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Arts and Leisure

Arts and Leisure. Origins of Art and Leisure. Specialization of labor. Def-people doing one job. People had leisure (free) time. Mainly wealthy people. Create art during leisure time. What is Leisure ?. Leisure time: Free time or recreational time.

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Arts and Leisure

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  1. Arts and Leisure

  2. Origins of Art and Leisure • Specialization of labor. • Def-people doing one job. • People had leisure (free) time. • Mainly wealthy people. • Create art during leisure time.

  3. What is Leisure? • Leisure time: • Free time or recreational time. • Time spent outside of compulsory activities such as eating, sleeping, working, attending school, doing homework, etc.

  4. Leisure Activities • Outdoor activities-parks/hiking • Reading/writing • TV/movies/theater • Sports • Playing with toys/games • Arts and crafts

  5. TV/Movies/Theater • TV: commercially available since late 1930s. • Movies: late 19th century. First were silent films. • Theater: First performance in Egypt-2500 BCE

  6. Movies Before Talking

  7. The Rough Transition

  8. Sports • Dates back as far as early 2700 BCE • Some sports are 2500+ years old: • Hurling (similar to field hockey) in Ireland • Harpastum (similar to rugby) in Rome • Cuju (similar to soccer) in China • Polo in Persia • Olympic Games in Greece • Sports impacted by geography.

  9. What is Art? • “The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.”

  10. Art (Con’t) • Subjective • Takes on many forms • Not static…what we call art today may or may not have been thought of as art when it was created. • E.g. Modern abstract art. • Art impacted by geography.

  11. Modern Abstract Art • Jackson Pollock’s Painting Number Five.

  12. Modern Abstract Art (Con’t)

  13. We Create Art To… • Express imagination • Communicate ideas, feelings, beliefs • Entertain • To make a statement (i.e. political) • Propaganda or commercialism

  14. Types of Art • Visual • Performance

  15. Visual Art • Ceramics • Drawing • Painting • Sculpture • Architecture • Printmaking • Modern (video, filmmaking, computer art, photography)

  16. Performing Arts • Music • Drama (Theater) • Dance • Film

  17. Dance • Types of dances: • Hip-hop • Break dancing • Disco • Ballet • Tap • Salsa

  18. Arts and Leisure Impacts Civilization • Shows people have commonalities. • Sports, art, dancing, festivals. • Uniqueness of civilizations. • Sports, art, dances, are unique to them.

  19. Activity-Mosaic • You will be creating a mosaic. You will be creating a picture using dime sized pieces of construction paper. • You must fill up the entire 8.5 by 11 piece of paper. • Your mosaic needs to be an object, landscape, or design. • Inappropriate or suggestive themes are not allowed. • This is a credit or credit no credit assignment. • You will have an hour to do this assignment. • Put your name on the back of your paper and turn it in when you are finished.

  20. Mosaic Examples

  21. Mosaic Example (Con’t)

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