How Are Value Judgements in Art Justified?

Nature Of The Arts

ART

V A L U E J U D G E M E N T S

-There are varying reasons that lead us to perceive

visual art the way that we do making it generally subjective.

-If it is not "Aesthetically Satisfying" is it still art?

-Is the way the art is perceived by the eye the sole reason we appreciate it?

-Similar to other aspects of ones life, "does beauty really matter?" OR "beauty isn't everything"

-Used to think and reflect on a piece of art

-Mentally analyze and interpret the information that has been gathered by our senses

-Make conclusions on the work based on logic and insight

EMOTION

-When looking at a piece of art, our senses become overwhelmed with the complexity of textures, colors, and often sound.

-It is difficult to perceive and judge art by using our senses because of the many limitations.

-Ours senses become enveloped by opposing ideas which we struggle to deduct conclusions from.

-The linguistic capabilities of a piece of art is unimaginative

-Art can be looked at as a language of its own

-Art can be read and interpreted similarly than to that of a piece of literature.

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Does this image have any correlation with the banality of evil?

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Do you think it is always better to know biographical details of the artist and historical context in order to appreciate said piece of art?

→What does the artist’s background say about the market value of the piece?

→Can we dismiss the work of an artists/ author just because we do not agree with their particular political and sociological views?

HOW CAN WE BE SURE IF OUR EXTENSIVE USE OF EMOTION TO JUDGE THE LITERAL VALUE OF A PIECE OF ART IS ENTIRELY BENEFICIAL?

-Using only Emotion as a way of knowing isolates the mind of other potential areas of the brain

-Shortsighted and Unreliable

Art & Other Areas Of Knowledge

IB ART TEACHER PERSPECTIVE

what Makes "Good" Art?

CONSUMERISM

is an art collector really just

another word for

“brand whore”?

-Nature of The Arts

-Value Judgements

-Ways of Knowing

-Interconnection to other A.O.K's

-Knowledge Issues

-Consumerism In the Arts

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HITLER PAINTINGS

LIMITATIONS

Factors Effecting Ones Emotional

Perception of Art

1) Internal Factors

2) External Factors

-Background info of the artist

-Culture

-Personality

-Experience

-color

-contrast/tension

-repetition

-line

-texture

-space

The average materialistic consumer, no matter what they are consuming, looks for 3 things:

-requires a basis for criticism

1- Name associated with the product (the brand)

2- The reputation of that name or of the concept of the product

PERSPECTIVE OF THE ANCIENT PHILOSOPHER

-Aristotle was a famous philosopher,

scientist and mathematician in the

classical period in Greece

-He believed that the use of reason

by artists to derive principles and

universal truths about existence was

indeed factual based on evidence

according to the other ways of knowing.

*Plato believed that art

disabled the knower to

properly use reason

*Plato distrusted art as a

source of truth.

VISUAL ARTS

MUSIC

THE WORD

3- What acquiring that product will do for their social status

commonly used to help humans communicate and develop the human mind

THEATRE

“an element of seeking ideas, magnification, imagination, and even truth”

Claims To Knowledge

-Art is not logical nor analytical however emotional

Knowledge Issues

-Artist's use their emotions combined with their creative

mind to deduct ultimate conclusions about world as we perceive it to be.

-Claims to knowledge regarding art have evolved through the centuries as great philosophers have aged.

1) Is a piece of work good because of how it looks or because of the deeper meaning it holds/the meaning within?

2) What makes art good?

3) If art is a form of self-expression/liberation, how can someone else judge your work?

4) As much as we don’t want it to be, is art just as materialistic as everything else in life?

5) Is only the artist’s interpretation of their work correct, or is viewers’ interpretation correct?

6) What makes something a good or valid interpretation?

7) Would art possess meaning without viewers/spectators?

8) How is good art recognized or decided on?

9) Why is some art better/more expensive?

C O N C L U S I O N

How Are Value Judgements in Art Justified?

history

ethics

mathematics

TO WHAT EXTENT IS

AESTHETIC SATISFACTION

NEEDED TO DEFINE

ART?

REASON

WAYS OF KNOWING

Detail 3

1) REASON

2) EMOTION

3) LANGUAGE

4) SENSE

PERCEPTION

SENSE PERCEPTION

LANGUAGE

Q U E S T I O N S