living with art chapter 2
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What is Art?Figure 2.3 Andy Warhol, Thirty Are Better than One, 1963.
Figure 2.4 Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, c. 1503-05.
Figure 2.4 Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, c. 1503-05.
Figure 2.3 Andy Warhol, Thirty Are Better than One, 1963.
Is this a work of art?
Andrew Wyeth, That Gentleman, 1960, tempera on panel,23.5 x 47.34”
Is this a work of art?
Gary Simmons, boom, 1996, chalk and slate point on wall, dimensions variable
What is Art?Value
Figure 2.1 Vincent van Gogh, Wheat Filed and Cypress Trees, 1889.
Figure 2.4 Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, c. 1503-05.
Vincent van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889, oil on canvas, 29 x 36.25”
Middle Ages = Craft for utilitarian use Renaissance = Made for a purpose and commissioned by someone. Often
produced in a workshop. Impressionism = The artist painted what they wanted to paint
Artist and Audience
Aesthetics: A philosophy of the nature and meaning of beauty, as it pertains to art
Figure 2.9 Edward Weston, Cabbage Leaf, 1931.
Art and Beauty
Disinterested Contemplation: to set aside any personal, practical stake we might have in what we are looking at
Figure 2.10 Bellini, Pieta, c. 1500-05.
Figure 2.11 Goya, Chronos Devouring One of His Children, 1820-22.
Figure 2.12 Pablo Picasso, First Communion, 1895-96.
Figure 2.13 Pablo Picasso, Seated Woman Holding a Fan, 1908.
Art and AppearancesRepresentational and Abstract
Resembles forms in the natural worldTerms associated with:-Naturalistic-Tromp l’oeil
Representational:
Abstract:Distorts, exaggerates, or simplifies the natural world to provide essence or universality
Figure 2.14 Louise Bourgeois, Woman with Packages, 1949.
Figure 2.15 Duane Hanson, Housepainter III, 1984/1988.
Which is which?
Figure 2.19 Kandinsky, Swinging, 1925.
Nonrepresentational:(Nonobjective): Contains no
reference to the natural world as we see it
Figure 2.21 Utamaro, Hairdressing, 1798-99.
Figure 2.22 Degas, Nude Woman Having her Hair Combed, c. 1886-88.
Style:The term style is used to categorize a work of art by its visual characteristics that tend to
be recurring, constant, or coherent
Art and Appearances
Figure 2.25 Matisse, Music Lesson, 1917.
Form: The way a work of art looks.Includes:
Media: materials usedStyle: …Composition: the organization of
visual elements & principles of design
Art and MeaningForm and Content
Content: What a work of art is about Includes:
Subject matter (general)Message (more specific)Iconography
Art and MeaningForm and Content
Figure 2.25 Matisse, Music Lesson, 1917.
Iconography: identifying, describing, and interpreting subject matter in art.
Figure 2.29 Jan van Eyck, Arnolfini Double Portrait, 1434.
Art and MeaningForm and Content
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Art and MeaningContext:The personal and social circumstances surrounding the making, viewing, and interpreting of a work of art.