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Living With Art Chapter 1

Terms in this set (8)

Megaliths
very large stones
What do artists do?
1 create places for some human purpose.
2 create extraordinary versions of ordinary objects.
3 record and commemorate.
4 give tangible to the unknown.
5 give tangible form to feelings and ideas.
6 refresh our vision and help us see the world in new ways.
Maya Lin
Vietnam Veterans Memeorial; sculptor/architect
Impulse for art
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Aesthetic experience
branch of philosophy concerned with the feelings aroused in us by sensory experiences-experiences we have through sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.
Vincent Van Gogh
Most of his best known work was ccompleted in the last two and a half years of his life.
Killed himself.
Creating and Creativity
Creativity: the ability to produce something that is both innovative and useful within a given social context.
Key to creativity is the ability to alternate quickly between two modes of thinking, generating ideas and analyzing them, and this ability can be consciously cultivated.
Looking and Responding
Differences in perception:
1 the immense amount detail available for our attention at any given moment
2 selective perception; focus on what we need for the task at hand and then everything else is background info.
3 mood.
4 prior experience; culture we grew up in, relationships we have had, places we have seen, knowledge we have accumulated.
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