ART ◦ Art is a human activity or a THE DEFINITION OF ART • Art, as well as work, production, existence, religion, sex, science, philosophy, belongs to culture. It is not only inseparable in the formal sense from everything that makes up culture, but it is also the essential part of it. Art is given by culture. • In the 19th century, art was primarily focused on "Truth" and "Beauty". At the beginning of the 20th century, there was a serious shift in the understanding of art with the beginning of modernism, and then in the second half of the 20th century with hints of product of human activity that aims to stimulate the human senses as well as the human mind and spirit; therefore, art is an activity, object or set of activities and objects created with the intention of conveying emotions and / or ideas. ◦ Defining the boundaries of art is a subjective act, and the need for art is usually called human creativity. 2 THE HISTORY OF ART The end of The Art of the modern art The beginning and Beginning of the the emergence emergence of Modern art after Modern World of new forms Renaissance and modern art in the the Second in art late 19th century World War Humanism in Europe Magic and ritual The art of the The beginnings first - the art of of medieval art prehistoric man civilizations in in Europe the east 1 7 9 5 3 8 2 The art of Egyptian civilization 13 11 4 6 10 12 The art of the The art of world The art of baroque and industrial revolution globalization in Europe and the and romanticism first avant-garde technological revolution Development of Art of medieval art in the Antiquity Greece and Christian and Islamic world Rome 3 ART FORMS ◦ Art form is a specific form of artistic expression. This expression is more specific than the term art, but less specific than the term genre. Some examples of art forms are: ◦ Painting, Drawing, Printing, ◦ Sculpture, Ceramics, Graphic design, ◦ Digital art, Music, Poetry, ◦ Game Design, Architecture, Film, Theater, ◦ Photography, Cartoon, Origami, ◦ Mosaic, Graffiti, Mail Art, etc. 4 THE MOST KNOWN PAINTERS Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch PostImpressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. Johannes Vermeer Rembrandt Harmenszoon was a Dutch Baroque van Rijn Period painter who usually simply known as specialized in Rembrandt, was a Dutch domestic interior Golden Age painter, scenes of middle-class printmaker and draughtsman. life. Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. Oscar-Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. 5 VINCENT VAN GOGH-FAMOUS PAINTINGS THE STARRY NIGHT ALMOND BLOSSOMS 6 PABLO PICASSO-FAMOUS PAINTINGS GUERNICA LA LECTURE (TWO GIRLS READING) 7 THE MOST KNOWN SCULPTORS Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni known simply as Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance. Louise Josephine Bourgeois was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and printmaker. François Auguste René Rodin was a French sculptor, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsmanlike approach to his work. Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker. Beginning in 1922, he lived and worked mainly in Paris but regularly visited his hometown Borgonovo to see his family and work on his art. 8 MICHELANGELO-SCULPTURES PIETA MOSES 9 THE MOST KNOWN COMPOSERS Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works of virtually every genre of his time. Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, impresario, and Roman Catholic priest. 10 “ “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” -PABLO PICCASO- 11 “ “Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.” -Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci- 12 THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION! TARA JOKIC III-1 13