Art__Luosuo_Version___1_

Knowledge and Inquiry Questions / ​ Parallels ​ / ​ Main Ideas Notes Art: Meaning, Nature, Construction, Validity, Society Readings I plan to use 1. The ethical criticism of art (12) 2. Philosophy-of-the-Arts-Gordon-Graham (first 3 chapters, especially the one on understanding, 10 or 75) a. Art and Pleasure (12) b. Art and Understanding (14) 3. The_Institutional_Theory_of_Art_A_Survey (8) 4. Evaluating Art_Alan Goldman (9) 5. Readings Used 1. Art And Knowledge Art is often thought to be unrelated to Knowledge, however it does make Knowledge claims such as... Knowledge Claims from Art ● Vividness ● Richness ● Originality (of Artist) ● Imaginativeness (Of Artist) ● Emotion ● Expressiveness Problem: Art is often thought to have more value in the following responses > Knowledge ● Emotional ● Psychological ● Sociological ● See “We cannot know art, we can only appreciate it” essays Aesthetics and Art ● Art Claims ≠ Aesthetic Claims ○ Something is Beautiful = Something is aesthetically pleasing ≠ Something is Art ○ However, Art must have aesthetic qualities (see necessary qualities of Art) To understand the NATURE of ART, we shall examine the...

Necessary Qualities of Art ● Intentionally composed at Presentation ○ Product of people: Tree vs Cut Bonsai ■ Nature can have Aesthetic Properties but ≠ Art ○ Intention: Intention Does not need to be the primary intention; Only needs to exist ■ Monuments: Intended to Convey Historical Knowledge, but Artistic Intention exists ○ Distinct from the effect on the Audience ■ An Asian American’s migration story may have the purpose of expressing the migrant’s experiences but have the effect of being a critique on racial politics ● Inspires: An Aesthetic Source with Aesthetic Properties for ​ Knowledge Construction ​ of Message ○ // Definitions of Art ● Presence of Viewer ● Some extent of Skill: Work of art may be so bad that society cannot identify any aesthetic properties These two Qualities ​ are NECESSARY but not SUFFICIENT ​ in defining something as ART, thus we have different DEFINITIONS OF ART such as… ● The definitions of art have grown over time to accept more things as art: Mimesis → Representation → Expression → Formalism → Historicism → Institutionalism Mimesis Art should be a model of the ​ Natural World ​ and ​ Mimic Nature Literally ● Object ​ → Artist → Art ● Leeway: Can vary arrangement and presentation ● // Correspondence Theory, Verisimilitude in Literature ● Most Dominant and Intuitive Definition of Art Good Art ● Accurate ​ reflection of reality Problems ● Insufficient: Excludes some pieces ​ without a subject-matter ​ that we would generally consider art ○ Abstract Art: Uses a shape, form, color and line to create a composition > reference to real-world objects ■ //Formalism ○ Music without words ○ Mr Dio: Later types of Art whi