M1L3: Art as Construct Flashcards
four essentials of art
man-made; creative not imitative; must benefit and satisfy man; expressed through a certain medium or material by which the artists communicates himself to the audience
Man has been led by an innate craving for
order to create objects that are delightful to perceive
art is not “the natural reflection of the world it delineates nor the spontaneous expression of the ___
author’s subjectivity (Datuin, et al Art and Society, 1997)
this includes the resources of art, their mediums and techniques, their properties and problems of availability, as well as artistic production as a material process
art has its own mode of production
the act of combining or re-ordering already existing materials so that a new object is formed
creation
art involves skills or expertise in handling materials and organizing them into new, structurally pleasing, and significant units.
creative activity
creative activity
the agency of the body
the act of turning new imaginative ideas into reality
creativity
characterized by the ability to perceive the world in new ways to find hidden patterns, to make connection between seemingly unrelated phenomena, and to generate solutions
creativity
the mental capacity to generate novel and useful ideas, more or less
creativity
not about doing something better than other, it is about thinking, exploring, discovering, and imagininng
creativity
root meaning of creativity
to grow
why creativity is important or necessary in art production?
it is because it makes life infinitely interesting and fulfilling
Creativity is a way of livinng life that embraces
originality and makes unique connections
he thinks out a design, selects his materials, and arranges them according to his design
art as a planned activity
