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Areas of Knowledge: Art

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What can be known through the arts, that can’t be known in other ways?



The Venus of Birkat RamGolan 230,000yrs ago

What is Art?

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What is Art?


What is Art?


Art and the Supernatural

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What is Art?


Art and the Supernatural

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France 15,000yrs ago Bulgaria 8,000yrs ago

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What is Art?

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What is Art?Global Influences

France West Africa

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What is Art?

Vase by Grayson Perry 2007 Etruscan Vase 520BC

Global Influences

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What is Art?


Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in

a way to affect the senses, thoughts or emotions.


What is Art?

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What is Art for?

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This is what happened This is significant

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Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown Off His Horseby Paulo Uccello 1420

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Primavera (Spring) by Botticelli

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Julius Caesar Charlemagne

Art and Power

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Pope Innocent X by VelasquezHenry VIII by Holbein

Art and Power

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Art and Prestige

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by Gainsborough

Art and Prestige

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by Caspar Friedrich 1780

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by Joseph Wright

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18th Century by William Blake13th Century ‘God the Geometer’

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This is what happened This is significantby Brueghel

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by Vermeer 1670

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by Thomas Jones 1782

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by JMW Turner 1844

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by Wassily Kandinsky 1925 by Pablo Picasso 1907

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by Andy Warhol 1962

Making the familiar new

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‘Fountain’ Duchamp 1917

‘Mother and Child Divided’Hirst 1993

‘Black Square’Malevich 1913

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‘Untitled’ by Helen Frankenthaler 1995

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Artists allow us to imagine ourselves in a variety of

times, places and psychological states

through their art.

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Pablo Picasso was asked, “Is the artist a special kind of person?”He said, “No! Every person is a special

kind of artist.”

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by Banksy

Social commentaryand Politics

The critical voice

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by Kevin Cater 1993

The critical voice

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“Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it”

Mayakovsky

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by Gillian Wearing 1992

Art evokes feelings and also stimulates

intellectual awareness

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Art and Knowledge

Art as Communication

Art as Education

Art as Imitation

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Art and Knowledge

Art as Communication

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Art and Knowledge

Art as Education

‘Still Life’ by Paul Cezanne 1890

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Art and Knowledge

Art as Imitation

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What counts as Art?

The intentions of the artist

The quality of the work

The response of the spectators

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What counts as Art?The intentions of the artist

Self-portraitRembrandt

Public?Or private?

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My BedTracey Emin


To please?Or provoke?

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Pope Innocent X 1650Velasquez

Public?Or private?

To please?Or provoke?

Pope Julius 1511Raphael

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PietaMichelangelo

The quality of the work

What counts as Art?

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Bull’s HeadPicasso

What counts as Art?The quality of the work

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Olympia 1863Edouard Manet

What counts as Art?The response of the spectators

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Albertine 1884Krogh

What counts as Art?The response of the spectators

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Which of these are works of art?

• ‘Sunflowers’ by Vincent van Gogh

• A perfect copy of ‘Sunflowers’ bought for 100NoK in a market

• A perfect copy of ‘Sunflowers’ hung in a gallery and called ‘A Perfect Copy’

Sold for $40,000,000 in 1987

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What are the arts for?

Is art important?



How do you judge a work of Art?

Are there objective standards of beauty?

Is the appreciation of Art universal?

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Some key points:

• Art of one form or another can be found in all cultures, and the desire to make aesthetically pleasing objects seems to be universal

• Among the criteria for distinguishing art from non-art are the intentions of the artist, the quality of the work, and the response of the spectators

• It could be argued that great art stands the test of time and is inexhaustible – in the sense that it constantly reveals new things to us

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Areas of Knowledge: ArtSome key points:

• The Copy Theory says the purpose of Art is to copy reality. But it could be argued that art is not so much a slavish reproduction of reality as a creative reinterpretation of it

• A second theory sees Art as a means of communication which enables us to imaginatively project ourselves into new situations and communicate emotions that lie beyond everyday language

• A third theory says that the Arts have an educative role and at their best broaden our awareness, develop our empathy and sharpen our moral intuitions

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The Arts

PerceptionDo the arts help

us to see the world with new

eyes?

ReasonWhat role does reason play in

artistic creation?

EthicsTo what extent do the arts ‘civilise’

people?

EmotionIs art the

language of the emotions?

HistoryHow much can we learn about

the past from the history of art?

Human Sciences

How does literature help us

understand human nature?

MathsWhat is the connection

between maths and music?

Natural Sciences

What role does creative imagination play in the sciences?


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