TEKS 4B
•1.1 The Variety of ART
•Objective:
•As a student I will demonstrate an
understanding of the broad
definition of art by listing
traditional and non-traditional art
materials and subjects.
•TEKS 4B
•1.1 The Variety of ART
•Objective:
•I will consider factors that
contribute to something being
considered a piece of art.
•I will perceive and describe the
media and subjects of a variety
of past and present art works.
TEKS 4B
Vocabulary
• ART: produced or intended primarily for aesthetic purposes
rather than utility-any art form-sculpture-painting-music, or
theater.
• Aesthetic: experiencing art or something for its own beauty
and pleasurable qualities
• Medium: the materials used to create an art work
• Subject: ask the question what is it?
• Elements: line, shape, form, color, value, space texture, the
building blocks the artist use to create an artwork.
• Principles of design: unity, variety, emphasis, rhythm,
movement, balance, pattern, and proportion. The effects that
may result when the elements of art are structured to achieve
successful composition.
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Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
Oil on Canvas, Cincinnati Art Musuem
3
Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
4
Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
5
Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
6
Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
Oil on Canvas, Cincinnati Art Musuem
7
Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
Oil on Canvas, Cincinnati Art Musuem
8
Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
9
Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
10
Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
“Whaam!’ Roy Lichtenstein, 1963
1
Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
Robert S. Duncanson, Blue Hole, Flood
Waters, Little Miami River 1851
2
Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
Oil on Canvas, Cincinnati Art Musuem
Wainwright
Building
Louis
Sullivan
St. Louis
Missouri
3
Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
H. R. H. Briefcase
Marilyn Levine 1985
4
Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
Shirt, Broulé Sioux,
early
5
th
19
century
Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
Wrapped Coawt, One Million Square Feet, Little
Bay Sidney, Australia
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 1968-69
6
Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
Felt Suit,
Joseph Beuysfelt wood and wire1970
7
Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
Cave Paintings
15,000 BCE
8
Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
Homage to the Square: Glow,
Josef Albers 1966
9
Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
Robert Rauschenberg, Monogram, 1959
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Is this ART?
What is the medium of this piece?
Describe the art work below:
What elements and principle do you see in this work of art?
Video Flag
Nam June Paik
Describe the art work below:
Knowledge Sessions “number IV (tonal)”
Jose Alvarez
Describe the art
Summary
•Usually the word art makes people thin of art
works, museums, and galleries.
•Art includes people,, viewers, historians,
archaeologists, teachers, and students.
•What is the material used for making art work?
Our definition of art has broadened into the past
century to include many nontraditional
materials, technique and approaches.