PHIL 2P15 Lecture Notes - Edgar Degas, Birds Eye View, Vincent Van Gogh
12 Feb 2013
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You need to begin by stopping and looking at the piece of art look at all the elements of the painting. Art has a message is not as simple as an advertisement message (not literal, Monday january 21st, 2013 not complete, open, multiple contradictory meanings) sometimes we do not know what the message is. We want to start with our own reactions. Old paintings often have symbols we do not understand. Art does more then try to give us a message (aesthetic experience (hard to sometimes when looking at art from history we need to do research describe)) when you paint oil paintings you must use layers and layers. Aesthetic experience is an emotional experience (when we encounter something beautiful) (can be human or nature: not always enjoyable (the sublime or the beautiful) When looking at a work of art we need to be aware of how we feel.
