Session 5 Continued

Values and taste- how do we form these?

Jack Vettriano- painter very sought after. His work is never in galleries and critics never talk about him. All paintings for around £45,000

Is art different from fashion, photography, graphics. What’s different about them? How do you say something is better. Say why you like things, why you don’t and explain why. Articulate why

The history and theory of graphic design (Bower Ashton)

The Role of the Artist

Art in Egypt 3000-1000 BC. Artist did art not as they saw them- but an idealised form of the world. Functional, never sculpted or drawn. Everyday life- more of their beliefs and rituals.

Ancient Greek 1000-146 BC. Ideal man and ideal woman. What things should be like. Same as the Romans 146 BC- AD313 loads of sculptures. The artist was no one the subject matter was.

Renaissance. AD1420-AD1525 the artist had an opinion- scientific view of the world, as it is not ideally. Told stories. Three stories in one image.
Commissioned artist

Mannerism and Baroque AD 1525- AD1700 was mainly commissioned by Catholic church.

Rococo AD1700- AD1750
Decorative- others thought it was not serious enough, light, fluffy.
Neoclassicism- back to serious paintings.
Romancissicism- romantic painting. Sunsets, water etc.
Realism- painting what is actually going on in the world. Reprasentation of reality. To use now traditional painting back in the 1850s was offensive.
Impressionism- big impact. You could take your materials and draw outside from life.
Salon style- eye view, up and up even on the ceiling. Best work at eye level. The Salon was a place in France and the place to have your pictures.
Post modern. Pop art- Andy Warhol, people hated it. Said no artistic value in a can of soup.

www.martincreed.com
Contemporary artist- what is art and what art does. He comments on it that he won the turner prize for switching light on and off. How is that art? No skills, no emotion.

The cycle goes on over centuries is that art is a question that always appear. Art has the potential to provoke questions. Do artists pull wool over our eyes telling us this is a new thing?
Who is the artist? The thinker, craftsman or assistant.
Pliny the Elder AD77 wrote natural History
Lorenzo Ghiberti wrote first autobiography 1450s he gave birth to the artist being special.
Celebrity- Artist did all aesthetics, sculpture printer etc. there were no specialism. Paintings were paid by square foot. Not on the talent.

Michael Craig-Martin
Artist is the entertainer. If you don’t know the history of art how can you understand modern art. Why they do it. Back to the question what is art, and people being outraged at no craftsmanship.
Who is your audience? The people who know art history or everyone.
Matthew Barney

Artistic personalities

- psychology -Social hitories
- The artist “Civilizer”, “Boarder”, “Represent or”
Lombroso- philosopher
Roland Barthes
Suzanne Lacy
Joost Conijn