Art: Its Purpose and Its Function
FORMS OF ART
FORMS OF ART + PROJECT BRIEF
WHAT IS ART?
I. What is Art? Its Purpose and Its Function II. Fundamentals of Interpretation: Formal and Contextual Analysis III. Principles of Design: Style
What is Art?
• Art (art), n. 1. the quality, production, or expression of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance • Work of art = visual expression of an idea • Medium = a particular material, along with its accompanying technique (plural = media)
Traditional forms of Art
Fine Art • Drawing • Painting • Print-making • Photography • Sculpture Applied Arts • Illustration • Graphic Design • Ceramics • Architecture • Book arts • Entertainment design (game, film, interactive media) • etc
Non-traditional Forms of Art
• New Media Art • Mix media installations • Performance Art • Video Art • Sound Art • Pop Kitsch • Street Art • Figurations
Impossible Union, 2011. Mounir Fatmi
Traditional subject Matter
• • • • • • Historical Allegorical Portraits Landscape Still Life Animals
Non-traditional subject matter
• Abstract • Political & social commentary • Personal themes • Kitsch
Popular Media
• Paint media
– Acrylic, Enamel, Gesso, Glaze, Ink, Oil, Tempera, Watercolor – Used on: Canvas, Cloth, Glass, Metal, Paper, Wood
• Drawing media
– Chalk pastel, Charcoal, Colored pencil, Marker, Oil pastel, Pen and ink
• Sculpture materials
– Beads, Clay, Found objects, Jewels, Marble, Metals, Papier-mache, Plaster, Plastic, Sand, Stone, Textile, Wax, Wire, Wood
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Oil on poplar c. 1503
Claude Monet Impression, Sunrise Oil on canvas 1872
Andy Warhol Superman Screen print 1961
The Great Nanjing Massacre, Zi Jian Li, 1992
Christian Lacroix
Tim Burton
Jean Giraud (Mœbius)
Ron Mueck
Quentin Blake
John Howe
Shepard Fairey
Keith Haring
Andy Warhol
What is the purpose of art?
• • • • • • • • • • The creative impulse, Representation of external
FORMS OF ART + PROJECT BRIEF
WHAT IS ART?
I. What is Art? Its Purpose and Its Function II. Fundamentals of Interpretation: Formal and Contextual Analysis III. Principles of Design: Style
What is Art?
• Art (art), n. 1. the quality, production, or expression of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance • Work of art = visual expression of an idea • Medium = a particular material, along with its accompanying technique (plural = media)
Traditional forms of Art
Fine Art • Drawing • Painting • Print-making • Photography • Sculpture Applied Arts • Illustration • Graphic Design • Ceramics • Architecture • Book arts • Entertainment design (game, film, interactive media) • etc
Non-traditional Forms of Art
• New Media Art • Mix media installations • Performance Art • Video Art • Sound Art • Pop Kitsch • Street Art • Figurations
Impossible Union, 2011. Mounir Fatmi
Traditional subject Matter
• • • • • • Historical Allegorical Portraits Landscape Still Life Animals
Non-traditional subject matter
• Abstract • Political & social commentary • Personal themes • Kitsch
Popular Media
• Paint media
– Acrylic, Enamel, Gesso, Glaze, Ink, Oil, Tempera, Watercolor – Used on: Canvas, Cloth, Glass, Metal, Paper, Wood
• Drawing media
– Chalk pastel, Charcoal, Colored pencil, Marker, Oil pastel, Pen and ink
• Sculpture materials
– Beads, Clay, Found objects, Jewels, Marble, Metals, Papier-mache, Plaster, Plastic, Sand, Stone, Textile, Wax, Wire, Wood
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Oil on poplar c. 1503
Claude Monet Impression, Sunrise Oil on canvas 1872
Andy Warhol Superman Screen print 1961
The Great Nanjing Massacre, Zi Jian Li, 1992
Christian Lacroix
Tim Burton
Jean Giraud (Mœbius)
Ron Mueck
Quentin Blake
John Howe
Shepard Fairey
Keith Haring
Andy Warhol
What is the purpose of art?
• • • • • • • • • • The creative impulse, Representation of external