1. The Power of Art
Chapter 1

2. Discussion: Learning to Look
How is looking at art different from looking at other things?
Have you ever watched a game with someone who actually played the sport and you didn’t? How do you view the game differently?
How is “looking” today different from “looking” a hundred years ago? Or a thousand years ago?
How has the development of print, photography, T.V./Movies, modern technology changed the way we look at thing?

3. When we learn to “see” better art becomes more powerful!
What draws hundreds of people each day to view the Mona Lisa?

4. “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci
The weird smile?
Because it was painted by Leonardo da Vinci who was a very interesting person?
Because of the mystery that surrounds it?
It’s beautiful?
It used new techniques like Sfumato lighting?
“Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci

5. Art is powerful because it connects to our religious beliefs.
“Phoenix Hall” Byodo-in Temple in Uji Japan

6. “Rose Window” Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France

7. Primitive Societies believed art had magical powers.

8. Examples of tribal art:

9. Art can be a declaration of power:
“Henry VIII”
Hans Holbein the Younger

10. Art has the power to change our beliefs:
In this painting, “The Liberation of Aunt Jemima” by Betye Saar, the artist uses found objects to comment on the stereo-typing of African American women.

11. In this art work Marcel Duchamp makes fun of the art world and their strict traditions.
How do you feel about this art work?

12. Art has the power to touch our emotions.
“The Vietnam Memorial” Maya Lin

14. DISCUSSION: Controversy over the Vietnam Memorial
Highly Abstracted design – some called the “black gash of shame”
Maya Lin was Asian and a woman, how could she understand what the war was about?
Because of the controversy this realistic statue was added at the entrance.

15. Art has the power to awaken our senses.
“Clearing Winter Storm” by Ansel Adams

16. Art has the power to transform the ordinary.

17. “Urban Landscapes” by Zhan Wang

18. “The Gates” by Cristo and Jeanne- Claude is a example of a form of art called Installation art.

19. DISCUSSION: Power of Art for the Viewer and the Artist
REVIEW: We talked about ways the viewer is transformed by the power of art, do you remember any?
(show beauty, strengthen faith, give mystical powers, show power and wealth, change attitudes, touch emotions, elevate senses, and transform the ordinary)
How is the “Power of Art” different for the artist? Why do artists make art?

20. “The Little Deer” by Frida Kahlo
Self Expression
“The Little Deer” by Frida Kahlo

21. Spontaneous playfulness, amusement and imagination

22. “I and the Village” by Marc Chagall
Express a memory
“I and the Village” by Marc Chagall

23. Grandma Moses painted memories from her childhood
Grandma Moses painted memories from her childhood. Her style is called folk art (art created by untrained artists often working in rural areas).

24. Definitions for this class:
Fine Art: traditional arts like painting, drawing, sculpting, print-making, etc.
Applied Art or Craft: taking artistic skills and applying them to create things that humans use (architecture, design, etc.)
Industrial design: creating manufactured functional things in artistic ways.
Graphic design: creating 2-Dimensional designs that are mass produced.

25. This Navajo rug is an example of what type of art?

26. What is this an example of?

27. What is this an example of?

28. What are these an example of?

29. Discussion: What is the connection between art and beauty?
Example of Impressionism: La Loge by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Woman I by Willem de Kooning

30. Discussion: Can art be mass-produced?
Art produced by Andy Warhol in his studio he called “The Factory”

31. Ways to Understand Art:
Primary Question: Why does it look this way?

32. Discussion: When we know more, we see more:
Have you ever not liked someone when you first met, but later, when you get to know them, you learned to really like them? Maybe art is like that.
We can appreciate people without knowing everything about them but knowing more can help us appreciate them more. Maybe art is like that.

33. Story: Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth