HUM 151 Lecture 1: Main Concearns for Art
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Main concerns of art: creativity, aesthetics, visual appeal, symbolism (iconography, form or image that stands for something else, context of an object, historical period, culture, etc. Iconography: meaning, no such thing as one single meaning, different titles give different meanings, different titles train your brain to think different things, naturalistic- realistic vs representational. Purposes and functions: provide a record, gives visual form to feelings, gives visual form to the spiritual, helps us to see the world in new ways, enjoyment, political and social commentary, therapy, artifact.
