2. In order to pass down their knowledge and
expertise, craftsmen have established
groups for ages that both preserve and
instruct apprentices in the "secrets" of their
trade. Traditionally, becoming an apprentice
to an accomplished artist has been the
primary method of training artists.
3. The Middle Ages in Europe witnessed the
establishment of guilds, involving goldsmiths,
glassmakers, stonemasons, doctors, and artists.
These guilds were typically financed by a king or
the state, with local delegates ensuring the
quality of their output.
4. The artist still learns their trade, as well as the
skills and expressions particular to their culture,
through apprenticeship in many traditional
civilizations. Some countries actually pick which
artists have mastered their craft to the point that
they are permitted and encouraged to instruct
others.
6. SKILL
Skill is one of the hallmarks that
we often value in a work of art.
7. CREATIVE
The ability to transcend traditional ways of
thinking, with an exaggerated use of
alternatives, ideas and techniques to invent
new forms and avenues of expression.
8. "Once you've heard what you've
created, you can't explain how it's
done. But you look at it and say
'there's the evidence'."
Leo Ornstein
9. PATIENCE
The ability to wait, or to continue
doing something despite difficulties,
or to suffer without complaining or
becoming annoyed.
11. Some of the grandest works of art are made not
by a single person but by many people. Pyramids
in Egypt which occured sometime around 3150 BC
are massive structures, built by hundreds of
laborers under the direction of designers and
engineers.
12. 1
Egyptian pyramids are tombs for individual royalty,
while those in Mexico function as spiritual altars
dedicated to gods or celestial objects. They are
typically placed at a prominent site and give
definition to the surrounding landscape.
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Their construction is the
cumulative effort of many people,
and they become spectacular
works of art without the
signature of a single artist.
14. A more contemporary example of art making as a
community effort is the AIDS Memorial Quilt Project. Begun
in 1987, the project memorializes the thousands of lives lost
to the disease through the creation of quilts by families and
friends.
Blocks of individual quilts are sewn together to form larger
sections, virtually joining people together to share their grief
and celebrate the lives of those lost. The project is evidence of
the beauty and visual spectacle of a huge community artwork.
15. Today, there are over 40,000
individual blocks. The quilt
project is ongoing, growing in
size, and exhibited throughout
the world.
18. graffiti, form of visual
communication, the common image
of graffiti is a stylistic symbol or
phrase spray-painted on a wall.
Graffiti can be understood as
antisocial behaviour performed in
order to gain attention or as a form of
thrill seeking, but it also can be
understood as an expressive art
form.
20. Sculpture
, an artistic form in which
hard or plastic materials
are worked into three-
dimensional art objects.
The designs may be
embodied in freestanding
objects, in reliefs on
surfaces, or in
environments ranging from
tableaux to contexts that
21. "The Statue of Liberty "
was a gift of friendship
from the people of
France to the United
States and is
recognized as a
universal symbol of
freedom and
democracy. The
Statue of Liberty was
dedicated on October
28, 1886.
22. The sculpture captures
the moment when Jesus,
taken down from the
cross, is given to his
mother Mary.
Madonna della Pietà
(Michaelangelo 1498–1499)
informally known as La Pietà
is a marble sculpture of
Jesus and Mary at Mount
Golgotha
23. David by Michelangelo is
by far the most famous
Renaissance sculpture. It
was created sometime
between 1501 and 1504
out of pristine white
marble. Although it was
commissioned for the
Piazza della Signoria in
Florence, it is now
housed in the Galleria
dell'Accademia.
25. Painting is the practice
of applying paint,
pigment, color or other
medium to a solid
surface
The medium is
commonly applied to
the base with a brush,
but other
implements, such as
knives, sponges, and
airbrushes, can be
used.
26. The Spoliarium (often misspelled Spolarium) is a
painting by Filipino painter Juan Luna. Luna, working on
canvas, spent eight months completing the painting
which depicts dying gladiators.
27. Considered an archetypal
masterpiece of the Italian
Renaissance,[4][5] it has
been described as "the
best known, the most
visited, the most written
about, the most sung
about, [and] the most
parodied work of art in the
world".
Mona Lisa
29. What is the full meaning of
theatre?
A theatre is a building with a
stage in it, on which plays,
shows, and other
performances take place. If
we went to the theatre it was
a very big event. I worked at
the Grand Theatre.
Synonyms: playhouse,
auditorium, coliseum,
amphitheatre More
Synonyms of theatre.
30. Modern theatre includes
performances of plays and
musical theatre. The art
forms of ballet and opera
are also theatre and use
many conventions such as
acting, costumes and
staging. They were
influential in the
development of musical
theatre.
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Why is art as a social activity important?
Art has been a part of human culture for many
centuries. It has been used to express emotions,
to communicate ideas and it has been a way to
pass down knowledge from one generation to
another. Art is important in our cultural and
social lives because it is the medium through
which we process our emotions and ideas.