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fandomhigh2009-09-23 02:06 pm
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Art 101 - Wednesday, Period Four - 9/23
Today, the room was made out to be a museum, or perhaps a palace of some sort. All throughout the room, there were statues, and on the walls, tapestries. Hanging elsewhere were numerous pieces of highly stylized art.
"Today, class, we won't be doing a slide show so much as having a discussion: what makes good 'art'?" He glanced around the classroom, smiling at each one of them as he walked around the room to point at a tapestry.
"Bhutanese art is highly stylized, with a very specific way of drawing and arranging pictures in the pieces. If you didn't know better, you might assume that every one of these pieces was by the same artist. They draw the eyes the same, they have very similar color choices, the arrangment is similar. I could stand here and bore you telling you who every single person in each of these is, or why these works are the way they are, but that is a subject best tackled in independent study. If anyone is interested, feel free to come by my office today.
"Instead, I would ask you all what we as artists might find in these pieces? Why do people make new paintings in such a similar style? This art is alive and well, for those wondering. These samples are older, but these paintings are still made. Can you think why? Where is the 'art'? Where is the stamp of the artist? Is there one? Or even, does there need to be one?"
He spread his hands.
"Discuss."
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"Today, class, we won't be doing a slide show so much as having a discussion: what makes good 'art'?" He glanced around the classroom, smiling at each one of them as he walked around the room to point at a tapestry.
"Bhutanese art is highly stylized, with a very specific way of drawing and arranging pictures in the pieces. If you didn't know better, you might assume that every one of these pieces was by the same artist. They draw the eyes the same, they have very similar color choices, the arrangment is similar. I could stand here and bore you telling you who every single person in each of these is, or why these works are the way they are, but that is a subject best tackled in independent study. If anyone is interested, feel free to come by my office today.
"Instead, I would ask you all what we as artists might find in these pieces? Why do people make new paintings in such a similar style? This art is alive and well, for those wondering. These samples are older, but these paintings are still made. Can you think why? Where is the 'art'? Where is the stamp of the artist? Is there one? Or even, does there need to be one?"
He spread his hands.
"Discuss."
[ocd up!]
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