What Is Art? • Work of art-visual expression of an idea or experience formed with skill through use of a medium • Media/medium-type of tools used to create the artwork – clay, fiber, stone, wood, paint, video, photography, • Some communication can only be expressed through visual form or music... Purposes and Functions of Art
• Art can: – tell us things – elevate our spirits – show beauty – show injustice Art for Communicating Information
• Through the ages, art has been used to
impart information Lauren Greenfield. The View North, toward Burj Dubai. 2009.
definition • Art made to be visually attractive and well crafted Decorative Panel from the Alhambra. Granada, Spain. Nasrid Period, 14th Century. 60" × 50-5/8".
no formal art education – folk artists work within a tradition – outsider artists rarely know about the trends and history of art • they work outside of traditional art guidelines Anna Zemankova. Untitled (M). c. 1970s. 24-1/4" × 17-3/4" (61.6 × 45.1 cm).