Art And You

Chapter OneArt In Focus

Visual Art AppreciationBallenger

Vocabulary

• Visual Arts• Fine Arts• Aesthetics• Criteria• Purposes for Creating Art

Visual Arts

• Visual Arts: unique expressions of ideas, beliefs, experiences and feelings presented in well-designed visual forms.

Stuart Davis, Hot Still Scape for Six Colors 7th avenue style

Fine Art

• Painting, sculpture and some architecture, art which have no practical function and are valued in terms of the visual pleasure they provide of their success in communicating ideas or feelings.

Georgia O’Keefe, Calla Lilies with Red AnemoneThis is an example of Fine Art.

Applied Arts

• Most often used to describe the design or decoration of functional objects to make them pleasing to the eye.

This egg holder is an example of Applied Art. What are some other examples?

Aesthetics

• A branch of philosophy concerned with identifying the criteria that are used to understand, judge, and defend judgments about works of art.

Criteria: Visual Vocabulary of Art

• When we look at artwork critically we look for specific criteria. We use the in order to understand, judge, and support your personal decisions about a variety of visual art forms. (page, 17)

• These are also called Standards of judgment• Ask yourself these questions: What will you

use to make judgments? How will you support those decisions.

Criteria

• We will build on our understanding of Criteria once we cover the elements and principles of design.

Vocabulary

• This chapter also covers the purposes for creating art. Turn to page 10 in your book and read about why art is created. Define these terms: Aesthetic purpose, moral/ethics, spirituality, history and politics.

Purposes For Creating Art.• Let’s define these terms. 1. Aesthetic purposes: visual appeal, for the pleasure

it brings to those who understand and appreciate the creative efforts of artists.

2. Morals/Ethics: depict people and behaviors that are considered noble and good.

3. Spirituality: Religious purposes.4. History: provide valuable information about

important people, places, and events. 5. Politics: Art that serves as a tool of persuasion, or

propaganda. Art that is used to convince people to adopt a certain point of view, or to enhance the power of a ruler, or political party.

Examples

• Look at the following images. • What purpose for creating would you place

them in?• Ask yourself these questions. 1.What is going on in the artwork?2.Is it telling a story?3.What do I notice about it right away?4.Which of the 5 purposes would you assign it?

Janet Fish, Red Vase and Yellow Tulips

This is an example of Aesthetic Purposes. This painting is meant to be appealing to the eye, and the pleasure it brings to the viewer.

Pieter Bruegel, The Parable of the Blind, 1568

This is an example of Moral/Ethical Purposes. Turn to page 412 and read about the hidden meanings within this painting.

Giotto di Bondone, Lamentation Pieta, 1305, Fresco Scovegne Chapel Padau, Italy

This is an example of Religious Purposes. Turn to page 345 and read about the meaning behind this painting.

1801 Napoleon Crossing the Alps, Jacques-Louis David

This is an example of Historical Purposes.

This is an example of Political Purposes. This poster was created by J.M. Flagg and was used as propaganda to persuade men to join the army in 1917.

Art in Your Community

• Places where art can be found in your community.

• Museums• Galleries• Famous• not-so-famous

Why Study Art?

• Wide range of higher order thinking skills• Clarify the problem• Identify possible solutions• Test each possible solution• Select most appropriate solution• Apply the chosen solution• Did the solution resolve the problem?