Art Beauty and Meaning Chris Fey Definition of

Art, Beauty, and Meaning Chris Fey

Definition of Art From Templates �Should be an intentional creative creation resorting from human effort that is an emotional reflection of a persons soul (Method to madness) �(Tolstoys use of infectsspreads emotion) Me �I agree with the artist with a couple of exceptions: � Skill and technique need to be present � Should provoke intellectual thought thus; � A majority of contemporary art is not art (simple lines and colors do not cut it)

Definition of Beauty Artist Me �Subjective; An internal emotion that is externalized through the painting and exists in the eye of the beholder; causes a connection between painter and viewer �Many interviewed said beauty can not be defined or to hard to explain �Agreed on artist confusion on this term �Objective Subjective Mixed Theory �Beauty needs to be seen in one of two ways: � Meaning -(not just happiness but sadness) beauty in what the heart sees and/or � Aesthetics-beauty in what the eye sees

Does Art Have To Be Beautiful? Artist Me �Majority: Art does NOT have to be beautiful as long as the piece evokes an emotional response �I agree that it does not have to be beautiful but rather creates a connection between viewer and creator and somehow formulate an emotion

Evaluation of At The Moulin Rouge Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Elements of Art � Texture: looks like it was painted 10 minutes before you look at it � Form: Form can easily be seen by the banister and creates a 3 D appearance � Shape: everything else but chairs and banister � Color: heavy lights and heavy darks (women's face); men vs. women � Value: can be seen also on women's face from top to bottom or red coats � Line: created by red line from banister � Space: uses it to make himself focal point

Principles of Design � Balance: seen through the colors; # of men vs. women; not symmetrical � Contrast: rooted from the colors he chose the vibrant going against the darker colors � Rhythm/ Pattern: a little in background of blue and orange � Proportion: the people are of the same height relative to others with exception of him; beam is bigger then other objects � Emphasis: I want to it is placed on the women on bottom left but also all the women since they have the vibrant colors

What Piece Communicates Before Research After Research �I was dead wrong after researching the intended intrepratation �I thought it was representing a fun filled night conversing �Seeing these people going out having fun made me reminiscent of fun nights I have had living in Chicago �Drank to much due to depression of being a midget (Earthquakes) �Actually him in middle of picture �Portraying his downfall from being bullied for his short stature �Also women in blue was famous singer Mary Milton

Beauty/Is Piece Beautiful? �(personally)Mixed theory �(artist) Subjective; An internal emotion that is externalized through the painting and exists in the eye of the beholder; causes a connection between painter and viewer �Many interviewed said beauty can not be defined or to hard to explain �I do believe there is beauty in this piece �Beauty from Meaning: Does not always have to have positive meaning; in a strange way there is beauty in his sadness (like this artwork) �Beauty in aesthetics: The colors chosen in this piece gives it glowing characteristics