1. Arts Areas of Knowledge: Art 01

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3. What can be known through the arts, that can’t be known in other ways? Areas of Knowledge: Art 03

4. Areas of Knowledge: Art The Venus of Birkat Ram Golan 230,000yrs ago What is Art? 04

5. What is Art? Areas of Knowledge: Art 05

6. What is Art? Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and the Supernatural 06

7. What is Art? Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and the Supernatural 07

8. Areas of Knowledge: Art France 15,000yrs ago Bulgaria 8,000yrs ago What is Art? 08

9. Areas of Knowledge: Art What is Art? 09

10. Areas of Knowledge: Art What is Art? Global Influences FranceWest Africa 10

11. Areas of Knowledge: Art What is Art? Vase by Grayson Perry 2007Etruscan Vase 520BC Global Influences 11

12. What is Art? Areas of Knowledge: Art 12

13. Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the senses, thoughts or emotions. Areas of Knowledge: Art What is Art? 13

14. Areas of Knowledge: Art What is Art for? 14

15. Areas of Knowledge: Art This is what happenedThis is significant 15

16. Areas of Knowledge: Art Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown Off His Horse by Paulo Uccello 1420 16

17. Areas of Knowledge: Art Primavera (Spring) by Botticelli 17

18. Areas of Knowledge: Art Julius CaesarCharlemagne Art and Power 18

19. Areas of Knowledge: Art Pope Innocent X by Velasquez Henry VIII by Holbein Art and Power 19

20. Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Prestige 20

21. Areas of Knowledge: Art by Gainsborough Art and Prestige 21

22. Areas of Knowledge: Art by Caspar Friedrich 1780 22

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24. Areas of Knowledge: Art by Joseph Wright 24

25. Areas of Knowledge: Art 18 th Century by William Blake13 th Century ‘God the Geometer’ 25

26. Areas of Knowledge: Art This is what happened This is significant by Brueghel 26

27. Areas of Knowledge: Art by Vermeer 1670 27

28. Areas of Knowledge: Art by Thomas Jones 1782 28

29. Areas of Knowledge: Art by JMW Turner 1844 29

30. Areas of Knowledge: Art by Wassily Kandinsky 1925 by Pablo Picasso 1907 30

31. Areas of Knowledge: Art by Andy Warhol 1962 Making the familiar new 31

32. Areas of Knowledge: Art ‘Fountain’ Duchamp 1917 ‘Mother and Child Divided’ Hirst 1993 ‘Black Square’ Malevich 1913 32

33. Areas of Knowledge: Art ‘Untitled’ by Helen Frankenthaler 1995 33

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35. Areas of Knowledge: Art Artists allow us to imagine ourselves in a variety of times, places and psychological states through their art. 35

36. 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.” 36

37. Areas of Knowledge: Art by Banksy Social commentary and Politics The critical voice 37

38. Areas of Knowledge: Art by Kevin Cater 1993 The critical voice 38

39. Areas of Knowledge: Art “Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it” Mayakovsky 39

40. Areas of Knowledge: Art by Gillian Wearing 1992 Art evokes feelings and also stimulates intellectual awareness 40

41. Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Knowledge Art as Communication Art as Education Art as Imitation 41

42. Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Knowledge Art as Communication 42

43. Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Knowledge Art as Education ‘Still Life’ by Paul Cezanne 1890 43

44. Areas of Knowledge: Art Art and Knowledge Art as Imitation 44

45. Areas of Knowledge: Art What counts as Art? The intentions of the artist The quality of the work The response of the spectators 45

46. Areas of Knowledge: Art What counts as Art? The intentions of the artist Self-portrait Rembrandt Public? Or private? 46

47. Areas of Knowledge: Art My Bed Tracey Emin What counts as Art? The intentions of the artist To please? Or provoke? 47

48. Areas of Knowledge: Art What counts as Art? The intentions of the artist Pope Innocent X 1650 Velasquez Public? Or private? To please? Or provoke? Pope Julius 1511 Raphael 48

49. Areas of Knowledge: Art Pieta Michelangelo The quality of the work What counts as Art? 49

50. Areas of Knowledge: Art Bull’s Head Picasso What counts as Art? The quality of the work 50

51. Areas of Knowledge: Art Olympia 1863 Edouard Manet What counts as Art? The response of the spectators 51

52. Areas of Knowledge: Art Albertine 1884 Krogh What counts as Art? The response of the spectators 52

53. 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’ Sold for $40,000,000 in 1987 53

54. What are the arts for? Is art important? Areas of Knowledge: Art 54

55. Areas of Knowledge: Art How do you judge a work of Art? Are there objective standards of beauty? Is the appreciation of Art universal? 55

56. 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 56

57. 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 57

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