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Painting
Drawing
When is it Art?
Sculpture
Photography
Construction
Environment
Performance
Braids, Andrew Wyeth
1986
Up, Pixar
Drawing Hands,
MC Escher
The Starry Night, Van Gogh
Black Widow, Alexander
Calder
Afgan Girl as featured in
National Geographic, Steve
McCurry 1985
Seethe, Jennifer Maestre
Migrant Worker,
Dorothea Lange
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National Grand Theatre,
Beijing, China
Surrounded Islands,
Christo
Knotweed,
Andy Goldsworthy
Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain
Frank Gehry
Cirque Du Soleil
Lion King on Broadway
Chalk art by Julian Beever
Artists
Good
Viewers
Artist
• Critics
• Common public
design?
intends it?
Material/skill of the artist.
Provides aesthetic experience?
Teachers
Students
Art
Historians
Archaeologists
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Professional
Critics/Non-professional
Critics
Describe
Analyze
• Artists
Interpret
• Dealers
• Collectors
Judge/Evaluate
• Art Critics
• Museum Directors
• Art Teachers
You
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