Introduction to Art: Assumptions in Art PDF

ART n The word ART came from an Aryan root Ar meaning to join or put together. n From this ancient etymon two Greek verbs were derived: Artizein meaning to prepare and Arkiskein to put together. n The Latin term Ars and Artis means anything artificially made or composed by man. n In the peri...

ART n The word ART came from an Aryan root Ar meaning to join or put together. n From this ancient etymon two Greek verbs were derived: Artizein meaning to prepare and Arkiskein to put together. n The Latin term Ars and Artis means anything artificially made or composed by man. n In the period prior to the renaissance, art meant craft n In modern times the word art has been restricted to mean fine arts Classical Definition of Art n Aristotle defines art as the right reason for making things n Any kind of human activity when directed to change or transform under the patterns of right reasons is called art. Modern definition of Art A formal expression of a considered human experience with focus on two elements: form and substance Edvard Munch’s The Scream Assignment 1. What can you say about the relationship of art and nature? 2. Who creates art? 3. How can an artist recreate the work of another artist? Give example 4. How can audience take part in the re-creation of art? 5. How can people who speak different languages understand the same art? 6. What happens to the value of art as it grows old? BASIC ASSUMPTIONS IN ART 1. ART IS NOT NATURE n Art is man-made n Nature is the starting point of art by providing both subject and medium n Art imitates life according to Aristotle n No matter how art imitates life it is still a product of man’s creative genius 2. ART IS AN EXPERIENCE OF CREATION AND RE-CREATION  2-a Art is an experience of Creation to the Artist n Art is the process of creating the work to the artist like this picture of Jackson Pollock at work 2-b Art is an Experience of re-creating the work of another artist n When an artist takes the work of another artist and uses his own style or language or medium to re-create or innovate he is creating another form of art n Adaptations are examples of re-creating the work of another artist  Swirling clouds in violet haze reflect in Starry Vincent's eyes of China blue. starry night Colors changing hue paint your palette blue and grey morning fields of amber grain weathered faces lined in pain look out on a summer's day are soothed beneath the artist's with eyes that know the loving hand. darkness in my soul. And now I understand what you tried to say to Shadows on the hills me sketch the trees and the daffodils how you suffered for your sanity catch the breeze and the winter chills how you tried to set them free. in colors on the snowy linen land. perhaps they'll listen now. And now I understand what you tried to For they could not love you say to me but still your love was true how you suffered for your sanity and when no hope was left in sight on that how you tried to set them free. starry They would not listen starry night. they did not know how You took your life perhaps they'll listen now as lovers often do; But I could have told you Starry Vincent starry night this world was never flaming flo'rs that brightly blaze meant for one as beautiful as you. 2-c Art is the Audience’s Experience of re-creating the work of the artist 3. ART IS AGELESS, TIMELESS AND UNIVERSAL n Art is created by people of all ages n The language of art is spoken by people of all nations n And the usefulness of art is seen across generations