Living With ArtLiving With Art99thth Edition Edition

Welcome to Art 1030Welcome to Art 1030 Art Appreciation Art Appreciation

Please read the syllabus and everything under ‘Content’ very carefully.

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What is art and what is this class about??

What is Beauty?What is Beauty?BeautyBeauty is a characteristic of a person, animal, place, object, is a characteristic of a person, animal, place, object, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure,

meaning, or satisfaction.meaning, or satisfaction. What makes something or What makes something or

someone beautiful?someone beautiful? Can you measure beauty?Can you measure beauty? Why do people see beauty Why do people see beauty

differently? (Beauty is in the eye differently? (Beauty is in the eye of the beholder)of the beholder)

What is ugliness?What is ugliness?

A branch of philosophy A branch of philosophy concerned with the concerned with the study of beauty and study of beauty and

with the creation and with the creation and appreciation of beauty appreciation of beauty

in the arts.in the arts.

AestheticsAestheticsA Greek word meaning ‘Perception’A Greek word meaning ‘Perception’

Lets start with discussing Lets start with discussing beauty in the most beauty in the most

obvious and common obvious and common way.way.

When we mention the word When we mention the word ‘beauty’, with what subject ‘beauty’, with what subject are we usually referring?are we usually referring?

People: Ourselves, Family, Friends, Strangers.

Betty PageBetty Page

Betty PageBetty Page

What is What is Ugliness?Ugliness?

Art & BeautyArt & Beauty

MichelangeloMichelangelo

Van GoghVan Gogh

Luis de MoralesLuis de Morales

Paula RegoPaula Rego

Goya’s “Official” ArtGoya’s “Official” Art

La VendimiaLa Vendimia

Goya’s Goya’s secret artsecret art