ART 1107 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Chartres Cathedral, Woodworking, Christmas Ornament
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Chapter 1: art and art making: humans make art to understand life, to communicate emotions and ideas, or to create something beautiful, there are ways to understand and appreciate art. Art is primarily visual medium used to express ideas about our human experience and the world around us. Art can be understood focusing on: function, visual form (formal = shape, content, aesthetics. Or more specifically the study of how things appear, our collective tastes, and how images function: a branch of philosophy, the study of creativity. Functions of art: assists in rituals, reflects customs, communicates, helps us imagine the divine. Art has visual form: allows the work to be seen or touched, and ideas to be communicated. Art is not a universal and fixed definition. *les de(cid:373)oiselles d"avigo(cid:374) is thought by (cid:373)a(cid:374)y to be the first real pai(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g of the moder(cid:374)is(cid:373) era. I(cid:374) nige(cid:396)ia, the s(cid:272)ulptu(cid:396)e (cid:396)ei(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:272)es the ki(cid:374)g"s po(cid:449)e(cid:396). (cid:894)olo(cid:449)e of ise(cid:895)
