2.3 ART AND THE PERCEPTION OF REALITY

Question 1

ART IS….

Answer 1

Reality

Question 2

Art seen as

Answer 2

• representational image
• abbstract image but still representational
• form composed of shapes, colors etc.
• pure form
• the object itself

Question 3

Is taleny, skill, passion, emotionn, idea, truth, reality, goodness, beaty, form, expression, representation, power

Answer 3

Art

Question 4

“We all know that Art is ___ ____ _____ . Art is a ____ that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the______ whereby to convince others of the _______ of his lies ”

Answer 4

• not the truth
• lie
• manner
• truthfulness

Question 5

Example:

Answer 5

Pygmalion of Burnt-Jones (1878)

Question 6

“A moment of complete happiness never occurs in the creation of work of art. The proomise of it is felt in the act of creation, but disappears towards the completion of the work. For it is then that the painter realizes that it is only a picture he is painting. Until then he has almost dared to hope that painting might spring into life.”

Answer 6

Lucian Freud, from Goombbrich (1960), Art and Illusion, p. 80