Ash's Art Appreciation, Lecture #1

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

::Ash sits, his feet propped up on his desk,awaiting his coffee::

Alright, sign the attendance sheet, sit down, and shut up! There will be time for discussion after the presentation.

::dims the lights, and starts up the slide projector::

Alright, we're gonna start with the most basic of concepts, knuckleheads.

::He clicks to the first slide. It merely reads "WHAT IS ART?" in big blue letters::

That's right, what is art? I'm sure you could find a definition in one of them dictionary thingies, but I'm just gonna show you, got it?

::Clicks to the next slide, "The Mona Lisa"::

Art!

::Clicks to the next slide, Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Can"::

Not art!

::Next slide, "The Birth of Venus"::

Art!

::this continues for a good hour, of Ash simply declaring famous paintings Art or Not Art::

Alright, that's the lecture for today. Now, talk amongst your pretty little selves, and don't be afraid to ask any questions.

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ATTENDANCE SHEET

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

Sign here to be counted as present, knuckleheads

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[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

*Callisto is quite obviously there, as evidenced by the slide-projector and the steaming cup of coffee straight from the Fandom High cafeteria on Ash's desk, but she signs in just to be on the safe side.*

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[names-ash.livejournal.com]

::nods to Callisto when he sees her::

Good work, baby. Treat yourself to that donut? ::laugh::

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[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

*signs in, splints no longer in evidence, but face still colorful.*

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[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

*signs in*

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[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

*Knucklehead present and accounted for*

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[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

Signs in as well.

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[likeguidelines.livejournal.com]

Barbossa signed in, nursing a pulled shoulder and muttering under his breath about pirates.

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[neptune-wallace.livejournal.com]

"Um, sir? Is it too late to sign up for this course? I, uh, 'appreciate' art."

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[names-ash.livejournal.com]

Sign the sheet and sit down, kid. Just remember to attend one of the studio work days.

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[defiantlyyours.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Gah, totally missed this when running through the flist today]

Present.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

((*loves Ash, OMG*))

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake takes in the presentation, eyebrows arching higher for each Not Art declaration. "So..." she says, once Ash is done. "PopArt isn't actual art? And neither is impressionism, or cubism? No, I lie. That was Guernica in there, wasn't there?"

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

You can't paint a soup can and call it art. Or a square.

Melting clocks, naked women, that's art, kid.

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"Ah, but what about Marilyn Monroe times many?"

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

*Signs in*

"Coach? Why isn't Andy Warhol's soup can not considered Art? Are you saying that images of popular culture and consumerism are merely manufactured images of our times and not worthy or appreciation? And is art only painting of women?"

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I mean we get the representationalist stuff, and some of the surreal, but why aren't the blurry flowers (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/valarltd/waterlilyjpg.jpg) art?

And then there are things like David (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/valarltd/michelangelo12.jpg) which are naked but most assuredly aren't women. Very representational.

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

::blinks::

Consumerism? I'm just saying it's a soup can, kid. If I want to look at a soup can, I'll look at a soup can. I don't need anyone to paint it and call it art.

Hey, those melty clock things are art too. And ::flips back to the slide of Dogs playing Poker:: Them too!

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

"But what's to say that a can of soup isn't art? The label on it was created by an artist. I think what Warhol was trying to say is that all things created, even though mass produced, have some kind of instrinsic artistic value."

[OOC: The Dogs! Bwah! Ash for Art appreciation is just waaay cool. Feel free to smack Marty a bit if he's getting too uppity.]

[deirdreofamber.livejournal.com]

*signs in*

*watches slideshow*

*is only slightly confused about what might be the criteria for art/not art, decides it is a rather opinion based idea and that perhaps there were some people in this Shadow that had more money than brains when the Jackson Pollock goes by.*

[names-ash.livejournal.com]

[ooc: and Pollock would've been a very insistent "Not Art!", too. ::chuckle::]

[youngest-sister.livejournal.com]

*the teacher announces 'Art!'*

*Delirium looks confused*

I'M PrettY suRe thaT onE Is BenJaMin reaLly.

[persian-eunuch.livejournal.com]

*signs in*

*watches slideshow*

*takes professor Ash's word on what is art and isn't*

[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

*is in attendance, but apparently dozed through most of the class*

[positive-angel.livejournal.com]

Chihaya was there, he tried to slink in after the slide show started and took a seat in the back.

((player was trying to get internet access back after touch and go all day on Monday))