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Welcome to

Art in

Life:

London


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Hello.


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You and I and 3 new friends

Mon/Wed 1:00-3:30pm Thursdays: Field Trips

University College London

Who? When? Where?


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The Plan

Syllabus

Assignments

Questions


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Source for 2nd half

of coursebook


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Examples


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Tate Britain


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IN


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ART1000: art IN life

Why Should

YOUlearn about

ART?


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A Note about Subject Matter


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Ready?


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Ready?


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Already a quiz

a. impress others with your scholarly savoir faire

b. research investment opportunities so when your makingbig $$$

c. figure people out

d. become more creativereallye. watch world history unfold

f. discover how to make thingsbuild a better birdhouse

g. And so much more.

Question: Why Study Art?

Answers?


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Theres a lot of bad art out

there said a student the

first week of class.

Art Making

Art Viewing

Aesthetics

Art History

Art Criticism

Only then can you appreciate art


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Are you a Passive or Active Viewer?


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I see

=I

understand


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A World ofArt

Artwords and Definitions

Why is That Art

A t ld d D fi iti


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Artworlds and Definitions

Marcel Duchamp,

Fountain, 1917

Thomas Kinkade, Peaceful Retreat, 1990

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There are two

basic kinds of

definitions of

the term art:

classificatory

and

honorificMarcel Duchamp, Fountain,

1917

Thomas Kinkade, Peaceful Retreat,

1990



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Honorificdefinitions are

those that

establish the

properties a

work of artmust have to

be

considered

good

(according to

different

standards);

Marcel Duchamp, Fountain,

1917

Thomas Kinkade, PeacefulRetreat, 1990




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classificatory definitionsare those

that clarify which objects

the community accepts

as works of art--as

opposed to othersorts of objects--

irrespective of how good

these works are deemed

to be.


1917Urinal

Thomas Kinkade, Peaceful

Retreat, 1990

Cottage in the

woods


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Aesthetics

the philosophy of art

philosophy comes fromthe Greek words philo

and sophia whichmean, "love of

wisdom." Aesthetics isthe branch of

philosophy that is

concerned withconcepts of value and

beauty as they relate tothe arts.

Th A th ti i


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The Aesthetician

The Role of an Aesthetician in the


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world of art

Marcel Duchamp,

Fountain, 1917

Aesthetics/philosophy of

art/ art theory

Answering the

fundamental question:

What is Art?


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Artist as Reporter

Representing their world


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Artist as

Experiencer

Providing Tangible formto their Feelings

A i


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Artist as

Analyst

Revealing

Hidden or

Universal

Truths about

their World

Cultural Conventions


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Cultural Conventions

Whi h A i ?


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Which Art is Better?

Different currents in the same stream.


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A Matter of Taste?


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A Matter ofTaste?

Art Criticism


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Art Criticism

the art of evaluating

or analyzing works of

art

Informed discourseabout art to increase

understanding and

appreciation of art


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The four steps of the Art Critiquingprocess are:

Description, Analysis, Interpretationand Judgment.The fourfirstlettersofthestepsare D, A, I,and J.

A sample Mnemonic would be:

Dan

AccumulatesInteresting

Junk

Art Criticism:


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Jasper Johns (American)

b.1930, Numbers 1939, Oil

on wood

Art Criticism:

Description

Art Criticism:


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Frida Kahlo (Mexican) 1907-

1954-, Self-Portrait With

Monkey, Oil on canvas

Art Criticism:

Description

Art Criticism: Description


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Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973), Guernica, 1937 Mural

Reina Sophia Museum, Spain




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Claude Monet, (French) 1840-1926, Impression:Sunrise, 1872


A t C iti i


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Jackson Pollock (American) 1912-1956,

Full Fathom Five, 1947/48, Oil, paper,

fabric, metal on wood, San Francisco

Museum ofA

rt

Art Criticism:

Description

Art Criticism: Analysis


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Edward Hopper (American) 19-19 Nighthawks 1942 Oil on Canvas 30 x

60 inches The Art Institute Of Chica o, USA




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Jacob Lawrence (American) 1917-2000, Paper Boats, 1949 ) Tempera on

gessoed panel, 17 7/8 by 23 7/8 in., Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and

Sculpture Garden, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,


Art Criticism: Interpretation


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Edward Hopper (American) 19-19 Nighthawks 1942 Oil on Canvas 30 x

60 inches, The Art Institute Of Chicago, USA




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Jacob Lawrence (American) 1917-2000, Paper Boats, 1949 ) Tempera on

gessoed panel, 17 7/8 by 23 7/8 in., Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and

Sculpture Garden, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,




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Georgia O'Keefe (American)1887-1986

,Blue and Green Music, 1919,Oil on

Canvas



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Katshishika Hokusai (Japanese) 1760-1849 Great Wave Off Kanagawa, 1823-29 Color woodcut,

10 x 15 in. , Metropolitan Museum ofArt, New York

Art Criticism: Judgment


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Mary Cassat, (American) 1844-1926, Portrait of a Little Girl

1878, Oil on canvas, National Gallery ofArt, Washington




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El Anatsui, (Ghana) 1944- , The Ancestors Converged Again 1995, Wood, tempera

40 3/16 x 107 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.



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Rene Magritte, (Belgium) 1898-

1967, The Human Condition,

Art Criticism:

Judgment

Art Criticism:


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(Canadian Haida), (1950-) Beaver Raven Mask,

Carved cedar and oil paints, 16 x 20 in. Private

Collection

Art Criticism:

Judgment

The Role of a Critic


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The Role of a Critic


1917


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Making Art:An Overview

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