Areas of Knowledge: Art Arts …b-b-but Roy, is it ART?

Areas of Knowledge: Art The Arts What is Art?

Areas of Knowledge: Art

Areas of Knowledge: Art pottery painting theatre poetry music dance film sculpture drama literature photography

Areas of Knowledge: Art Are any of these ‘Art’?

Areas of Knowledge: Art What are the Arts for?

Areas of Knowledge: Art What knowledge comes from the Arts?

Areas of Knowledge: Art How do the Arts affect what we know?

Why Who likes this? Who dislikes this? Areas of Knowledge: Art Angel of the North by Anthony Gormley (completed 1998)

Two possible positions to take… Areas of Knowledge: Art Two possible positions to take… Subjectivist There is nothing in the artwork that determines whether you should think it is good or bad – all that matters is whether you like it or dislike it Objectivist There are qualities in the work that determine whether it should be seen as good or bad

Areas of Knowledge: Art What is Art? Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the senses, thoughts or emotions

Areas of Knowledge: Art Which of these are works of art? ‘Sunflowers’ by Vincent van Gogh A perfect copy of ‘Sunflowers’ bought for 100NoK in a market A perfect copy of ‘Sunflowers’ hung in a gallery and called ‘A Perfect Copy’ Why Sold for $40,000,000 in 1987

Areas of Knowledge: Art What is Art? The Venus of Birkat Ram Golan 230,000yrs ago

Areas of Knowledge: Art What is Art? Female figure carved from ivory - 35,000yrs ago

Areas of Knowledge: Art What is Art? France 15,000yrs ago Bulgaria 8,000yrs ago

Areas of Knowledge: Art What is Art? Art and the Supernatural

Areas of Knowledge: Art What is Art? Global Influences France West Africa

Areas of Knowledge: Art What is Art? Global Influences Vase by Grayson Perry 2007 Etruscan Vase 520BC

Areas of Knowledge: Art What is Art for?

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Religion

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Religion

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Religion

Areas of Knowledge: Art "Part of my role as an artist is similar to that of a shaman or witch doctor. I dress up, tell stories, give things meaning and make them a bit more significant.” Grayson Perry  in the catalogue to ‘The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman’ October 2011

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Power Julius Caesar Charlemagne

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Power Henry VIII by Holbein Pope Innocent X by Velasquez

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Prestige

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Prestige Arnolfini Portrait Van Eyck 1434

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Prestige Mr and Mrs Andrews by Gainsborough 1750

Areas of Knowledge: Art Calvary by Andrea Mantegna 1458 Art can say, “This is what happened. This is significant”

Art can say, “This is what happened. This is significant” Areas of Knowledge: Art Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown Off His Horse by Paulo Uccello 1420 Art can say, “This is what happened. This is significant”

Areas of Knowledge: Art Peasant Wedding by Peter Brueghel 1568 Art can say, “This is what happened. This is significant”

Areas of Knowledge: Art The Milkmaid by Vermeer 1658 Art can say, “This is significant”

Areas of Knowledge: Art House in Napoli by Thomas Jones 1782 Art can say, “This is what I saw – and it is significant”

Areas of Knowledge: Art The critical voice Social commentary and Politics …value judgments by Banksy

Areas of Knowledge: Art The critical voice Social commentary and Politics …value judgments

Areas of Knowledge: Art Making the familiar new by Andy Warhol 1962

Areas of Knowledge: Art Making the familiar new ‘Still Life’ by Paul Cezanne

Areas of Knowledge: Art Making the familiar strange Rain, Steam & Speed by JMW Turner 1844

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Areas of Knowledge: Art Making the familiar strange Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso 1907

Areas of Knowledge: Art Making the familiar strange ‘Fountain’ Duchamp 1917 ‘Mother and Child Divided’ Hirst 1993

Areas of Knowledge: Art When told his portrait of Gertrude Stein didn’t look like her he said, “Never mind, it will!” What do you think he meant Gertrude Stein by Picasso 1906

Areas of Knowledge: Art Artists allow us to imagine ourselves in a variety of times, places and psychological states through their art

Areas of Knowledge: Art We learn about life when we look at art

Areas of Knowledge: Art What counts as Art? The intentions of the artist The quality of the work The response of the spectators

Do we need to understand the intentions of the artist Areas of Knowledge: Art You The Artist The Work of Art

Areas of Knowledge: Art What counts as Art? The intentions of the artist Public? Or private? Self-portrait Rembrandt 1659

Areas of Knowledge: Art What counts as Art? The intentions of the artist To please? Or provoke? My Bed by Tracey Emin (sold for $250,000)

Areas of Knowledge: Art What counts as Art? The intentions of the artist To please? Or provoke?

Areas of Knowledge: Art What counts as Art? The intentions of the artist Public? Or private? To please? Or provoke? Pope Julius 1511 by Raphael

Areas of Knowledge: Art What counts as Art? The intentions of the artist Public? Or private? To please? Or provoke? Pope Innocent X 1650 by Velasquez

Areas of Knowledge: Art What counts as Art? The intentions of the artist Oliviero Toscani for Benetton

Areas of Knowledge: Art What counts as Art? The quality of the work Pieta Michelangelo

Areas of Knowledge: Art What counts as Art? The quality of the work Bull’s Head Picasso

Areas of Knowledge: Art What counts as Art? The quality of the work

Areas of Knowledge: Art What counts as Art? The response of the spectators Olympia Edouard Manet 1863

Areas of Knowledge: Art What counts as Art? The response of the spectators Albertine Krogh 1884

Areas of Knowledge: Art What counts as Art? The response of the spectators Pieta Therese Frare 1990

Areas of Knowledge: Art The critical voice Social commentary and Politics Is this Art? Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange 1936

Areas of Knowledge: Art The critical voice Social commentary and Politics …value judgments by Banksy

Areas of Knowledge: Art The critical voice by Kevin Carter 1993 Is this Art?

Areas of Knowledge: Art “Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it” Mayakovsky

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art evokes feelings and also stimulates intellectual awareness by Gillian Wearing 1992

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Knowledge Art as Communication Art as Education Art as Imitation

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Knowledge Art as Communication

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Knowledge Art as Communication

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Knowledge Art as Communication

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Knowledge Art as Education ‘Still Life’ by Paul Cezanne 1890

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art as Education by Joseph Wright 1758

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art as Education: Allegory Primavera (Spring) by Botticelli

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Knowledge Art as Imitation

Areas of Knowledge: Art by Rene Magritte

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Truth Guernica by Picasso 1937 Painted in response to the bombing of the Spanish town of Guernica by German and Italian warplanes at the request of the Spanish Nationalist forces. 3.5metres x 7.8metres. A tapestry copy hangs outside the Security Council room at the United Nations in New York.

Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Truth Miles Davis Meryl Streep Merce Cunningham Mark Rothko Gabriel Garcia Marquez Diane Arbus

Areas of Knowledge: Art Some key points: Art of one form or another can be found in all cultures, and the desire to make aesthetically pleasing objects seems to be universal Among the criteria for distinguishing art from non-art are the intentions of the artist, the quality of the work, and the response of the spectators It could be argued that great art stands the test of time and is inexhaustible – in the sense that it constantly reveals new things to us

Areas of Knowledge: Art Some key points: The Copy Theory says the purpose of Art is to copy reality. But it could be argued that art is not so much a slavish reproduction of reality as a creative reinterpretation of it A second theory sees Art as a means of communication which enables us to imaginatively project ourselves into new situations and communicate emotions that lie beyond everyday language A third theory says that the Arts have an educative role and at their best broaden our awareness, develop our empathy and sharpen our moral intuitions

“Art is a lie that brings us nearer to the truth” (Pablo Picasso). Areas of Knowledge: Art ToK Prescribed title 2010 “Art is a lie that brings us nearer to the truth” (Pablo Picasso). Evaluate this claim in relation to a specific art form (for example, visual arts, literature, theatre).

Areas of Knowledge: Art Reason What role does reason play in artistic creation? Maths What is the connection between maths and music? Perception Do the arts help us to see the world with new eyes? Ethics To what extent do the arts ‘civilise’ people? Natural Sciences What role does creative imagination play in the sciences? The Arts Emotion Is art the language of the emotions? Human Sciences How does literature help us understand human nature? History How much can we learn about the past from the history of art?

Areas of Knowledge: Art Pablo Picasso was asked, “Is the artist a special kind of person?” He said, “No! Every person is a special kind of artist.” Self-portrait by Picasso