Internet Inquiry - What is Art?

Mary S. Krumrei

Jan Vallar-Gillette

Walden University

Kathryn Arnold

Integrating Technology in the Curriculum Part 1- EDUC-6663-4

October 5, 2008

What is Art?

“Essential questions are at the heart of

the search for Truth”(McKenzie,1997,p.12).

Watch together on the projector!

Must a work of art be made by an artist?

• www.flickr.com

Can an object be considered art today, if it was not considered art at the time it was created?• www.flickr.com

Questions

• Break into groups of two. Brainstorm and list other questions that come to mind about what art is.

• Which of these questions are important to answer? Which are irrelevant?

• Choose one of the important questions from your list to use in an internet search.

Search

Use the following URL’s to search for answers to your important question:

• http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/artartists/artartists.html

• http://americanart.si.edu/education/cappy/main.html

• http://www.everydayart.com/artdiscuss.html

Analyze

You have been provided a copy of “ Five criteria for evaluating Web pages”. Use this guide to help you take a critical look at your web sites.

http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/webcrit.html

Compose

Create a Comic Life sheet using the 00’sB template. Drag in examples that illustrate your findings and add text.

Treat it as a poster that conveys the answer to your important question.

Share

• Submit your completed Comic Life project to the class drop box. We will present these in class on a projector.

• Decide what you will say. • Both individuals need to have a part in

the presentation.• MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ANSWERED

YOUR IMPORTANT QUESTION!!

References

Cornell University. Retrieved October 1, 2008,from http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/webcrit.html

Creative Commons. Retrieved October 1, 2008, from http://www.flickr.com

Holm,C. (2001-2007) Everyday art. Retrieved October1, 2008, from http://www.everydayart.com/artdiscuss.html

McKenzie, J. (2003, April). From Now On. Retrieved October 1, 2008, from www.fno.org/april03/qtech.html

References

Smithsonian American Art Museum.Retrieved October 1, 2008, from http://americanart.si.edu/education/cappy/main.html

Sweetbriar College, Department of Art History. Retrieved October 1, 2008, from

http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/artartists/artartists.html