Unit 3: What is Art for?
Unit 3 Objectives:
- Consider the origins of art
- Explore a brief history of Western Art
- Examine multiple perspectives for evaluating art
Example piece of work:
Reflection on piece of work:
The reason why I chose the essay assignment from the reading “What is Art for?” by Ellen Dissanayake as my example piece is because in my essay I was able to examine and describe how the perspectives for evaluating art changed throughout time. By doing this I was able to meet a couple of the objectives from the list above. I also chose this artifact for my example piece because I believe learning from our history can help predict the future. In this case learning about how perspectives towards art changed through out history might help us see a pattern, which will help us see the future of art. In order to get a better grasp on the history of art it might be helpful to visit an art museum in the future. This way I could visually see how art has progressed through time.
This is a picture of a wood print that I made. It shows how art has changed over the years. In the medieval times this would not be considered art but in today’s world this is considered a form of art and is open for interpretation from the general public
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