ART FORMS AND RECEPTION

Module 3

Remember…

Art can be produced individually or collectively.

The production of objects serve a very functional purpose in daily existence

Examples:

religious icons, pottery, baskets, textiles

How Art Emerges from Social Life

Mode of Production

Environment

Economic Status

Aesthetic Taste

Level of Community Organization

Politics

What are Productive Forces?

Productive Forces

Audience as a Factor

The relationship between audience and artist/creator has always been a dynamic relationship

Relationship can mean the following:

Artist < Audience : where the audience is favored

Audience < Artist : where the artist is favored.

How is Culture defined?

How has our culture changed over the years?

How does politics affect the production of art?

Culture

Culture, taken in its broad ethnographic is that complex whole of knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. (Tylor, 1857)

Mode of Distribution

What covers the term “mode of distribution?”

How art is brought to the attention of others

How art is consumed by the audience

How art is appreciated and valued by the community

How it is disseminated or circulated to a local or national or global community

Avenues for Circulation and Dissemination

Cultural Institutions: museums, archives

School as an Institution

Media

State-sponsored venues

Performances, Echibitions

Community Traditions

Contest, Competitions

Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Class

Mode of Reception

Social Contexts of Reception

Art and Social Class: The social standing of a people dictate what forms of art are accessible to them. It can also dictate their preference.

Art and ethnicity: Every ethnic group has some distinct characteristics over ethnic groups. Every ethnic group possess some living traditions.

Social Contexts of Reception

Art and Race: Race is broader than ethnicity

Art and Gender: The emerging women’s movement, as well as the gay and lesbian consciousness, have spurred changes in the production and appreciation of art.