Summary Of The Trouble With The Term Art By Carolyn Dean
Paras Patel: ARH 2000 Fall 2017 Reading Response Paper
Art is a broad term that can be seen in many different perspectives. There is not a way to pin point for the particular meaning of art. The article by Carolyn Dean “The trouble with (The Term) Art” portrays the debate regarding the term art from “primitive” societies of Americas, Oceania, and Africa (AOA). In the article, Dean reasons that the problem is allied with naming the artwork as usually art is not created with the intention of being art but rather just occurs. Based on Dean’s teachings and seeking other authors article such as Shelly Errington, Dean provides reasoning for the claims she made that she wants to “consider some of the consequences of identifying art in societies where such a concept did or does not exist” (Dean 26). …show more content…
As an example, Dean uses a video which she often presents to her class about an archaeologist who attributes an “eccentric flint” (Dean 27), by asserting it as “This is art!” (Dean 27). Furthermore, Dean persists that identifying an object as art does not classify it as art, this only depicts the value of interest the viewer has for the object. On account of the archeologist, who guarantees that the flint is art, not only shows that he is categorizing objects but is also displaying pieces of artwork in a hierarchy where the flint is superior. This may exhibit favoritism among the piece of “art” because it contributes to his work. Nonetheless, Dean continues to exemplify when she valued one artifact over others, similarly to the archaeologist in her pre-Hispanic Andean visual-culture course. She then states “I am telling them implicitly that this object is to be valued over other Inca artifacts” (Dean 27). This statement rectifies her previous assertion about the archeologist who said the flint was
Art is a broad term that can be seen in many different perspectives. There is not a way to pin point for the particular meaning of art. The article by Carolyn Dean “The trouble with (The Term) Art” portrays the debate regarding the term art from “primitive” societies of Americas, Oceania, and Africa (AOA). In the article, Dean reasons that the problem is allied with naming the artwork as usually art is not created with the intention of being art but rather just occurs. Based on Dean’s teachings and seeking other authors article such as Shelly Errington, Dean provides reasoning for the claims she made that she wants to “consider some of the consequences of identifying art in societies where such a concept did or does not exist” (Dean 26). …show more content…
As an example, Dean uses a video which she often presents to her class about an archaeologist who attributes an “eccentric flint” (Dean 27), by asserting it as “This is art!” (Dean 27). Furthermore, Dean persists that identifying an object as art does not classify it as art, this only depicts the value of interest the viewer has for the object. On account of the archeologist, who guarantees that the flint is art, not only shows that he is categorizing objects but is also displaying pieces of artwork in a hierarchy where the flint is superior. This may exhibit favoritism among the piece of “art” because it contributes to his work. Nonetheless, Dean continues to exemplify when she valued one artifact over others, similarly to the archaeologist in her pre-Hispanic Andean visual-culture course. She then states “I am telling them implicitly that this object is to be valued over other Inca artifacts” (Dean 27). This statement rectifies her previous assertion about the archeologist who said the flint was