Da Vinci – Mona Lisa What is art?
Marcel Duchamp – The fountain
Katsushika Hokusai - Wave
Van Gogh – Starry Night Sky
Pablo Picasso
Salvador Dali
Adam and Eve under the table
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living
Away from the flock
Love’s paradox
In his infinite wisdom
For the love of god ….. Sold for $100m (cost $10-15m) Damien Hirst
What is Art? Intentions of the artist. Man made (conscious) Aesthetics Evoke emotion
What is Art? Quality of the work. Skill Content (what the piece of art depicts) Form (unity, order, rhythm, balance, proportion, harmony, symmetry)
What is Art? The response of the spectators. Joke = Laugh, Art = ? Target audience
What is Art? Problems for Artists with the response of spectators : Uninformed public or Realistic opinion Matter of taste
Group Task Take a good look at your picture… Is it art? How do you know that (ways of knowing) What knowledge issues could arise when we use the three stated criteria to establish whether or not something is art?
Journal Record your group’s findings after perusing your picture. Record your thoughts on today’s introduction of ART and how we know that something is actually ART…