Ms Traci Reitz

WHY DO WE CREATE ART?

TO CREATE BEAUTY(DAVINCI, MONA LISA)

TO DECORATE(UNICORN TAPESTRY

15THC.)

TO REVEL TRUTH(SELF PORTRAIT, CHUCK

CLOSE)

TO IMMORTALIZE(4 MARILYNS, ANDY

WARHOL)

TO RECORD EXPERIENCE(ALFRED STIEGLITZ, AN AMERICAN PLACE,

SOUTHWEST)

TO EXPRESS FANTASY(EUGECIO RECUECIO)

TO STIMULATE INTELLECT(UNKNOWN)

TO DOCUMENT SOCIETY AND CULTURAL CONTEXT

(ROBERT RIGER, FRASIER/ALI)

ELEVATE THE COMMONPLACE, EXPRESS

THE UNIVERSAL

TO PROTEST INJUSTICE(ELLIOT ERWITT)

TO EXPRESS RELIGIOUS VIEWS(MOTHER MARY, JULIA CAMERON)

TO SELL PRODUCTS(PEPSI, GARY PERWEILER)

FOR THE ARTIST’S PURPOSE(ANNIE LEIBOVITZ, ANGELINA JOLIE)

STYLES OF ART

REALISM(ANSEL ADAMS)

ABSTRACTION

EXPRESSIONIST