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What is Art?
Art in Everyday Life
• Decorations• posters, prints, paintings, photographs
• Sculptures
• Murals
• Architecture
• Design• clothing, furniture
• Photography, Film
Cave Painting
• Cave paintings not for decorative purposes.
• Experts feel paintings likely were to bring success in hunting.
• This painting of horses was found in a cave in Chauvet, France.
• The paintings date back to 30,000 B.C.
Architecture
The Artist
• Artists…• give tangible form to the unknown
• give tangible form to feelings
• record events
• offer an innovative way of seeing
Recording Events
• Pictures can be used to record events, whether the event was seen by the artist or not.
• This painting, by Leonardo da Vinci, depicts what?
The Observer
• Art is like a conversation between artist and the viewer
• Perception plays an important role
• Experiences influence how art is viewed
• The same piece of art can look different to observers, and still be different from the artist’s perception.
Perception
Importance of the Artist
• Some art is valued simply because it is by a famous artist.
• This piece was thought to be by Rembrandt.
• When attributed to another artist, value dropped.
Beauty
• Art is often thought of as something that is beautiful.
• This piece, Grotesque Old Woman, is not beautiful, but considered by many as a great work of art.
Well-Drawn?
• It is a general conception that artists must be able to draw well.
• Woman with a Blue Hat, by Pablo Picasso
What Qualifies as Art?
• This “painting” by Stephen Taylor Woodrow is actually three people spray painted and hung on the wall.
• Is this art?
Tessellations
• Horses, by M.C. Escher
• The arrangement of repeating shapes which leaves no spaces or overlaps between spaces.
• You can usually see tessellation art on tile floors.
Quilting
• Quilting goes back to ancient Egypt, but piecework quilting is based in colonial America
• Quilting is now a recognized art form
• This quilt is called a Blue Star Flag.
Silhouettes
• An outline of an object against the light, commonly a profile portrait in black. The term usually refers to the side view of the head.
• Etienne de Silhouette made a hobby out of cutting out profiles.
Conclusion
• Art takes many shapes and forms
• Artists are people of all ages and races from all over the world
• Art is a form of self-expression
• Art can mean something different to every person
• What meaning does art have in your life?