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What is Art?
Connie Weber
9/9/2020
An artwork is the visual expression of an idea or experience created with skill.
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Art is...
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Visual art is more than paintings hanging on a wall. Visual art includes drawing, printmaking, sculpture, architecture, photography, film-making, crafts, graphic arts, industrial and commercial design, video and computer arts.
You can communicate your ideas and feelings using words. Art is a language artists use to express ideas and feelings that they may not be able to express in words.
To experience art fully, you have to do more than just look at it with your eyes, you must develop the ability to perceive.
Art is Communication
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To perceive is to become deeply aware through your senses the special nature of a visual object.
Before there were written words, people drew pictures to communicate.
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5 Purposes
of Art
Like this cave art...what do you think the people who painted them were trying to say?
Look in the five circles to learn more about the functions of art.
Artists create art to express personal feelings.
Personal
Function
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In the 1907 painting The Sick Child, by Edvard Munch, the artist used imagery to remind his viewers of personal tragedies. Edvard Munch had lost his mother and one of his sisters at an early age and this painting could have been a representation of his own personal loss and feelings. What do you think is happening in the painting?
The Sick Child
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The Sick Child,
by Edvard Munch, 1907
Social
Function
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Artists may produce art that represents a society, family, community or a civilization. Art is used to illustrate or honor important people, celebrations and events. Statues and sculptures of famous people or events are another way artists use art in a social function.
Take a look at the image of a Nigerian sculpture, who do you think is represented? Is it someone important?
Take a look at the image of a Nigerian sculpture, who do you think is represented? Is it someone important?
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Copper sculpture, 11th-15th century, Nigeria
Artists may create art to express spiritual beliefs. Their artwork may be representing their own beliefs or that of another person or a group of people. The artwork can be representing a spiritual journey or commemorating a religious ceremony or event. The ancient Greeks built temples to honor their gods while Catholic Churches in Europe during the Middle Ages filled their churches with religious art.
Spiritual
Function
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Pueblo
sculpture
Whats happening
in this sculpture
take a look
Vigil Family, Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico, Painted earthenware, 1960
Physical
Functions
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Artists and craftsman can create functional art. Auto designers will create cars that are more aerodynamic to improve gas mileage. Architects design buildings that are not only functional but beautiful. Furniture designers create beautiful items we use in our homes everyday.
Take a
look at this
Peony Table Lamp, c. 1901–10. Probably by Clara Wolcott Driscoll (American, 1861–1944), Tiffany Studios (America, 1902–1932). This is a beautiful example of functional art.
Art can be created to give visual and educational instruction. Symbols can be used instead of words to tell a story or paintings can illustrate how a culture lived a long time ago. Take a look at the images to see what story they might tell.
Educational
Function
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Egyptian
hieroglyphics
take a look
Are these symbols and images telling a story?
Do women dress like this today? What do her clothes say about her place in society? Do you know what happened to her and the story behind her husband?
Anne of Cleves, wife of Henry VIII, by Hans Holbein, 1539
Portrait of
Anne of Cleves
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One of the unique qualities of being human is the desire to create art. Artists are driven by their sense of curiosity and wonder. Not only do artists have the ability to create tools and modify their surroundings, but they also have the desire to make objects look beautiful. Artists are keenly aware of their surroundings and look closely at the details of what something looks like, feels and how something works.
Artists are creative individuals who use imagination and skill to communicate using visual forms.
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Why Artists
Create
Where do artists get their ideas? Take a look in the six circles.
Subtopic 3
Nature
take a look
Wheatfield Under Clouded Sky, by Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)
People & Real
World Events
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American Gothic
by Grant Wood 1930
Myths
& Legends
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Return of Ulysses, a legendary Greek hero, 1976, by Romare Bearden
Spiritual
& Religious
Beliefs
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Apocolypse Tapestry,
1377–1382, by Jean Bondol
Creative
Techniques
more to see
Blue Poles, 1952,
by Jackson Pollock
Action painting, the technique of dripping and splashing paint onto a canvas.
Other
Artists
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(left side) Woman with a Parasol, Claude Monet, 1875 and artist Lothlenan modern remake (right side).
Use full sentences to write your answers.
1. Name the five purposes of art. (look in circle #2)
2. Describe two of the purposes of art. (pick two in circle #2)
3. Identify four different sources for artistic ideas. (pick four sources from #3)
Check Your Understanding
& Vocabulary
Define the following vocabulary:
1. Artwork (look in circle #1)
2. Perceive (look in circle #1, Art is communication circle)
3. Artists (look in circle #3)
4. Action painting (look in circle #3, creative techniques circle)
Vocabulary
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Resources and Links
- McGraw Hill/Glencoe, Art Talk, 4th Edition, 2005
- https://study.com/academy/lesson/why-do-humans-make-art-history-value.html
- https://www.artsheaven.com/10-most-famous-artists-specialize-in-nature-paintings/
- https://www.artic.edu/artworks/6565/american-gothic
- https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/return-ulysses-1626
- https://alchetron.com/Apocalypse-Tapestry
- https://www.jackson-pollock.org/
- https://mymodernmet.com/lothlenan-fandom-art/