FAH101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Industrial Revolution, Robert Mapplethorpe, Banksy
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What is art: art is a transformation, a metamorphosis, art is meant to perform a task and engage people for a purpose (ex. Be patriotic: we do not just see art with our eyes, we experience it through our senses. It is a catalyst for an action: size, what is around us, ears (video art, even though we primarily experience it through vision. A(cid:374)(cid:272)ie(cid:374)t g(cid:396)eeks ha(cid:448)e (cid:374)o (cid:449)o(cid:396)d fo(cid:396) (cid:858)a(cid:396)t(cid:859) o(cid:396) (cid:858)a(cid:396)tist(cid:859) Art might be an object meant to inspire or encourage devotional practice, etc. (ex. It (cid:373)ight ha(cid:448)e a st(cid:396)o(cid:374)g politi(cid:272)al (cid:373)essage: ex. The arch of titus it is a monument to the ruler, a constant reminder of military victory: ex. John singer sergeant, nancy astor, 1906 the image is of nancy astor. She is portrayed how the artist wants her to be, not necessarily how she is. Diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) (cid:449)hat(cid:859)s i(cid:374) the pai(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d out of the pai(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g.
