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Humanities. The Nature Of Art. What is Art?. Art : Derived from the “Latin” - Ars Refers to any object, thing or procedure, which express feelings and sentiments, ideas, imagination Anything which shows skills in using materials, techniques & procedures

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  1. Humanities The Nature Of Art

  2. What is Art? Art : • Derived from the “Latin” - Ars • Refers to any object, thing or procedure, which express feelings and sentiments, ideas, imagination • Anything which shows skills in using materials, techniques & procedures • Activities that express aesthetic ideas by use of skill and imagination in its creation

  3. What is Creative Art? • Something produced with the INTENTION of giving it the capacity to SATISFY the AESTHETIC interest • INTENTION = a combination of DESIRE and BELIEF to create something (artwork) for a purpose (that purpose is to satisfy the aesthetic interest) • Artist not same with Artisan

  4. The Importance of Art • Art is the most important means of expression • The study of art is the study of mankind • Art is a potent cultural force • Art cultivates self-expression, imagination, creativity and critical thinking

  5. The Value of Art • The Value of Art lies in its contribution: • Source of Inspiration • Influence to change our life • Change society

  6. The Division of Art • Commercial Art • Art for art sake

  7. The Languages of Art • Primary Language (innate language of art) • Secondary Language (conventional terms) • Third Language (Interpretations/Criticisms

  8. Factors Affecting The Work of the Artist

  9. Identifying Art Conceptually • The object or event is made by an artist • The object or event is intended to be a work of art by its maker • Experts agree that it is a work of art • (NOTE: one can not always determine these criteria only by perceiving the work)

  10. Is this an Artwork?

  11. Is this an Artwork? “shovel” Jim Dine 1962

  12. What do we Perceive in an Artwork? “Fussion” Frank Morrison 2011 http://thepaintednote.com/tag/painting/

  13. What is Perception? Perception: what we can observe Conception: what we know we think we know We perceive: Artistic Form Content Subject Matter Participation

  14. Artistic Form Implies that the parts or elements we perceive, such as line, color, and shape in a painting have been organized in the most profound effect possible

  15. FORMALISM “Composition no. 10” Piet Mondrian 1939-42, oil on canvas, 80 x 73 cm, private collection. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formalism_%28art%29

  16. Artistic Form Artistic form as distinct from non-artistic form, involves a high degree of perceptible unity (But how can we determine what is a high degree?) Artistic form (significant form) means – the interrelationships of elements

  17. http://twistedsifter.com/2009/06/stunning-open-concept-house-six-ramsgate-singapore-real-estates/http://twistedsifter.com/2009/06/stunning-open-concept-house-six-ramsgate-singapore-real-estates/

  18. Left Figure: Execution in Saigon By: Eddie Adams, 1968 Right Figure: May 2, 1808 (Dos De Mayo) By:Francisco Goya

  19. http://twistedsifter.com/2009/06/stunning-open-concept-house-six-ramsgate-singapore-real-estates/http://twistedsifter.com/2009/06/stunning-open-concept-house-six-ramsgate-singapore-real-estates/

  20. Mont Sainte Victorie Photograph

  21. Mont Sainte Victoirie Oil on Canvass Paul Cezanne, 1886-1887

  22. Participation The ultimate test for recognizing a work of art is how it works in us Participative experiences of works of art communions Participation involves undivided and sustained attention (not spectator’s attention)

  23. Participation & Artistic Form Artistic form is a pre-requisite if our attention is to be grasped and held Artistic form makes our participation possible

  24. Participation & Artistic Form Clive Bell – “to appreciate artwork - we need to bring with us nothing fArtistic form asrom life, no knowledge of its ideas and affairs, no familiarity with its emotions” Robert Fry – “The presence of artistic form is all that is needed to identify a work of art”

  25. Content Unless a work has content – meaning fused or embodied with its form, a work is not art Artistic form always informs – it has meaning or content Content – as we experience it when we participate, is always ingrained in the artistic form We do not perceive an artistic form, then later its content- we perceive them as inseparable (we can separate them analytically) If the form and content are perceived separately, it is a weak art, less artictic

  26. Subject Matter The content is the meaning of a work of art – the content is embedded in the artistic form But what does the content interpret? – We shall call it the subject matter Content is the interpretation by means of an artistic form – subject matter

  27. Subject Matter & Content Female nude constitutes a subject matter fundamental to Western Art Most of these artworks (with nudity as subject matter) are “Masterpieces” because they are highly valued Their value is because of the powerful interpretations of their subject matter, not just rendering of the human body

  28. Sleeping Venus (Giorgione)

  29. Bather Arranging Her Hair (Pierre Auguste Renoir)

  30. Reclining Nude (Amedeo Modigliani)

  31. Nude Under a Pine Tree(Pablo Picasso)

  32. Great American Nude(Tom Wesselmann)

  33. Olympia(EdouardManet)

  34. Reclining Nude(Suzanne Valadon)

  35. Pregnant(Alice Neel)

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