Chapter 1
• The Nature of Art and Creativity
What Is Art?
• Work of art-visual expression of an idea or experience formed with skill through use of a medium
• Media/medium-type of tools used to create the artwork– clay, fiber, stone, wood, paint, video,
photography, • Some communication can only be
expressed through visual form or music...
Purposes and Functions of Art
• Art can:– tell us things– elevate our spirits– show beauty– show injustice
Art for Communicating Information
• Through the ages, art has been used to impart information
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Lauren Greenfield. The View North, toward Burj Dubai. 2009.
Dorothea Lange
Robert Frank
James Nachtwey
Art for Day to Day Living
• Objects made to delight the eye as well as serve useful functions
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Yves Behar. Mission One. 2009.
Eames
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Dish. East Iran. 10th Century.Diameter 8-1/4".
Art for Worship and Ritual
• Through the ages people have used art to use for prayer, worship, magic, and ceremony
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Dance Wand in Honor of Eshu. Elegba Cult. Yoruba, Nigeria.Height 19-3/4".
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Beatrice Wood (1893–1998). Chalice. 1986.7-5/8" × 7/8".
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Stephen Cox. St. Anselm's Altar. 2006.Height 35".
Art for Personal Expression
• The artist uses their medium to express their personality and/or feelings to the viewer
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Rembrandt van Rijn. Self-Portrait. 1658.52-5/8" × 40-7/8".
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Yong Soon Min. Dwelling. 1994.72" × 42" × 28".
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Romare Bearden. Rocket to the Moon. 1971.13" × 9-1/4".
Romare Bearden
• “ The biggest thing I learned was reaching into your consciousness of black experience and relating it to the universal.”
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Romare Bearden.
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Romare Bearden. Prevalence of Ritual: Tidings. 1967.
Art For Social Causes
• Humans are influenced by what they see• Artists can use their art to influence the
public
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Francisco Goya. The Disasters of War, No. 18: Bury Them and Say Nothing. 1818.5-7/8" × 8-3/8".
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Félix González-Torres. Untitled (Death by Gun). Installation view. 1990.44-1/2" × 32-1/2".
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Félix González-Torres. Untitled (Death by Gun). Single sheet. 1990.44-1/2" × 32-1/2".
Christian Boltanski
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Chaz Maviyane-Davies. Global Warning. 1997.
Art for Visual Pleasure
• Art is often identified solely by this definition
• Art made to be visually attractive and well crafted
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Decorative Panel from the Alhambra. Granada, Spain. Nasrid Period, 14th Century.
60" × 50-5/8".
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Miriam Schapiro. Heartland. 1985.85" × 94".
What is Creativity?
• The ability to bring forth something new that has value
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Robin Rhode. He Got Game. 2000.
Untrained Artists
• Outsider artists or folk artists- people with no formal art education– folk artists work within a tradition– outsider artists rarely know about the
trends and history of art• they work outside of traditional art
guidelines
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Anna Zemankova. Untitled (M). c. 1970s.24-1/4" × 17-3/4" (61.6 × 45.1 cm).
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Sabatino "Simon" Rodia. Nuestro Pueblo. Watts, Calif. Distant view.1921–1954. Height 100'.
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Sabatino "Simon" Rodia. Nuestro Pueblo. Watts, Calif.Detail of enclosing wall with construction tool impressions. 1921–1954.
Height 100'.
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James Hampton. Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly. c. 1950–1964.
10'6" × 27' × 14'6".
Mola Embroidery
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