Ch 1 Discovering a World of Art
- Passive vs. Active Seeing
- Define Creative Process
- Discuss ways people value or do not value works of art
Chinese born Cai used gunpowder as a form of “art”.
Creative Process
- Artists have to engage in critical thinking
- “Aesthetic” -> Our sense of ‘beautiful’
Roles of the Artist: Assume one of the four or a combination of the below
- Create visual record of their time and place
- Help us see the world in a new way
- Make functional objects and structures more pleasurable with beauty and meaning
- Give form to immaterial ideas and feelings
Seeing the Value
- Art has intrinsic value
- Avant-Garde - Those working in advance of their time
Ch 2 Developing Visual Literacy
- Relationship between words and images
- Distinguish between representation and abstraction
- Form, opposed to content might help us understand meaning of a work of art
- Cultural conventions can inform our interpretations of art.
Words and Images
- In Islamic culture, words take precedence over images.
Representation and Abstraction
- Photorealistic vs. Abstract art
- Non-objective: completely abstract, does not refer to natural world at all
Form and Meaning
- Form: Materials, elements, structure.
- Content: What the art expresses or means