January 20

January 20
Significant points
• Art has several functions
• The urge to create is universal and not
dependent upon training
• Creativity is compromised when it is
cofused with compliance
Cathedral Window, Chartres
The Tree of Jesse
Stained Glass
c.1150-1170
Associate this and the following ten images with particular
“Functions of Art”
Dish, Iran
10th Century
Dance Wand in Honor of
Eshu
Describe the different audiences that are
addressed by the different functions of art.
Beatrice Wood
Chalice
1986.
Why do you think Rembrandt created his
self-portrait so prolifically? What do we,
three and one half centuries later, derive
from these self-portraits?
Rembrandt van Rijn
Self Portrait
1658
Romare Bearden
Prevalence of Ritual : Tidings
Photomontage
1967
What do you believe are the issues that
Romare Bearden is trying to raise in
these particular artworks?
Can you point to specific details that
support your answer?
Romare Bearden
Rocket to the Moon
Collage
Rocket to the Moon1967
Felix Gonzales-Torrez
Death by Gun
Offset print on paper
1990
Francisco Goya
The Disasters of War Number 18, Bury Them and Say Nothing
Etching and aquatint
1818
Miriam Shapiro
Heartland
Acrylic, fabric and glitter on fabrick
1985
Tile panel from the Alhambra
Granada
Glazed mosaic tile
Nasrid Period, 14th Century
Anna Zemankova
Untitled
Pastel on paper
1970’s
24.25” x 17.75”
Discuss the significance of the fact that the
following images are made by “untrained”
“folk” or children artists?
What do these works have to teach us
about the creative urge?
Sabatino, “Simon” Rodia
Nuestra Pueblo, (Watts Towers)
1921-1954
Aroyo Hondo Carver
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
James Hampton
Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nation’s Millennium General Assembly
Gold and silver aluminum foil, colored Kraft paper, plastic sheets over wood, paperboard and glass.
c. 1950-1964
What can we learn about art from
examining the artwork of children?
Consider this quote of the great 20th
century painter Pablo Ruiz Picasso:
It took me four years to paint like
Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like
a child
What do you think Picasso meant by
this?
Kojyu, 9yr. Old, Searching for Bugs
18 mos.
Jeff, 3yrs. Hand with line and spots
Alana, 3 yrs, Grandma
Jason, almost 4yrs,
Octopus
Yuki, 8 yrs
I Can Ride, I Can Ride My Unicycle
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