Bellwork 73009

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Bellwork 7/30/09

• Evaluate these statements
• Art reflects emotion.
• Art can be made by machines.
• Art uses shapes and colors to communicate its
  message.
• Good art is timeless.
• Anything can be considered art.

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Todays Objective

• I will be able to categorize given examples of
  art based on common purposes.

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What is art?

• Difficult to define
• No single definition for everyone.
• Different cultures
• Different time periods
• Different social values
• Yet art can be universal timeless
• So how do we define it?!

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Definition by Purpose
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Purposes of Art

• Art has many different purposes
• Create emotions
• Influence people
• Tell a story
• Etc.

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Purposes of Art

• Utility
• Religious
• Political
• Informational
• Aesthetic

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Utility Purpose

• Function or usefulness
• Batmans Utility Belt
• Early examples
• Baskets
• Clay jars
• Clothing

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Golden Armor (Kazakhstan)
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Utility Purpose

• Other examples
• Architecture
• Furniture
• Cars
• Backpacks
• Etc.

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These objects can have both utility artistic
qualities.
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Religious Purpose

• Spiritual beliefs since before written history
• pre-historic
• Art objects created to
• Express these beliefs
• Represent god(s)
• Worship god(s)
• Protect us, etc.

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La Pieta
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Eskimo Ceremonial Mask
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The Erechtheum
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The Porch of the Maidens
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These objects physically capture the spiritual
experience.
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Political Purpose

• Art is used to persuade or control peoples
  thoughts, feelings, actions
• Political art is ancient
• Also social
• Also economic

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Stele of Hammurabi
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Flavium Ampitheatre
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Imperial purple robes
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Political Purposes

• Modern examples
• Flags
• Political cartoons
• Commercials
• Buildings

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These objectsexpress political viewpoints for a
reason.
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Informational Purpose

• Art has long been a way to tell stories.
• Before written language
• Communication is important to culture
• Art is a form of communication
• Such as
• History or Myth
• Values or Traditions
• Directions!

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Laocoon Group
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The Raft of the Medusa
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Gates of Hell
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Gates of Paradise
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Gates of Hell
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The Problem We All Live With
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These objects communicate something.
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Aesthetic Purpose

• Art for arts sake
• Lart pour lart (French)
• ars gratia artis (Latin)
• Art just to be pleasing
• Contains aesthetic value
• Aesthetics study of beauty
• Aesthetics personal response to art

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Rock and Two Fish
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Haystacks
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Untitled No. 3
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Red, Orange, Tan, and Purple
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These objects strive to be art.
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Bellwork 7/31/08

• Name the 5 purposes of art
• Give an example of each

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Is it art?What is its purpose?
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Is it art?What is its purpose?
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Is it art?What is its purpose?
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Is it art?What is its purpose?
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Is it art?What is its purpose?
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Is it art?What is its purpose?
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NOTE

• Many purposes overlap.
• Many art objects have more than one purpose.
• Sometimes we can only guess what purpose the
  artist had in mind.

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Purposes of Art

• Utility
• Religious
• Political
• Informational
• Aesthetic

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Reflective Writing

• Write about a multipurpose art object
• Write about what you think the definition of art
  is now

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Closure

• SNOWBALL!!
• Take out a sheet of paper
• Write your name on the top
• Write down the 5 purposes of art.
• Give 3 examples

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Bellwork 7/30/08

• Give an example of political purpose art.
• What purpose of art have we not covered yet?