Unit 1.1 Art basics
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Art Basic concepts
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Art basics
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Art
Basic concepts
Jan VermeerThe girl with the pearl earring
1665Oil on canvas
Barbara KrugerUntitled1987Photographic silkscreen/ vinyl
BrancusiThe Kiss (1908)
Antonio CanovaThe Kiss (1786)
Kazemir Malevich
Suprematist composition
Oil on Canvas (1915)
What is art?
Marcel DuchampBycicle wheel
Ready-made (1913)
RaphaelAlba Madonna
Oil on canvas (1509)
Art
Art is a vital and persistent impulse of human experience.
Transcendence
Creation
Performance
Exhibition.
It depends on the Culture
Culture
Way of life of a group
Symbolic communication.
Skills
Knowledge
Attitudes
Values
Motives.
Beliefs
How can we
evaluate the
artistic value of a
piece?
Purpose vs. result
Reasons for art
Technical mastering
Reasons for art
Education
Reasons for art
Spirituality
Reasons for art
History
Reasons for art
Politics
Reasons for art
Aesthetical
What is aesthetics?
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy related with the essence and perception of beauty and ugliness.
Art pieces: aesthetics is the value in a piece of art based on its capacity to evoke a response.
Jean Michel
Basquiat,
Self
portratit
1982
Claude Monet
Autumn Effect at Argenteuil
1867
Jackson Pollock,
Number 5
1948
Mark Rothko,
WHITE
CENTER
(YELLOW, PINK
AND
LAVENDER ON
ROSE)
1950
$ 72,840,000 USD
Mark Rothko,
Black painting
1969
$ 72,840,000 USD
1. $ 11 millions Euros
2. $ 744,750 Euros
3. $ 140 millions Euros
4. $ 54 millions Euros
5. $ 15 million Dollars
Values of art
Material value.
Intrinsic value.
Religious / educational value.
Types of art
Means of expression
Media and processes
Art media consists of the materials
Art process is the action involved in making art
Oil painting
Painting
Fresco
Painting
Tempera / Temple
Painting
Watercolor
Painting
Pastel
Painting
Sculpture
According to its materials:In Metal: bronze, gold, etc.
Clay sculpture
Sculpture
Marble
Sculpture
Sculpture
According to its technique:In Round.
In relief
Sculpture
Architecture
Stained-glass
Collage
Installation /
Ready mades
Performance
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Photography
