Transcript The five purposes of art

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Today – Purposes of art
Thursday – Elements of art
Friday – Club Day – Supplemental video
Monday – Finish Elements – Elements project
Tuesday – finish elements project and turn in
before the end of class
Wednesday – The value of art
Thursday & Friday – Principles of design
Why artists do what they do best
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Observe ritual
Celebration
Commemoration
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Express or communicate emotion, feelings, or
ideas
Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893
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Create artistic objects used in everyday lives
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Promote ideas or products – advertising,
marketing, propaganda, ideology
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Tell stories, describe/illustrate experiences,
communicate ideas or information, document
historical events
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Humans have a need to create and interact
with art
Art is a tool for social education and moral
enlightenment
Provides the means for understanding that
goes beyond our normal methods of thinking
“A picture is worth a thousand words”
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Throughout history, art has been closely
linked to religion and philosophy
Many have and still argue that the highest
purpose of art is to enforce and teach about
religion
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Art is often seen as a means of controlling
composition, flow, form, weight, balance,
color, depth, etc. to produce something that
is beautiful
Beauty is very subjective – “ugly” art coulkd
be considered a beautiful representation of
the grotesque
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Art serves as a human record, as does other
records such as literature, music, drama, etc.
It represents what is significant to societies
such as freedom, justice, peace, comfort, etc.
Artists address human concerns and allow
the public to interact with their creations
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It is completely subjective (relies on your
opinion of what you see)
Art can serve many purposes simultaneously
Art can be anything because every piece of
art speaks to someone
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Take a few minutes to write a short 3-4
sentence summary of today’s notes in your
own words.
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Using the magazines in the room, find an example of
each of the five purposes of visual art.
On a blank piece(s) of lined paper, glue the examples
and label them with the title of the purpose they
represent as well as 1 full sentence that explains why
the picture examples the purpose
Example: you use a picture of a car for functional art
and write the sentence “The car is functional art
because it is created to help you get to distant
places.”
I will check that they are complete with your binder
check
Scissors/glue are limited so please share