bills lecture 9/3

WHAT IS ART?

• artist thought of it
• image of a person
• aesthetically pleasing
• inspires thought
• someone made it
• nature isnt art

the impulse for art

TO PRESENT OR REPRESENT

representation- one thing stands for another
styles of representation:

• naturalistic
• as in nature
• realistic
• true to life
• stylized
• simplified to emphasize important details
• abstract
• highly sylized (may not be recognizable)

SCALE OF REPRESENTATION

kid with                                                                 woman with

baseball bat     ingress    reflection   bates                 guitar

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hardcore                                      stylization                                                            abstract
natualism                 <-less stylized                   more stylized-->   
realistic