ART 9A Final:
Document Summary
Enlightenment era: printing press; info and media reproduce and shared. Art is popular, but people don"t go to museums and art galleries for some reason. Definition of art, stephen davies (functionalism, proceduralism, historicism) Wanting stuff; express our self from the things we buy; culture of daily life; symbolic creativity. Difference as asset; separatism, homogenization; being different can be good and/or bad. Fear; premise of fear; people fear the wrong things; a time of fear, selling fear and fear. Industry sells products, fear distracts, weight loss products and alarms. The critical tool box: knowledge is conditioned (history and society. Making artwork (representation, appropriation (assigning something a different purpose), exaggeration, irony) Collage: technique for composing art by pasting together various things. Captive audience, invade classrooms child audience, everyday learning, henry giroux. Myths of free speech(irony) and myth total censorship(impossible) Adam smith: wealth of nations, individual self-interest, and competition raise entire society. Also moral philosopher: success demands giving back and doing for others.
