What is art?

• “products of human creativity” (wordnetweb.princeton.edu)

• But there is not one specific meaning to it! (arthistory.about.com)

Areas of Knowledge

Mathematics

• Measuring• Golden Ratiofrom the ancient Egyptian and ancient Greek times. •Architecture is an example. Notre Dame!•Vitruvian Man is an example•The Pyramids!•Polykleitos’ sculptures!•Drawing Objects is mathematical! For example: drawing a box!•patternss on clothes• Mosaics!•Fractal art!•“[The universe] is written in the language of mathematics, and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures.” Galileo Galilei

http://emptyeasel.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/golden-parthenon.jpg

The Golden Ratio

http://www.harunyahya.com/images_articles/golden_ratio01.jpg

The Golden Ratio

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/32/Mathematical_Pyramid.svg/480px-Mathematical_Pyramid.svg.pnghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Kheops-Pyramid.jpg

Pyramids

Doryphoros

Polykleitos used a mathematical approach towards sculpturing the human male body.

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/images/wiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Doryphoros.jpg/150px-Doryphoros.jpgPiero della Francesca used perspective in drawing geometrical shapes.

BTW! Geometry is art!

How to draw a box?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/Drawing_Square_in_Perspective_2.svg/800px-Drawing_Square_in_Perspective_2.svg.png

http://canukeepup.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/180px-laon_cathedrals_regulator_lines1.jpg?w=180&h=236

Notre Dame Cathedral

Vitruvian Man

http://www.artspecialist.co.uk/images/Vetruvian%20Man_Clare%20Vaux.JPG

“Fractal art is created by calculating fractal objects and representing the calculation results as still images, animations, music, or other media...” (en.wikipedia.org)

http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/fr/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/fractal-art-alfred-laing-spiral-fantasy1.jpg

Natural Sciences

• when we study any branch of sciences, we always imagineart•For example, in biology, you understand the cell better with a picture of it compared to only text.• in physics, we draw free-body diagrams to understand the problems better. • when we try to understand the universe, we use pictures, videos and other types of graphics. • in technologythe visuals on the screen, the 3D graphics, films are all forms of art. • Universities have Arts and Sciences Departments as a branch of Liberal Arts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6-q83iR9lc

http://www.creationoutreach.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/earth-from-space-western.jpg

Human Sciences

• Creativity!“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” (Scott Adams. Thinkexist.com)Art and Creativity are related. Creativity is what makes us human. •“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.” (Albert Einstein. Woopidoo.com) Art connects imagination and how humans use their minds. • Artists reflect the way humans live ,evolve and what they dream of.• In terms of architecutre, dance, music, visual arts and many more!• We know about the past humans’ lives because of artpots, sculptors, buildings,

drawings, paintings, songs, pictures, movies, poems, books etc. these are all forms of art.

http://www.eyesclosed.org/img/hires/cave_painting_l.jpg

StonehengePREHISTORIC EVIDENCE!

http://www.auburn.edu/academic/education/reading_genie/odysseys/Stonehenge.jpg

History

• Art is a part of every culture. When we study history, we also study the art at that time. •In my opinion, art is a source of knowledge about history. •History, Human Sciences and Art are closely related. •Just like in Human sciences, art gives us information about how people in the past reacted to their environment and shaped their lives. •Books! A book written during Renaissance gives us clues about how life was and what the events were.

Ethics (deciding what is right and what is wrong)

• Since art is a way of communication, the way each human uses it reflects his/her ethical beliefs. •This can be thought of how language reflects the culture and traditions of societies—how a group of people decide what is right and what is wrong. •Literature has a lot of ethical evidence because the authors/poets reflect their own beliefs.

PAINTING

LITERATUREM

USICARCHITECTURE

GAMES

FILM

SCULPTURE

DANCE

ART IS…

IS THERE A LIMIT TO WHAT IS ART?

IS THERE ANY ONE ART FORM THAT IS MORE VALUABLE THAN THE

REST?

What is the function of arts?• In general

– Critical thinking. Different POVs– Learn about other cultures and ways of living– Entertainment– Business– Connection between us– how is it in our daily lives?

• Everywhere!• Telephones, computers, commercials, televisions, walls, buildings, radio, cars etc. • I think, art is the result of our communication needs, our imagination and our visual senses. • Shapes our liveswhat we chose to wear, buy etc. Narrows down our choices.

• Perceptiondifferent artists have different perceptions at different settings and situations.

• Emotionart reflects emotions• Reason we can conclude about others’ lives through art. • Languagevisual communication. Link between the today’s world and past.

Did the purpose of art change with technology?

Does art have a meaning? • Yes. It has a meaning because people think of different

things and art represents those ideas whether it is imaginary, unrealistic or completely true.

• No. It is possible to see art as a hobby where the artist doesn’t aim to express a certain idea.

• If something is meaningless, it can still be art. For example, walls. They are just painted so that it looks plain or colorful instead of the cement color. But actually it is art because the painter painted it in his own way; the brushstrokes, the choice of shade of color etc. Although it has no meaning, it is still art because it is the work of some person’s creativity.

• Depends on the person.

Can arts represent reality?

Culture every artist has his/her culture and the works will reflect this. In contrast, older works have older versions of the culture; we cannot be sure if the artist was using his imagination or the reality. Also, we can’t be sure if it is the culture of the entire society or only his/her beliefs.

Evidence from Historical Events There are many works that represent the historical events. However, we can be sure that some of them happened from our knowledge from history class. But there are some works that reflect the artist’s opinion about the events and how they might have happened.

Predictions about Future I think, for close future, some works might have reailty in them. But there are artists who are focused on how the world will end etc; we cant find out about reailty from their works because no one knows if such a thing will happen. So, artworks about future do not seem to be realistic enough.

Religion I think this is very realistic because there is documented evidence on it. Therefore, I think there are art works representing the religion.

Does it tell the truth?

http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Scitech/604/341/Massive_Impact.jpgArt Work by Don Davis. What will the end of the world be like?

“Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members.Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur; however, many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with the works being an artefact.” (en.wikipedia.org)Visual arts, theatre, music, literature…

René Magritte. The Son of Man. 1964http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0_DZg3j9ex0/TTRlm0QWMxI/AAAAAAAAAKo/152ZW87EcDM/s1600/magritte-son-of-man19642.jpg

http://www.esuhistoryprof.com/World%20War%20I.jpgWorld War I

Is explanation one of the purposes of art?

• YES In all the areas of knowledge, art can be used to describe settings, events, and situations.

• No It may be imaginative or biased.

What do you think?

Does art bring knowledge?

How can

knowledge based

on art help us?

If the art brings no

knowledge, then

would you call it

art?

How can the knowledge based on art deceive us?

If it has the power to bring knowledge, then

should it be controlled? Like censorship?

Can you build on the knowledge learned from art?

• Yes. It can be an introduction to a topic. For example, watching a movie about Newton’s Laws will prepare those for future learning who don’t know anything about it. Art gives us ideas and we can build up on them. Even if we don’t build on that knowledge, art makes us think critically.

• No. It has limited information. It can be biased. It can be imagination. Sometimes, it may not have any meaning.

How do humans decide what is “good art” and what is “bad art”?

PerceptionEveryone has different likes and dislikes. One person might find black and

white looking better than a colorful art. It changes from person to person.

EmotionPersonally, good art would make me have an empathy to what the art is. I

would feel and understand the artist’s purpose.

Reason Depends on how each person understands the author’s aim and makes a

conclusion about it.

Language If the art work is in a language we don’t understand, then we wouldn’t be able to judge it. The

choice of words, the tone etcthese all affect how people make conclusions on what they like and don’t like about

the art work.

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