Art Chapter 2: How Should We Look at Art?
How do you know an artwork has Good Design?
If it has a logical and harmonious relationship amongst all of its parts.
Who can make judgments? What gives these people the authority to make judgments?
-Art Critics, Artists, Art Sellers, Art Viewers, and Art Buyers. -Their personal experience, knowledge, and profession of art.
Principles of Design
-Do they clash or harmonize? -Are they balanced? -Is there variety? -Is there unity without monotony?
What do Professional Critics do?
-Educate the public. -Gives positive or negative feedback. -Gives personal judgements.
How Should We Look at Art?
-Expression -Techniques -Education -Society
The Philosophy considers WHAT factors when the artistic determination is made?
-How Should We Look at Art? -When is it Art? -Aesthetic Experience -Intention -How it can be evaluated. -How people respond to it. -How it relates to personal and social values.
List four conditions that can help determine whether or not an object is an artwork.
-Intention -Good Design -Aesthetic Experience -Judgment
How does art relate to personal and social values?
-It represents me.... -It is against what society accepts. These lines can be blurry
How art can be evaluated?
-Judged -Critiqued
How do people respond to art?
-Social acceptance -Shock Value?
When is it Art? Under what conditions do ordinary objects become art?
-Time -Significant Person or Event
What are some other ways, besides looking at an artwork, to have an Aesthetic Experience?
-You can enjoy other things. -By feeling, smelling, and tasting it.
An artwork should provide the viewer with what?
Aesthetic Experience.
Professional Critiques
Are people who judge different types of themes such as art.
Human Intention answers what question?
Did the person, who made the piece, intend for it to be art?
Intention
Did the person, who made the piece, intend for it to be art?
Philosophy of Art
Involves asking and answering all kinds of questions about art.
Design
Is a logical and harmonious relationship among all the parts of an artwork.
Art Criticism
Is a systematic discussion of an artwork involving, usually four stages: -Description -Analysis -Interpretation -Evaluation
Evaluation
Is to determine the quality or lasting importance of a work.
Interpret
Is to explain the meaning of art.
How come you have to avoid using your personal Likes and Dislikes when judging whether or not something is a piece of art?
Just because you like doesn't mean someone else should like it.
Aesthetic Experience
Means how does this piece of artwork affect you or make you feel.
Formalism
Means using elements and principles of design as a criterion in art criticism.
Expressiveness
Refers to how effectively the work expresses or reflects a theme or world view.
Composition
Refers to the way that the subject matter, along with lines, shapes, colors, and so forth, has been put together.
Description
When doing this to art, you must include the facts such as the objects, people, shapes, and colors that you and others can see.
Do you think these people can make Bad judgments?
Yes, because of different opinion and life experiences.
