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WHAT IS ART

Definitions: What is art? Communicative (within context) material/ideas/sensation by visual means Why we value art? It has the power to tell us something important about ourselves, to confront us with ideas, & feeling about the human condition we recognize as tru, but may otherwise struggle to understand fully Medium/media: the material on or from which an artist chooses to make a work of art

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European traders bartered alcohol for African goods. Slaves were shipped from Ghana to the sugar plantations o the Caribbean, then in turn, rum was shipped from there back to Africa The art piece is made up of discarded liquor bottle tops, thus reminds us of the slave trade and highlighting the way in which modern consumerism discards waste Artist also uses traditional designs suggesting the empowerment and fragility of the Ghanaian culture

Ceramic: fire-hardened clay, often painted and normally scaled with shiny protective coating

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Example of graphic art Essence of graphic design is communication The white space between the E and X have an arrow that suggested speed and procession Reproducible

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Fine art Always unique

Geometric: predictable and mathematical Patron: an organization or individual who sponsors the creation of works of art

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Public art Folk art

Subject: the person, object, or space depicted in a work

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Idea of being an artist Leonordo’s mona lisa painting became famous because it’s a commissioned art piece by a patron

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Example of patron Artist never got fame during his lifetime, but not its extremely famous

Form: an object that can be defined in 3-d; height, width and depth Cast: a sculpture or artwork made by pouring a liquid into a mold Monumental: having massive or impressive scale

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Uses his own blood to create life-size portraits of his head every 5 years and creates a cast

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His artworkd was challenged Used his imprisonment as inspiration for an artwork S-acred, A-ccusers, C-cleansing, R-itual, E-ntropy (picture above), D-oubt...