...ART 110 – Art Appreciation Assignment #1 1. Find and read the course document "Introduction – What is Art?" Write a brief response to the document. After reviewing ‘What is art’ by M. Cawley, I am faced with deciding what I believe to be the true definition of art. In as few words as possible, I would describe art as anything that moves you. A longer definition for me might reference arts ability to speak to our many senses through a variety of mediums such as paint, photography, words, or music. I believe art can be anything that appeals to your senses; even food can be art for both the eyes and the taste buds. 2. What is “art”? According to our textbook, Artforms by Patrick Frank, “a work of art is a visual expression of an idea or experience formed with skill through the use of a medium (Frank, p.3)” This means that if you develop a skill such as a painter or a guitarist, and you paint a picture or play a song, that would be you, the artist, creating a work of art. My own definition of art, as stated above, can be anything that ‘moves’ you. 3. Do you think you are greatly separated from the art world? Explain. I do not think I am separated from the art world. In fact, I feel very much a part of it. I have always had a love of architecture, am an amateur photographer, a lover of music and film, and think I have always been on the creative side. I still have my old notebooks full of sketches and poetry, and I love to spend my Sundays painting with my 5 year old, and...
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...Does contemporary art focus on conceptual art is important nowadays? 28 different arts make up what is called contemporary art. Some of which are Burt art, Neo Dadaism, Pop art, Op art, Minimalism, Body art, and Conceptual art among others. These popped up in the 20th century, having as a main trait their uniqueness and authenticity from what was learn or seen in the past. I’m going to focus in Conceptual art. “Conceptual Art emerged during a period of social, political and cultural upheaval in the 1960s. It was a reaction to the perceived constraints of Modernism and the increasing commodification of the art object. Artists sought the means to think beyond the medium-specific aspects of traditional art forms, such as originality, style, expression, craft, permanence, decoration and display, attributed to painting and sculpture. They used language and text to directly disseminate ideas, demystify artistic production and negate visually. Artworks took the form of written statements, declarations, definitions and invitations.” (Moran) After reading several books, I’ve learned that conceptual art is focused in the concept than in the actual object presented to you, meaning that to understand conceptual art you need to understand what the artist is trying to express, so that what you may see may not always be the true meaning of what is trying to be conveyed. “The artist has no control over the way a viewer will perceive the work. Different people will understand the same thing...
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...big question of the day is, do you know your type? If you have no idea what I’m talking about you should google the phrase; “MBTI” If you know what I’m talking about, prepare to go on a long journey into the depths of my mind. Okay, so maybe that’s a little dramatic. I’m just going to share a few thoughts and give you some statistics that are interesting to me. If you’re a fellow INFP, I hope you’re ready for a bit of self-exploration. I truly hope that everyone else will come along and look deep into themselves as well. One beautiful aspect of art that I feel isn’t captured enough is how it makes people reflect internally. When most people talk about art their first thought isn’t about how it’s a pouring out of your soul, your mind, your ideas, your hopes, your dreams. While I will be directly addressing the benefits of art for INFPs, everyone in the universe can benefit from art and I truly believe that everyone should. Sometimes people are scared or afraid of art. Not enjoying it, just doing it themselves. We all enjoy art on a daily basis. Anything that’s been created is art! Any meal, any movie, any music. It’s all art! I understand why some people are scared, I must admit, there was a point in my life where I was terrified...
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...Shaye McManaman The Harn Paper Art Fundamentals The entrance walking into the Harn was so soothing. The sound of the water trickling down made it most calming for me. The garden around the water was gorgeous. The symmetry on either side of the bridge from the pavers on bridge to the gardens on either side was so well throughout. The entrance inside was a very open layout with tall plain white walls with sunlight coming in from outside. The light really brightened up the room and made it feel very welcoming. Overall a very calming place to get people in the right mindset to admire the art. I choose my piece of art from the Contemporary Collection. It had my favorite art pieces throughout the museum in that section. I had difficulty choosing between them but I ended up choosing Women in American Earn 2/3 of what men do. I decided with this piece because of the powerful political message behind the dollar with a dash line on it. I feel strongly about this issue. I believe women and men should be paid equally. No one should get paid less for doing the same job because of their gender. I already knew women made 2/3 of what men did but what I did not know is women artist make 1/3 of what men make which is...
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...discuss the notion of the importance of liberal arts. Liberal arts, according to Merriam Webster Dictionary, are areas of study that are intended to give you general knowledge, rather than to develop specific skills needed for a profession. To simplify the definition, liberal arts enhances the intellectual capacities of the person, it enhances his/her reasons and judgement. This movie did and did not really show the real ideals of the importance of liberal arts. As stated in the definition, liberal arts enhances the person’s reasons and judgement, the film did a good job with the development of the characters but there is no enhancement of judgement (of the characters) present in the film. Dead Poets Society, for me, did not really show me the real meaning of liberal arts because of the way the characters decide for their own fate. For example is Neil Perry, because of his amusement to the new teacher (Mr. Keating), he joined the bandwagon and went to acting even though his parents doesn’t allow him to. I know people might contradict me with do-want-you-want statement but I will argue with them about know the consequences of your actions and decisions and how it will affect the people around you. (I know there is a theory about that but I already forgot what it is.) Todd did warn Neil about what will happen but Neil insisted. Another from Neil is him killing himself, Mr. Keating told them, “ ‘….what good amid these O me, O life?’, answer, that you are here – that life...
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...Art Dealers INTRODUCTION In the modern world of art, the dealers are not less important than the artists themselves. They normally have to be aware of the history of art and establish relevant relationships between artists, collectors, and museums. Normally, their role is to follow the market needs and respond to the demands. Some outstanding dealers can even influence the tastes of the audience. They often travel internationally, visiting exhibitions and auctions, searching for good pieces of art. The peculiarities of the job are that the dealers can sometimes develop from art academics and art critics. As any market, the art market has its own rules and values. In order to be successful, a dealer has to be able to evaluate the prospective value of the piece he is buying. It is important to be also knowledgeable of art and monitor the works correctly. INTERVIEW REPORT The interview with a popular Los Angeles art dealer Nicholas Wilder is to prove the above-stated and provide more details of the job. - How important is a professional education for an artist? - First of all, it is important for stability and support in a professional environment. This makes it possible to communicate more with established colleagues, professors of art academies. An artist creates his works in proximity to those who can truly appreciate its potential and help develop it. - Do you think that a dealership contract with an artist means some limits...
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...Euthyphro By Plato（Written 380 B.C.E） Euthyphro. Why have you left the Lyceum, Socrates? and what are you doing in the Porch of the King Archon? Surely you cannot be concerned in a suit before the King, like myself? Socrates. Not in a suit, Euthyphro; impeachment is the word which the Athenians use. Euth. What! I suppose that some one has been prosecuting you, for I cannot believe that you are the prosecutor of another. Soc. Certainly not. Euth. Then some one else has been prosecuting you? Soc. Yes. Euth. And who is he? Soc. A young man who is little known, Euthyphro; and I hardly know him: his name is Meletus, and he is of the deme of Pitthis. Perhaps you may remember his appearance; he has a beak, and long straight hair, and a beard which is ill grown. Euth. No, I do not remember him, Socrates. But what is the charge which he brings against you? Soc. What is the charge? Well, a very serious charge, which shows a good deal of character in the young man, and for which he is certainly not to be despised. He says he knows how the youth are corrupted and who are their corruptors. I fancy that he must be a wise man, and seeing that I am the reverse of a wise man, he has found me out, and is going to accuse me of corrupting his young friends. And of this our mother the state is to be the judge. Of all our political men he is the only one who seems to me to begin in the right way, with the cultivation of virtue in youth; like a good husbandman, he...
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...Shaydon Akuna Wr 121 Specialization Specialization: does it belong in higher education? Some say yes, because it creates much more intelligent individuals in their respective fields. Others say no, because without the liberal arts, individuals will lack the necessary skills to succeed in today’s work environment. Both sides have well supported arguments, and often when one begins to think they’ve made a decision on which they agree with, they are swayed by the other way. After reading, “Should Undergraduates Specialize?” by Patrick Allit, and, “Liberal Arts: A Practical View.” by Mark Jackson, I have formed my opinion and what I feel like is a suitable answer to the question above. I believe that students should have a choice. If they feel like they’re ready to dive into what they know they want to do, let them. But if the student feels like they aren’t one hundred percent sure, they should be able to take a wide variety of courses that allow them to eventually choose a major to specialize. Patrick Allitt is the author of the essay, “Should Undergraduates Specialize?” In this essay he compares and contrasts his own experiences in college with those of his college-bound daughter. By comparing the two, he provides evidence to his belief that having the option to specialize as an undergraduate will benefit students. This is shown in his conclusion, “Students with the right frame of mind thrive on studying diverse subjects until they’re ready, sometimes at age twenty or older...
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...Essential Questions 1. What is artistic expression? Artistic expression is how anybody expresses themselves. It does not have to be through any specific medium. You can express yourself through drawings, songs, poems, essays, books, etc. 2. What about artistic expression is universal throughout human cultures What is universal is that you are free. No one is going to tie you down. If you are writing a song for yourself then there are no judgments. It is simply to express how you feel. That is why most people can get behind artistic expression. 3. Can you identify a particular speech, work of art or musical experience that changed how you thought about something? Please explain. This is fairly simple. I love hip-hop music. It has been the only genre of music that I have truly loved. So when Kendrick Lamar released his new album it caught me by surprise. It was mostly his raps over jazz instrumentals. It is not surprising for jazz to be on a song or two on an album, but Kendrick built his album from the ground up on jazz. Long story short I love the album and it is because of the jazz that is always playing in the background and in certain songs in the foreground. When I went to New York last year I even made my parents go to a jazz bar so I could experience it live. 4. What role does art play in local and global societies? Please give an example. Art plays a huge role in global and local societies. There are constantly art events being held across the world...
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...Erin Brockovich movie clip I have chosen to choose the film Erin Brockovich and the scene where Erin gets rehired. In this scene her ex-boss, Ed, comes to her door to ask about the information that has come to him. Erin tells him that if he rehires her then she will tell him. He then rehires her and they talk about what has been happening with some of the people that are living where they have been affected by the hexavalent chromium. She extorts Ed for a raise and benefits. Erin gets her information about PG&E from the water board by flaunting herself. “The Director of this movie is Steven Soderbergh. The Producers are Carla Santos Shamberg, Danny DeVito, and Stacey Sher. The Cinematographer is Edward Lachman. The Editor is Anne V. Coates. The Costume designer is Jeffrey Kurland. The Screenwriter is Susannah Grant (http://movieclips.com/N4kHP-erin-brockovich-movie-erin-is-re-hired/)”. “The Production Design is by Philip Messina and the Art Direction is by Christa Munro (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195685/fullcredits )”. The Director has a very important role. "The director is the one that is responsible for the whole film. The director is the one that interprets the script into their own vision and then decides the final look of the whole film with the production designer and cinematographer. The director will also be the one that is directing the actors as well as the action while it is being shot (Goodykoontz, 2011, Ch. 7)." "The directors are not only the ones that...
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...THE ART OF FICTION by Henry James [Published in Longman's Magazine 4 (September 1884), and reprinted in Partial Portraits (Macmillan, 1888); paragraphing and capitalization follow the Library of America edition.] I SHOULD not have affixed so comprehensive a title to these few remarks, necessarily wanting in any completeness, upon a subject the full consideration of which would carry us far, did I not seem to discover a pretext for my temerity in the interesting pamphlet lately published under this name by Mr. Walter Besant. Mr. Besant's lecture at the Royal Institution--the original form of his pamphlet--appears to indicate that many persons are interested in the art of fiction and are not indifferent to such remarks as those who practise it may attempt to make about it. I am therefore anxious not to lose the benefit of this favourable association, and to edge in a few words under cover of the attention which Mr. Besant is sure to have excited. There is something very encouraging in his having put into form certain of his ideas on the mystery of story-telling. It is a proof of life and curiosity--curiosity on the part of the brotherhood of novelists, as well as on the part of their readers. Only a short time ago it might have been supposed that the English novel was not what the French call discutable. It had no air of having a theory, a conviction, a consciousness of itself behind it-of being the expression of an artistic faith, the result of choice and comparison. I do...
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...Art Reflection Paper Pop Culture and the Arts October 10, 2011 Art Reflection paper Art can be expressed in many ways. Art is seen in every aspect of our lives. The way people dress, wear their hair, makeup, and even the type of car they drive is a form of art. Artist use various ways to express art by the way they dray, the colors they use, creativity , and the style that they use to create fullness or dullness in the pictures. In this paper, I will discuss what art means to me. Next, I will elaborate on how art and culture relate. Finally, I will give two examples that illustrate how art and American culture relate. What Art Means to Me I think that art is a representation of a person’s inner feelings at that particular time. Art is more than just a painting on a canvass, it can be the lyrics of a song, the clothes that a person wears, a play, a poem, and even a hairstyle can be a form of art. Art is not something that can be duplicated or copied in its entirety. For example s writer can write a book and then a producer make a movie out of the book but the two will not be the same. How Does Art and Culture Relate Culture and art relate because art is formed and developed based on a person’s culture. Each culture has a certain style, certain foods that they eat, and a certain way they behave. Art is influenced by cultures. Different cultures have different views and often see the world differently from others. The quote “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”...
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...What To Expect From This Class This class is delivered entirely online. That means that everything for the class (course content, course discussions, assignments, links, images, PPTS, study guides, pre-tests and exams) will be completed online. Each week is presented in its own learning module. Course Requirements Weekly Learning Modules will contain the following items: Reading Assignments and Lessons: A Chapter or chapters that are connected by period, culture or style of art. Each contains a summary of the chapter, key concepts, a list of images you should be able to identify and a PPT presentation of for each chapter again with images, key concepts, links, questions and important information within the note area. This will change once the lectures can be recorded. You should use these guides to help you focus your reading and note taking. You will be tested on this material as well as from the textbook and any extra videos or reading assignments given for each chapter. Note that artworks are influenced by the time and place in which they were created. Even though chapters might separate geographical areas, there were connections through travel and trade. There is a definite thread that connects art through time and through cultures. A Discussion Forum and /or Journal Entry: These will sometimes involve you having to answer questions compare images, watch a video, or visit a web site before completing the discussion or journal entry. For each discussion, you...
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...The Difference Between Art and Entertainment by Jeff Goins | 99 Comments Art, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. Which is a nice way of saying it’s whatever you want it to be. But I don’t believe that. Photo credit: Mark Heard (Creative Commons) Although I don’t have an objective perspective (nobody does), and mine is but one opinion, I believe there is such a thing as good and bad art. Maybe that’s asking too much, for us to label art “good” or “bad,” or maybe that feels too restrictive. That’s fine, I suppose; I don’t want to impose my artistic standards on someone else, nor would I appreciate having it the other way around. But what is not okay is calling something “art” when it’s not — when it is, in fact, something else. Art versus entertainment My friend Stephen pointed out recently, quoting Makoto Fujimura I think, that the difference between art and entertainment is subtle, but important: Entertainment gives you a predictable pleasure… Art leads to transformation. If that’s true, then we may have a problem, because what a lot of people call “art” isn’t changing us. At best, it’s entertaining us, dulling our senses and inebriating us to the realities of the world. Which is not the point. Art is supposed to transform: * It surprises. * It wounds. * It changes. Entertainment makes us feel good. It doesn’t surprise us; it meets our expectations. And that’s why we like entertainment: it coddles us. But the problem with entertainment is it leaves...
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...Individual Project 2 Thursday, April 16, 2015 Metaphysics Study of Existence What's out there? Epistemology Study of Knowledge How do I know about it? Ethics Study of Action What should I do? Politics Study of Force What actions are permissible? Esthetics Study of Art What can life be like? Metaphysics: ◦What is real? What is real in life is what you make your life out to be yourself. Real is hugging your children and having the person that you love telling you that they love you for life? Real is the pain that you feel when you lose your brother and greave. You do not know if you will ever see this person again because you don’t know if there is a spirit world. ◦Is the physical world more or less real than the spiritual or psychological world? It’s hard to explain if the spiritual world or the psychological world are real or if it is just something that we have been lead to believe so we have spent years rolling over and over in our minds and made ourselves believe that it is real. From the time we are babies we are lead to believe that there is a heaven and angels and such. We are lead to believe in Santa and the tooth fairy and the Easter bunny, but who is to say that any of that is real except what we believe in our own minds and hearts. ◦Is there such a thing as a soul? If so, how does it survive outside of a physical body? I want to believe that there is such a thing as when we are buried that we have a soul that lives on in a beautiful place. I have a really...
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