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ART : UNIT 1 Area of Study 2.

ART : UNIT 1 Area of Study 2. ART AND SOCIETY This area of study focuses on the way in which art reflects the values, beliefs and traditions for which it was created. This area of study will include : 1.Social settings for art 2.Social functions of art

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ART : UNIT 1 Area of Study 2.

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  1. ART : UNIT 1Area of Study 2. ART AND SOCIETY This area of study focuses on the way in which art reflects the values, beliefs and traditions for which it was created. This area of study will include: 1.Social settings for art 2.Social functions of art 3.Social issues in art of the past and present

  2. Artists make artworks that will be seen by any number of people. You do not necessarily have to visit an art gallery to see Artworks.

  3. Social Settings for Art Artists make artworks that will be seen by any number of people. But you do not necessarily have to visit an art gallery to see artworks. • Q. What kind of artworks do we see in different social settings? ENVIRONMENTAL SCUPLTURE 1998 Peter Blizzard, Bert Flugelman and Anthony Pyor Steel and stainless steel Location: Townsville, Queensland

  4. PUBLIC ART SQUAD Pty Ltd.This company is run by David Humphries. He works with architects, communities, developers and multinationals orchestrating large scale art projects for modern buildings and their surrounds

  5. Architectural and Corporate Sculpture The future of public sculpture is sound, due to the realisation that buildings and other projects need art to make them user friendly. Large developments often have sculptural works commissioned at the planning stages. Major corporate buildings use sculpture as selling points for their buildings and foyers and outdoor areas are rarely unadorned. Architectural and corporate sculpture have become a means of identification, stature and even as a selling point!

  6. Commemorative Sculpture Sculptural memorials to public figures such as explorers and politicians were popular in the 19th Century. Queen Victoria, 1904-07 James White, marble and sandstone, Melbourne

  7. Commemorative Scuplture Any guesses who these distinguished blokes are? These are located in the Botanical Gardens in Ballarat. We can also see painted portraits of our Prime Ministers.

  8. Commemorative Sculpture War memorials fulfil a need to express public grief. What war memorials do we have in Portland? What do you think their purpose is? Vietnam Memorial by Ken Unsworth 1992, Canberra

  9. Fountains • These mythical figures are in Hyde Park inS ydney and were made in 1927

  10. Fountains More recent! Antipodean Voyage Fountain, 1972 Stephen Walker Botanic Gardens Tasmania

  11. Commemorative Sculptures As a nation we also commemorate sporting heroes, achievements or ideals. ‘The Acrobats’, 1980 By John Robinson Bronze Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra

  12. Social setting for Art Others? b • The decoration of sacred places- stained glass windows, tapestries, manuscripts • Outdoor murals- these can celebrate community achievements, history or ideals. • Culturally significant objects and symbols in museums and buildings and elswhere- aboriginal paintings, Egyptian tomb contents • Environmental art/ Installations

  13. From Interpreting art • Need more murals,aboriginal paintings, Egyptian stuff here………………………………..

  14. From Interpreting art

  15. Social settings for Art Where have you seen art in social settings in Portland and elsewhere?

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