ART GNRL 1020 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Last Lecture I Overview of the syllabus Outline of Current Lecture II John Ruskin III The Gates IV Torii Gates V Art a As Viewers of Art Current Lecture John Ruskin said there are 3 ways great nations write their autobiographies The book of their deeds the book of their words and the book of their art The Gates By Christo and Jean Claude o Also made 1 Running Fence and 2 Umbrellas Feb 12 2005 o The piece took from 1979 2005 to be completed and to get all finances in order Temporary piece it is sight specific doesn t move or travel it was a 16 day event Located in New York Central Park Cost 21 Million o Over 7 000 bright orange gates and saffron panels 4 000 people walked through the gates o they helped rejuvenate the city after 9 11 These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o they were a celebration of joy good will and simple eloquence o 1st great public art piece of the 21st century contemporary piece with ties to the past tori gates Torii Gates Fushimi Inaria Shrine in Kyoto Japan Linking the Torii gates with The Gates New York o They linked the 8th century to the present o Helped link 2 corners of the globe The art of seeing leads to imagining which then leads to art making Creativity is the sum Form overall structure of a work of art Subject Matter what is depicted the literal recognizable image Content is what the art means Art perceived by the artist as a way of conveying beauty and or ideas through different artistic means Artists work in 4 major ways o 1 Help us see the word in a new way o 2 Create visual record of their time and place o 3 Make functional objects beautiful and meaningful o 4 Give form to ideas and feelings Example of 1 the Gates and Kusama Example of 2 John Ahern Rigoberto Torres Pat Monet Le Pont de l Europe Example of 3 Kane kuei coffin orange Karaori Kimono Japan Renzo Piano Example of 4 Van Eyck God Picasso Les Demoiselles d Avignon Les Desmoiselles d Avignon Abstraction of human form Depicts harsh angels o Masks Shows Picasso s own conflicting thoughts about women As Viewers of Art we do 3 things Receive Extract Infer