Craft Context and Content In Art OPHS Art

Craft, Context, and Content In Art OPHS Art History Mrs. Abbott

How Artists Make Art Craft Content Art Context

Craft in Art • Craft: The tools, techniques and skills that an artist uses to create art.

Context in Art • Context: When a work of art was made, where, how and for what purpose.

Content in Art • Content: The emotional or intellectual message of the artwork.

Final Product • Choose a piece contemporary artwork • Write a 2 page report that explains the craft, content and context of the artwork in terms of: – How the art was made, and a description of the art (using the elements and principles of art) – Essential meaning of the art (why the art was made) – Significance of the art in terms of culture and art history – Aesthetic value of a work of art

Choosing Your Art • Your piece must be: – Contemporary (the artist must have been alive at some point during your life) – Well known (can be googled) – The artist must have spoken about his art (this will help you to answer why the art was made)

Example • Trevi Fountain • By Bernini • Material: Marble • Location: Rome, Italy

Example • "I always want to do things on a heroic scale. And thinking about mortality, it just seemed a fountain and cardboard seemed to be a perfect vehicle to do something heroic and at the same time ridiculous. ” – Jimmy Grashaw

Example • The Cardboard Bernini • By Jimmy Grashaw • Material: Cardboard

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Example • “All art decays. Why not embark on a grand work that admits own mortality, that embraces its own destruction? ” – Jimmy Grashaw

Example • "Trying to do something permanent and forever, and at the same time always knowing you are mortal and chained to reality. " – Jimmy Grashaw • The fountain was created to be destroyed, a working fountain, exposed to the elements, that took 4 YEARS to create! It took 6 weeks to disintegrate.

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