3. Da Vinci – Mona Lisa What is art?

4. Marcel Duchamp – The fountain

5. Katsushika Hokusai - Wave

6. Van Gogh – Starry Night Sky

8. Pablo Picasso

10. Salvador Dali

11. Adam and Eve under the table

12. The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living

13. Away from the flock

14. Love’s paradox

15. In his infinite wisdom

16. For the love of god ….. Sold for $100m (cost $10-15m) Damien Hirst

17. What is Art? Intentions of the artist. Man made (conscious) Aesthetics Evoke emotion

18. What is Art? Quality of the work. Skill Content (what the piece of art depicts) Form (unity, order, rhythm, balance, proportion, harmony, symmetry)

19. What is Art? The response of the spectators. Joke = Laugh, Art = ? Target audience

20. What is Art? Problems for Artists with the response of spectators : Uninformed public or Realistic opinion Matter of taste

21. 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?

22. 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…