Describe what you see: Slide 2 Aesthetics A branch of philosophy
dealing with the nature of beauty. Slide 3 Possible Careers for the
Aesthetician: Museum Director Curator Director of Education at an
art museum Gallery Owner Art Critic Journalist/Author Red Grooms
Jackson in Action Aesthetician Believes that the study of the
nature and value of art guides us toward intelligent opinions about
art. Slide 4 Five Philosophies of Aesthetics Representationalism
(AKA: Imitationalism, Mimisis) Formalism Expressionism (AKA:
Emotionalism) Instrumentalism Institutionalism Slide 5
Representationalism Focuses on portraying things as they really
appear. Gustave Coubet, John Singer Sargent, J.A.M. Whistler
Richard Estes 34 th Street, Manhattan, Looking East Slide 6
Johannes Vermeer Girl Reading a Letter by an Open Window Janet Fish
Slide 7 Isabel Bishop, Strap Hangers, 1940 Slide 8 Duane Hanson
Young Shopper 1973 Slide 9 Representational vs.
Non-Representational Art Leon Dolice, Third Avenue Franz Kline, New
York, New York Slide 10 Expressionism The essence of art is
expression of the inner emotions, feelings, moods, and mental
states of the artist. This art stirs up feelings, communicates a
general mood or elicits emotional responses from the viewer. Edvard
Munch, Egon Schiele, Otto Dix, Vincent VanGogh, James Ensor, Marc
Chagall Slide 11 Kathe Kollwitz, The Volunteers 1920 Slide 12 Egon
Schiele Self Portrait with Grimace Slide 13 Formalism Places an
emphasis on the elements and principles in a work of art. The
essence of art is "significant form" - lines, shapes, colors, and
other formal properties of the work; representation, expression,
and other subject matter are irrelevant. Paul Cezanne, Piet
Mondrian Louise Nevelson Royal Tide 1960 Slide 14 Piet Mondrian
Composition with Red, Blue, Yellow Elizabeth Murray Sun and Moon
Slide 15 Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain Slide 16 Instrumentalism
Requires art to move people to act for the betterment of society.
Art should serve as an instrument for furthering a point of view
that might be moral, social, or political. The essence of art is
its usefulness in helping us to comprehend and improve our overall
life experiences. Slide 17 Banksy Have a Nice Day Slide 18 Barbara
Kreuger We Dont Need Another Hero 1987 Slide 19 Institutionalism
Focuses on artwork that can only be identified as art because it
has been placed in a museum or gallery. Marcel Duchamp Fountain
1917 Slide 20 Eva Hesse, Untitled (Rope Piece), 1970 Slide 21 What
is beauty?
