unit 1.1 art basics

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

Films