Thursday, September 9, 2010

Friday 9/3/10 Lecture Summary


What is Art?
As a class we talked about several things that could classify something as art
-An artist thought of it
-People like the way it looks
-Effort was put into it
-Someone made it
-It expresses emotion

To Represent or RE-Present?
-Representation- one thing stands for another
The styles of representation:
-Naturalistic – as in nature
-Realistic  - true to life
-Stylized – simplified to emphases important details
-Abstract – highly stylized (may not be recognizable) nonrepresentational art

The Scale of Representation
As a class we categorized different pieces of art by the different styles of representation from naturalism to abstract

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