“Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh

Modern Art and Culture

Art is a product of a highly creative mind.

It includes the creation of images or objects in fields including painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and other visual arts.

Culture refers to all the things that make up people’s way of life.

Culture is the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought.

These patterns, traits, and products considered as the expression of a particular period, class, community, or population.

odern art is characterized by contemporary styles of visual art. It rejects the traditionally accepted or sanctioned forms and emphasizesindividual experimentation and sensibility.

The Builders by Victorio Edades-deemphasizes subject matter in

favor of expression

Person

Object

Scene or event

1. expression

2. powerful medium in mass communication

3. purpose of value in itself-to express beauty

4. provide man moments of relaxation and

spiritual happiness

5. powerful means to reform man

1.painting

2. sculpture

3. building

Draw anything about your own concept of modern art.

You may express your feelings and mood by making objects on your oslo paper.

Color your drawings.

Give a title for it and explain the significance of your drawing to you.

1. Determine the value of arts.

2. Identify the different functions of arts.

1. Modern art rejects the traditionally acceptedforms and emphasizes individual experimentation.

2. Any person, object, scene or event can be a subjectof art.

3. Art has a purpose of value in itself which is toexpress beauty.

4. Art is a powerful medium in mass communication.

5. Undesirable behavior of a man can be change intosocial and order through art.

1. Art, unlike other subject areas, is able to

illuminate learning across all subjects in the

curriculum.

2. Art teaches skills that are attractive toemployees: creativity, problem-solving,interpersonal skills, discipline, etc.

3. Understanding of new perspectives and cultural diversity can be a natural outgrowth of teaching through the arts.

4. Art makes learning fun. It encourages active, enthusiastic participation in the learning process, which can translate into greater confidence, self-esteem, and achievement in other academic subjects.

1. There is really no such thing as ART, there are only

artists.

2. Art is a record of man’s experiences and aspirations.

3. Art is a product of a highly creative mind.

4. Art teaches skills that are attractive to employees.

5. Art makes learning fun.

Assignment

Determine the relationships between the following:a. art and lifeb. art and belief/religionc. art and politicsd. art and economics e. art and technologyf. art and geography