelines
Being Critical
Always believe in
experience
how can you ____ something that you dont know
appreciate
you can say ___ even when everybody says ___
no; yes
you cannot correct a ____ with another ____
mistake
Latin equivalent of art
ars
greek equivalent of art
techne
french equivalent of art
art
ars means
practical “skill”
techne means
technology
Frech “art” means
skill as a result of learning or practice
Man’s expression of his feelings and thoughts
art (communication)
art is
man’s expression of his feelings and thoughts
people who are skilled in different fields; mainstream art
artists
people who grow crops, make fruit carving, make furniture
artisans
It is the human capacity to make things of beauty and things that stirs us; it is creativity
Art as ability
It encompasses acts to create images or memorable works. Art is cognitive mode and process of signification and conveying meaning
Art as a process
Art is produced in
specific settings, particular societies, and historical periods
Art is situated within the
coordinates of time and space (Janet Wolff)
art is emanating from artists who are part of a society who situate themselves within the different productive forces of their society
Art is always perspectival
Art derives its materials, subjects, themes, conventions, concerns, issues, values, ideologies, influences, and inspirations from its
social and natural environment
purpose of art
to make other people happy
Four essentials of art
man-made, creative not imitative, must benefit and satisfy man, is expressed through a certain medium or material by which the artists communicated himself to the audience
three assumptions of art
not nature, universal, involves experience
Art is an imitation of the real that is the imitation of the ideal. Art is an imitation of an imitation
Art is Mimesis (Plato)
The aim of art is to evoke inward significance rather than outward appearance.
art as representation (aristotle)
art has its own reason for being. It implies that an art subject is best understood as an autonomous creation to be values only for its success as it organizes colors and line intro a formally satisfying and beautiful whole
art for art’s sake (kant)
the act or process of doing or creating art touches the deepest realms of the mind and the sacred dimension of the artistic creative process. the sacred level of art not only transform something into art but also transform the artist at the very core of his or her being
art as an escape
art is meant to be used, to enrich lives to be spiritually potent, to educate, to support, or protest existing power structures, to entertain, and so on.
art as functional
