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art history is also called
art historiography
This is a historical study of the visual, being concerned with identifying, classify, describing, evaluating, interpreting, and understanding the art products and historical development of the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts, drawing, printmaking, photography, interior designs, etc.
Art history
t or f
Art is concerned to discover who made particular art object (attribution)
true
T or F
Authentication in art historical research involves determining the cultural significance of art object
false
authentication is about confirming whether an artwork was made by traditionally attributed artist
T or F
Provenance and art historical research refers to the study of artistic symbols and their meanings
false
provenance refers to documenting the previous ownership and whereabouts of the artwork
T or F
Understanding the stylistic development of artistic tradition is not concerned in art historical research
false
stylistic and formal development are significant aspects of art historical research
T or F
Iconography in art history involves the analysis of symbols and subject matter in visual arts
True
Iconography focuses on interpreting symbols and themes in art including religious symbolism
T or F
Art history it is the study of human expression visual-but also tactile, spatial, and sometimes aural- through history
true
Art forms that create works that are primarily visual in nature.
visual art
This are art that can be felt and they have textured surface that can be felt and seen.
tactile ( tangible)
what is one that primarily address to the ear which uses sound as its primary material.
aural
it is an area of discipline where students can focus on environmental aspect of three dimensional design and contemporary art practice.
spatial (dimensional)
universal and only art of sound.
aural (auditory)
The study of nature of arts its concept, interpretation, representation, expression, and form.
philosophy of art
the study of beauty and taste; it is closely related to aesthetics
philosophy of art
Greek word which means “imitation” or “copying” ; this also could mean representation
mimesis
who talks about mimesis the representation of nature
plato and aristotle
Who believed that all artist the creation is mimesis?
It exists that the world of ideas and is created by God.
plato
t or f
Aristotle speaks of tragedy as an “imitation of action”
true
t or f
aristotle is the one who said that all artist are imitators of nature
false
plato
According to Aristotle, what does art represent?
Representation of signs and symbols that takes place of something else helping people organize the world and reality
What does the phrase “Art for Art sake” mean?
art needs no justification and does not have to serve political, didactic, and other external purposes
only for aesthetics and beauty it gives to someone else's eyes
Which philosophical movement believe that art should not have any purpose beyond itself?
Artist associated with aesthetician believe that art should exist only for its own sake, without needing to serve an external purpose.
t or f
Kant’s main interest is in art per se and to the beauty it sublime
false
main interest is not in art per se, only to beauty it sublime
t or f
According to Kant aesthetic judgments are purely subjective and do not carry any universal claim.
False
while aesthetic judgements are subjective, Kant claim that they are also universal
true or false
Immanuel Kant believed that beauty is in property of objects
false
Kant believe that beauty is not a property of objects, but rather how we respond to objects.
true or false
functional art often uses conventional materials to create a everyday objects
false
Functional art often uses unusual materials to create everyday objects, making us rethink how we view them.
Five Philosophy of Art
Art as Mimesis
Art as Representation (Aristotle)
Art for Art’s Sake (Kant)
Art as an Escape
Art as Functional
true or false
Art is only relevant to certain groups in society and is not available to everyone.
false
art is universal and available to everyone, addressing human needs across societies
Why is art universal?
available to everyone
means of communication
timeless
adjust human needs
t or f
art is bind to culture and express the beliefs or values of community
true
How does our differ from nature?
Art is created by humans and reflect on individual subjective experience of nature ,while nature is given an exist around us without human intervention.
true or false
artist are expected to accurately nature in their work.
false
artists are not expected to duplicate nature; instead, they reinterpret or even distorted based on their personal experiences
What does art involve beside the artist process?
art involves both the artist and active observer, as well as their mental environments and culture, making the experience interactive and cultural.
true or false
to fully understand the work of art, one must sense, see or hear it
true
What are the assumptions of art?
art is universal
art is cultural
art is not nature
art involves experience
The role of art as a creative work is to defect the world and a completely different light and perspective
Jean-Paul Satre
He is a famous french philosopher of 20th century; describe the role of art as creative work that depicts the world in a completely different light and perspective, and the source is due to human freedom
Jean-Paul Satre
Why is freedom important in creation and appreciation of art?
Freedom allows individuals to express, imagine, and create, recognizing our humanistic tendencies in the unique perspectives we bring to the world
refers to the act of combining and reordering a hundred existing materials so that a new object is formed
creation
true or false
art is a planned activity
true
What role does creativity play an art making?
it involves thinking outside the box and distinguishing one artwork from another by being original and unique
Imagination is more important than knowledge. for knowledge is limited to all we know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand
albert einstein
true or false
In art it all begins with imagination. it always starts in human mind.
true
true or false
Imagination does not allow endless possibilities
false
true or false
imagination produces art, and art also inspires imagination
true
who?
What an artist does to an emotion is not induce it, but express it. Through expression, he is able to explore his own emotion and at the same time, create something beautiful out of them
Robin George Collingwood
t or f
expressing and describing emotions are different
true
This makes people's art not a reflection of what it is outside or external to them, but reflection of the inner self
Art as?
Art as Expression
An emotion will remain unknown to a man until he expresses it.
t or f
true
Art as…(3)
creation
expression
art as a product of imagination, imagination as a product of art
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