[ART 1107] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (35 pages long)
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Humans make art to understand life, to communicate emotions or ideas, or to create something beautiful. Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. edgar degas. I never paint dreams or nightmares, i paint my own reality. frida kahlo. Cao guo qiang (uses gunpowder as medium) A primary visual medium used to express ideas about our human experience and the world around us. Art is not a universal and fixed definition. Greece had idea that art was orderly and balanced. Porch of the caryatids is an example. The ancient chinese culture expressed the power of the emperor through sculpture and porcelain works. Art can be understood by focusing on function, visual form, content, and aesthetics (pleasing to the eye) The definition of art will change based on culture. Assists in rituals, reflect customs, communicates, imagine the divine, commemorate the dead (ex.
