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What is

?

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What is appreciation?

• recognition of good qualities of person or something

• a full understanding of a situation

• synonyms= respect, esteem, comprehension

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Is appreciation the same as “like” or “love”?

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Art Appreciation•recognition of the good qualities and

understanding of art

•acquiring knowledge leads to appreciation

•knowing vocabulary, concepts, themes, processes, materials

•knowing context

•does not require liking or loving

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Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus)

by Salvador Dalioil on canvas

1954

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The Crucifixionpart of the Isenheim Alterpiece

by Matthias Grunewald1512-1516

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Trans-FixedPerformance by Chris Burden

1974

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The Starry Nightby Vincent van Gogh

1889

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Does knowing too much kill it?

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Does knowing too much kill it?

Yes, if there are no more new discoveries made.

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Why appreciate art?

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History of art appreciation

• combined with art history

• beginning in early 19th century

• way of teaching morals and taste

• western, democratic ideals

• “refine the sensibilities of Harvard men”

• appreciate the good = being good

• by end of 19th c. more popular among women

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art stylesrepresentation vs abstraction

mediumsArt history

modern and contemporaryart and science

how to “read” artmeaning in art