Micaela Hanrath Professor Hullender ART 446 30 January 2018 Summary of Aesthetics I have already learned so much about aesthetics this semester and I’m eager to continue learning more. I have gained a knowledge of different philosophers that play an important role in classifying aesthetics as a philosophy, a theory of art, and an “experience”. I’ve also learned about how teaching aesthetics will benefit my future students and how to teach the concepts in a way that will expand their critical thinking
and so forth. Sometimes words on their own are not sufficient enough to depict a certain message. Where words can fail, visual art possesses the ability to convey powerful messages to an audience. “There is Always Hope”, a painting by Banksy, presents a single piece of work that can be interpreted in a variety of ways, whether they be socially or politically. Through this art piece, Banksy illustrates a sense of hope and optimism for the future; this hope can identify with the person viewing the work
Consider the content of the Classical art-work, say the free-standing statue of a naked man, here every essential and important element of Being, its whole rhythm, is exhaustively rendered by surfaces, dimensions and the sensuous relations of the parts. The Pythagorean notion of the harmony
the impact were being addressed with caution, as each of the Carré and Guiar has called to focus on issues such as the reception, the middlemen and the travel abroad means transfer of literary material from its borders to the outside, receiving of Arts in other borders, crossing points and the medium means that helped it to move. They both gave the importance to the study of attitudes towards a particular country in the literature of another country during a limited period. However, there was a preoccupation
Centuries have passed, the arts have made a huge impact and played a vital role in the lives of people and in the society as a whole. Every day, the arts are being developed, yet, the society is enclosed with the usual idea of arts and forgot the authenticity of the arts. People tend to focus more on the output, which fail them to grasp the meaning behind in each and every artwork. People have just been fascinated with the look and sometimes just consider it as a decoration or simply just a creation
Art: The Foundation of Creativity Introduction The once bare walls were now splashed with the vivid colors of the students’ art. Though the room appeared plain from a glance, it was contrasted by the students’ creative masterpieces. With further investigation, the room wouldn’t look as plain as it seemed; paint splattered the floor, graphite smeared every surface, and canvases lined the desks full of unfinished work. The imaginative creativity and devotion was evident on the thoughtful, fresh faces
that the art and music programs in school are just as important as the STEM and 3 R’s. First by painting ourselves into the perspectives against getting rid of music. Than let's act out all the benefits of the the fine arts have on students and finally lets sing a song about why keeping music and art in school is just as important as the STEM and 3 R’s To begin let's start by painting ourselves into the argument against keeping the fine arts in schools. “My child isn’t good at music or art so it
Abstract art is the product of three causes during the birth of the 20th century. The aftermath of the first world war, new scientific advancement and innovation in art theory contributed to the birth of total abstract. The first cause was the aftermath of the first world war. Prior to the war the majority of the European populous had a strong sense of nationalism as a result European countries were compete to become the most influential nations of the 20th century instead of co-operating. This
Theories in art differ greatly from those in the natural sciences. In a broader sense, a theory can be thought of as a conceptual type of thinking. Hence, every piece of artwork can be considered a theory. This is because every artwork is an interpretation of a certain aspect of the world. In some way, it is an attempt to explain the world around it. In the words of famous German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer, “the experience of art is an experience of meaning, and as such
idealism...’ Flaubert, qtd in P. Bourdieu, The Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field, trans. S. Manuel (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1995) The (im)possibility of mimetic representation has been debated for centuries. Discuss the relationship between art, representation and reality in reference to at least two thinkers. Plato makes a very clear statement on his ideas of the relationship between art and reality. For him art is imitation, he provides us with an example in