1001_002, Lecture I: What is Creativity? What is art?

Lecture given Thursday Jan. 19, 2012.

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1. What  is  Crea+vity?  What  is  Art?   Reading   Ar+orms,  1-­‐18     Terms/Concepts   Art,  ar+st,  crea+vity,  art  as   informa+on,  art  as  tool,   art  as  prac+ce,  art  as   expression,  art  as  form,   art  for  art’s  sake,   aesthete,      
2. Why  this  Class?  
3. What  is  your  rela+onship  to  art?  
4. What  is  Crea+vity?  
5. Crea+ve  A?tudes   Curiosity   “What  if…”   Big  Picture   Openness     New  Point  of  View   Find  Order  in  Disorder   Risk  Taking   Flexible  Iden+ty   Empathe+c   Spontaneity   Dynamic   Experien+al   Experimental   Mul+cultural   Unconven+onal   Divergent  Thinking    
6. Crea+ve  Exercise   Bob  and  Carol  and  Ted  and  Alice  all  live  in  the   same  house.  Bob  and  Carol  go  out  to  a   movie,  and  when  they  return,  Alice  is  lying   deadon  the  floor  in  a  puddle  of  water  and   glass.  It  is  obvious  that  Ted  killed  her  but  Ted   is  not  prosecuted  or  severely  punished.  
7. Remote  Associates  Test   Law,  birthday,  swim   Twister,  lash,  +ed   Super,  ship,  gazer   Bear,  comb,  moon   Trap,  market,  brown  
8. What  is  Art?   Ar+orms:  “the  visual  expression  of  an  idea  or  experience,  formed  with  skill,  through   the  use  of  medium…When  a  medium  is  used  in  such  a  way  that  the  object  or   performance  contributes  to  our  understanding  or  enjoyment  of  life.”   People  of  Bali:  “We  have  no   art.    We  just  do  the  best  we   can.”   Ancient  Greeks:      (Techne)   technical  know-­‐how.   Marquesans:  (a’  a’kakai)  An+quity  or  Curiosity     Concise  Oxford  English  DicDonary:  art,  n.  1  the  expression  or  applica+on  of   crea+ve  skill  and  imagina+on,  especially  through  a  visual  medium  such  as   pain+ng  or  sculpture.  
9. What  is  Art?  
10. Defining  Art.   1.  Form   2.  Func+on   3.  Form  and  Func+on  
11. Form   What  should  art  look  like?   What  should  art  be  made  from?   What  form  should  art  take?   Are  certain  forms  more  ar`ul?  
12. What  is  Art?  
13. High  vs.  Low  
14. High  vs.  Low   Bill  Waterson   Roy  Lichtenstein  
16. Func+on   What  func+on(s)  should  art  serve  in  society?   Should  art  have  a  func+on?   Are  certain  func+ons  more  ar`ul?    
17. What  is  Art?  
18. Art  as  Form   Clement  Greenberg   Victor  Cousin  
19. Art  as  Form   James  McNeill  Whistler,  Peacock  Room,  1876  
20. Art  as  Form   Barnef  Newman,  Vir  Heroicus  Sublimus,  1950-­‐1951    
21. Art  as  Informa+on     Denver  Day  of  Rock  Poster,  2011  
22. Art  as  Informa+on     Last  Judgment  Tympanum,  Autun  Cathedral,  Romanesque,  1146  
23. Art  as  Informa+on     Tree  of  Jesse  Window,  Chartres  Cathedral,  Gothic,     1193-­‐1250  
24. Art  as  Expression   Paul  Klee,  Schoolhouse,  1920      
25. Art  as  Expression   Wasily  Kandinsky,  Improvisa+on  28,  1912  
26. Art  as  Tool   Marcel  Breuer,  Wassily  Chair,  1925  
27. Art  as  Prac+ce   Karensanui,  Ryoan-­‐ji,  17th  century-­‐Present  
28. MASQUERADES: Masks in performance, wood, mineral pigments, & fiber, height approx. 7`, 1984, Burkina Faso, Bwa culture
29. Art  as  Prac+ce   hfp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4ZkR1X6s7E  
30. Closing performance of "Constructive Interference," an installation by David Fodel and Paco Proano. With Janet Feder, Paul Fowler, Matt Pass, and 3rd Law Dance Company. Emmanuel Gallery 7:00 – 9:00 PM, Thursday, August 25 Free.
31. What  is  Art?