The role of art
What do artists do?
-Artists record
-Give tangible form to the unknown
-Give tangible form to feelings
-Offer an innovative way of seeing, a unique visual take on the world
Creativity
Who is creative?
Are artists more creative than other people?
How did they get that way?
Does everyone start out having it?
Can a person become more creative – less?
-Sensitivity – heightened awareness of what one sees, hears, and touches, as well as responsiveness to other people and their feelings
-Flexibility – an ability to adapt to new situations and to see their possibilities; willingness to find innovative relationships
-Originality – uncommon responses to situations and to solving problems
-Playfulness – a sense of humor and the ability to experiment freely
-Productivity – the ability to generate ideas easily and frequently, and to follow through on those ideas
-Fluency – a readiness to allow the free flow of ideas
-Analytical skill – a talent for exploring problems, taking them apart, and finding out how things work
-Organizational skill – ability to put things back together in a coherent order
The role of the observer
How do observers of art educate themselves?
The more one puts into it, the more one gets out of it
Art and beauty
Should all art be beautiful?
Art and the real world
Should art mimic the real world?
-Naturalistic – images that look very similar to the real world
-Illusionistic – Images so natural that they trick us
-Stylized – close to abstract
-Nonrepresentational art – no reference to the natural world of images
-Expression – artist’s unique view of the world
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