Transcript What is Art??? Analyze the given subjects. Decide which objects are

What is Art???
Analyze the given subjects. Decide which objects are art
and which are not. Give your reasons for making your
choices. Be prepared to share your thinking.
1. Object One: Is this art? Why or why not?
Explain.
2. Object Two: Is this art? Why or why not?
Explain.
3. Object Three: Is this art? Why or why not?
Explain.
4. Object Four: Is this art? Why or why not?
Explain.
Write your own
definition of what
art is.
Textbook definition of ART:
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ART: A work of art is one person’s vision
of human reality expressed in a particular
artistic medium, and shared with other
people.
Leonardo Da Vinci
1452-1519
Who was he?
 The “Renaissance Man”
 Greatest genius of all time?
 The artist who inspired the Renaissance art
movement
 An engineer, an architect, an inventor, a
mathematician, a musician, a writer (journal), a
botanist, a philosopher, a scientist… a man of
multiple talents.
Background
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Born the illegitimate son of a Florentine
peasant.
During the 1460’s– apprenticed to
Verrocchio ( a great painter)
Became established, had a studio from
1478-1482
Began moving to homes of patrons: Duke
of Milan, King Francis I
ART
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Introduced sfumato (“smoking”) technique
to art.
Emphasized background development
Developed perspective, characterization
techniques.
Created highlights with use of light.
Art Works
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Madonna of the Rocks 1483 & 1508
The Last Supper
The Mona Lisa
Scientific Drawings and Anatomical
sketches
Notebooks
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Drawings, sketches, notes were in 4000 pages if
notebooks.
Notes on math, music, musical instruments (he
made his own violin, drum, and keyboard),
botany, anatomy, geology, science, and art.
Designs included: a flying machine, a parachute,
a helicopter, a pulley, diving masks and flippers,
automobile transmission, a tank, a machine gun,
a two wheeled bicycle, etc.