ART_APP REVIEWER What is art?

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

Aesthetics
- "That by changing the way we see the
• Of, relating to, or dealing with the
object; it can make the transition from
beautiful.
ordinary object to a work of art"
• Pleasing in appearance; attractive.
- "it’s not about the object, it’s about how
• Responsive to or appreciative of what is someone sees it."
pleasurable to the senses.
- Art is about making us feel something or
Objects of aesthetic think about something.
- Objects or natural beauty - Being original means bringing something
into gallery and put it forward as a work of
- Art - Objects
art
Important Characteristics
John Berger
- Art has no exact definitions
- The white bird
- There is no clear line in principle
- Aesthetic emotion, affected works or art
- to say art requires thought or
is an imitation of creation as we are
creative impulse only raises more questions
sentimental of nature on how much thought or impulse is needed
to create such art.
- The aesthetic emotion we feel before a
man-made object
- The aesthetic emotion is a derivative of Tracey Emin (1998)
the emotion we feel before nature
- British artist
- what has been seen it recognized and at
- has a masterpiece called 'My bed' that was
the same time, the seer is affirmed by what
sold in an auction, worth of 2.2 million
he sees.
(pounds??)
- Aesthetic emotion before nature derives, I
Leo Tolstoy (Philosopher)
believe, from this double affirmation
- Art is not a handicraft, it is the
- The appreciation of nature, it seems, is
transmission of feeling the artist has
determined by survival, economy and
experienced.
geography
- Example: "My kid could paint that"
- aesthetic moment offers hope
Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosopher) Art has multiple perspective
- Art defies definition but you will know it - Art is a global activity which encompasses
when you see it. a host of disciplines, as evidenced by the
range of words and phrases which have
- Example: "Pair of glasses left on US gallery
been invented to describe its various forms,
floor mistaken for art"
mediums and narrative.
- Example: "Banana on the wall, sold for
- Convergence (1951) by Jackson Pollock
183,000 and eaten"

Art is limited by era and culture

Arthur Danto (Philosopher)
- Art reflects and belongs to the period and
- There is that non-physical element that
culture from which it is spawned and
makes something worthy of being called
therefore cannot be fully compared with
art.
one another.
- Example: Giant puppets of royal deluxe
- Cultural differences also act as natural
(1979-2018)
borders.
- Art are products of political uncertainty
David Hume (Philosopher) and upheavals.

- When thinking about art, we should take - Religion is a major cultural variable that
care not confuse question "Do I like it?" alters the shape of the artistic envelope.
with the question, "Is it good?"

The Functions and value of art

Ways of looking art
Functions of art
- Honest/Subjective art
Physical
- Objective Aesthetic value
- Created for a specific, practical use.
Personal
Art is unquantifiable
- Highly subjective, it is created out of a
- to require thought in art is to argue the
need for self-expression or gratification.
how much is one required to think
Social
- Beauty is immeasurable
- Created to address aspects of a collective,
- multiply and branches to new form of art
public life, whether political, religious, or
and ideas
communal.
"Value must lie on material" Plato
- “One man cannot practice arts with
success.”
Notional Life
- Art plays to our emotions rather
- is a life encouraged by governments, mass
education and the mass media. Reality is to than our reason…the rational
the notional what truly matters like having a
part of the soul must be in
big house, an expensive car, beauty
products, lots of money, a successful career charge
and all other things that gives us a sense of
status and prestige.
R.G. Collingwood (1889 - 1943)
- Artists function to make notional people
feel alive. - “Magical art isn’t simply amusing.”
Art keeps us hopeful in order to lift - Art is frequently used as an escape from
the heavy weight of problems. life – a simple amusement, a distraction…
The best art is the art that really matters, is
Art makes us less lonely as it
the stuff that changes the way we interact
reassures us the normality of pain as part of
with the world.
the human condition and fights false
optimism. Amusement Art
False optimism of society is ever - Helps the audience escape from reality,
more rampant as tone deaf individuals diving into a no-stakes fictional world after
create a false sense of optimism that not a stressful day.
only is not helping everyone but can make
Magic Art
the feeling of hopelessness even worse.
- Stuff that helps the audience learn how
Art rebalances us as it fills in what
better to interact with this word’s reality
we lack deep inside to make us rounded
and sane. Aristotle (384 - 322 BC)
Art helps us appreciate stuff by - “The aim of art is not the outward
bringing back the valuing of true beauty appearance of things but their inward
against the distorted view of aesthetics, appearance.”
highlighting what is truly worth
- Our bodies need a full range of emotions
appreciating.
in order to stay in balance. If we haven’t…
Art is propaganda for what really we start to crave those feelings…. Art can
matters where it energizes you for a cause help do this job for us.
to harness the most important and helpful
emotions in the world.
Catharsis THE VALUE OF ART
- The process of releasing, and thereby Collection
providing relief from, strong or repressed
- an accumulation of works of art by a
emotions in a safe context.
private individual or a public institution. Art
Kendal Walton collecting has a long history, and most of
the world’s art museums grew out of great
- The paradox of fiction
private collections formed by royalty, the
- Catharsis aristocracy, or the wealthy

The process of releasing, and

thereby providing relief from, strong or
Curating
repressed emotions in a safe context.
- is a field of endeavor involved with
Quasi-emotions
assembling, managing and presenting some
- Emotion-like responses that can be type of collection. Curators of art galleries
triggered by fiction, but don’t exist or and museums, for example, research, select
function on the level of true emotions and acquire pieces for their institutions'
collections and oversee interpretation,
Noel Carroll
displays and exhibits
- “We can have real emotional responses to
Auction
fictional characters and situations.”
- A sale of art works that is bided by people
- Our emotions do not have to respond to
for the highest price.
external reality in order for the emotions
themselves to be real. So, we can feel just How does an art get into the auction?
as strongly for the loves and losses of our
A willing body/individual; auction
favorite characters as we can for the plights
house offerings.
of our friends and family.
How is an art priced?
Autonomists
Vetting (critical examination) and
- Maintain that art and morality are
backs up its authenticity.
separate. Anything done in the name of art
is immune from moral scrutiny. Where does the art go now?
Aesthetic Moralists Either in storage of a collector, or
sometimes for open appreciation by the
- Morality and art are interconnected. Any
collector.
moral stain connected with a work makes
aesthetically flawed.
Art is often designed to challenge
our beliefs and our values
What Makes Art Valuable? Function of Artist - get out of your comfort
zone, try new hobbies.
- What makes art more valuable than its
true worth is due to the competition - need of sense of fulfillment
between bidders.
- This should be noted as bidders have their
What is for?
own personal reasons for the price and that
sheer desire to acquire the artwork. False optimism
- is when a person thinks its art is good
Unit no.2 - “hindi dapat ginagawa”, links back to the
problem not away from the problem.
Functions of Art
Art rebalances us
Physical
- fills what we lack deep inside.
- man’s desire to make self-comfortable
Art helps us appreciate stuff
- Created for a specific use
Art is propaganda for what really matters
Personal
where it energizes you.
- Most used of many of the artwork
- Idea of propaganda, energize you too do a
- Even no value, it is the highest costing art good a cause
ever
Social
“There is no specific question to know
- mutual agreement to create an art is an whether it is amusement art or magic art”
art
- political, religious or communal
Catharsis - the process or releasing of
- can hold as a single unit emotions in a safe context.
Quasi-emotions - emotions is triggered by
fiction.
real or reality - a truth that can never be
denied
Materialism - a thing that you want to buy Autonomist or the radicals - art and
but the happiness is temporary morality are separate. any art is immune
from moral security.
Notional life - false perception on how u
can measure your happiness Aesthetic moralist - easy to understand, is
to protest on what is must be corrected.
Art is often designed to challenge our
beliefs and our values.
Collection - valued in 3 ways; collected,
Auctioning.