1_What is Art

1. WHAT IS ART?

2. Pre-heating: General vocabulary input

PRE-HEATING: GENERAL VOCABULARY INPUT
• to doubt oneself
• to confront the unknown
• It hit / struck smb: here it is! That’s it!
• Words fail, when it comes to … (art)
• To come / jump to one’s mind = one’s mind jumps to …
• To be on one’s mind
• To evolve
• One agreed-upon definition
• To qualify as = to count as = to fall into the category of

3. Defining art is a tough deal…

DEFINING ART IS A TOUGH DEAL…
Let’s quote the greatest minds!
- I’d like to quote/cite X who once said/ suggested/
declared/claimed that…
- Let me quote/cite X who once said/… suggested/
- Here’s how X put it: …
!!!AND I recon, he/she meant to say that ART is … in
nature

4. ARRANGING AN ART-MAP

ART
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5. Essential components of art

ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF ART
HUMAN
AGENCY
CREATIVITY
A IMPLIES …
TECHNICAL
SKILL
B REFERS TO …
C INVOLVES …

6. Art & beauty which is in the eye of the beholder (highly subjective)

ART & BEAUTY WHICH IS IN THE EYE OF
THE BEHOLDER (HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE)

7. Forms of beauty in art: fear, melancholy, nostalgia, regret…

FORMS OF BEAUTY IN ART:
FEAR, MELANCHOLY, NOSTALGIA, REGRET…

8. ART & ORIGINALITY:

ART & ORIGINALITY:
- a departure from the norm
- offers shock value
- ground breaking
- mind-blowing
- path breaking = rule breaking

9. BELONGS TO ART?

10. FALLS INTO ART CATEGORY?

11. CAN BE COUNTED AS ART?

12. ART & ANTIART

ART & ANTIART
- retain its appeal and freshness
even ages after its creation
- charm their viewers and will do
so till they cease to exist
- a flash in the pan
- soon disappears into
oblivion

13. ART & meaning

ART & MEANING
- to have a story to
tell
- to raise awareness
- to send a message
to the audience

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George Sheridan Knowles
“Signing the marriage contract”
(1905)
Vasili Pukirev
“The Unequal Marriage”
(1862)

15. ART & TIMELESNESS

ART & TIMELESNESS

16. ARTIST & SPECTATOR

ARTIST & SPECTATOR
ARTIST
- to express the innermost
emotion perfectly through
the creation
- to elicit emotions and
thoughts from spectators
- to evoke an appreciation
of the public
SPECTATOR
- entitled to their own
preferences and feelings
- qualified enough to see the
hidden symbolism of the
artwork
- to be ready for personal
transformation
- to enhance their
understanding of art

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This is up there with I don’t feel much of
the greats
anything
I’m amazed
I’m not impressed/
I don’t really like it
I love the artwork
I don’t care for it
I can’t bear
Smth is appealing to me
I don’t mind it
I can’t stand such a
…
It drives me crazy
It’s a so-so
It’s a mee
It captivates me
It’s to my liking
It’s mediocre
Just fine/just okey
It’s not my thing
It’s
terrible/boring/annoy
ing
I’m not a fan of it

18. Creation of Adam. Canvas Print. Michelangelo

CREATION OF ADAM. CANVAS PRINT.
MICHELANGELO

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20. The Scream, 1893 by Edvard Munch

THE SCREAM, 1893 BY EDVARD MUNCH

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22. „Peasants“. Diego Rivera

„PEASANTS“. DIEGO RIVERA

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24. M. Shagal

M. SHAGAL

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49. MEANING OF ART

• A MODE OF EXPRESSION FOR THE ARTIST (SERVES A
PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION)
• A VEHICLE FOR SOCIAL COMMENTARY (SERVES A
SOCIAL FUNCTION)
• EDUCATIVE POTENTIAL
• AESTHATIC VALUE
• RECORDING HISTORY AND CULTURE