UAA Art Appreciation

SPRING 2012

FIELD TRIPS

Anchorage MuseumAlaska Native Medical Center

First Friday Downtown Art Event

Chevak Old People Doll

• Artist: Rosalie Paniyak, Chevak

• Medium: seal gut, sealskin, glass marble eyes

Power of Images

How We See

Optical Illusions

How many legs does this elephant have?

What is Art?

What is Art?

• Art is Art, Art is everywhere.• Art is a way for people to express themselves. • Art is a form by which we perceive the beauty that is

around and within us.• Art is something you can see, hear and experience in

a creative way. • Art is something that touches a person’s soul. Art is

visual and emotional. • Art is the unique ability human beings have to

celebrate themselves & their world, feelings, fear, and dreams, etc.

Yong Soon Min. Dwelling. 1994.72" × 42" × 28".

Nancy GravesFootscray

Visual Elements• Line• Shape• Mass• Space• Time and Motion• Light• Color• Texture

Design Principles• Unity and Variety• Balance• Emphasis and Subordination• Directional Forces• Contrast• Repetition and Rhythm• Scale and Proportion

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Marc Chagall, I and the Village

M.C. EscherDrawing Hands

Giacomo Balla, Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash

Use your Creativity

Name ______________

Title ______________

• Express a feeling• Tell a story• Create a message

Art Interpretation / StorytellingPainting & Drawing

Aesthetics

• Aesthetic experience begin when the viewer takes an interest in looking at things for pleasure, for the sake of the visual experience, and rather than a focused interest in the function.

• Aesthetic experiences substantiate the human need for intellectual thinking and reasoning, rather than physical provisioning.

Printmaking

PhotographyAnsal Adams