ART Appreciation 1nd Edition Exam 1 Study Guide Lectures 1 3 Lecture 1 January 23 Introduction to Art Art and its connection internationally The Gates the New York piece of the orange and saffron gates that were set up in New York Torii Gates gates in Japan created several hundred years ago Helps to link both corners of the globe NY and Japan Key Definitions 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 Us as Viewers of Art As Viewers of Art we do 3 things o Receive o Extract o Infer Lecture 2 January 28 Words and Images in Art Visual Literacy ability to comprehend and discuss visual images Using these techniques o Descriptive vocabulary o Historical and social context o Integration Lorna Simpson She uses great visual and verbal techniques in her art 3 Main works 1 she 2 Piece w the neck 3 Picture of the city Terms Calligraphy Is the fine art of handwriting Piece shown is a page from the Persian Manuscript o 16th century Islamic Belief words can be trusted but images cannot The page of poetry depends for its power on its visual prescence and beauty Iconography Visual images render meaning understood by a given cultural group 3 categories of Works of Art Works of art are said to be o Representational and realistic if the subject matter is recognizable o Abstract if the subject matter is recognizable but it is abstract or reduced to essential qualities which are then isolated exaggerated and distorted o Non representation or non objectives No recognizable subject matter Ex Of Representational o Albert Bierstadt 1863 The Rocky Mountains It records and describes the world It is a patient reproduction of the tints and traits which make up and identify its local character His work The Matterhorn does these things as well Ex Of Abstract o Erna Motna Bushfire and corroboree dreaming o Susan Rothenburg painting of the horse Ex Of non representational or non objective o Malevich Supremeist painting Black rectangle Blue Triangle 1915 o Beatris Mihazes carambola 2008 shapes and colors no recognizable subject matter o Claude Monet His non representational work always works with light and qualities of light o Jackson Pollock American Artist 1st great American Artist Along with others he helped establish the American Art sector o Piet Modrian series of abstraction of a tree his work becomes more abstract over time it develops into geometry he is know for this later on the Grey tree more abstract than his 1st tree Lecture 3 January 30 Seeing Value in Art The Art market depends on o Wealthy clients What are they seeking Ownership piece of culture Investment Patronage Questions about the value of Art This raises questions about the value of art o The value o The historic value o The Intrinsic value Artists and Their Functions Who are artists What is function o 1 Artists as she he who experience life and provides information to the greater public o 2 Artists as reporters represent their world often whistle blowers o 3 As analysts attempt to look beyond what is visible o 4 As activists through their art they hope to see things in different ways