Art stud 2 notes: Art express yourself; a way to communicate with others and to oneself Design an art element

nt Art has value beyond its function We are the one who decides what is art Art is kapansin-pansin Wondering very important art activity To defamiliarize art Realm of symbols and meanings meaning beyond function Defamiliarize to make something unfamiliar (basketball bag, bowl) - makes the form difficult - to increase the difficulty and length of perception - process of perception aesthetic and must be prolonged Art must be unfamiliar Art changes the way you think increases what you know - because art is unfamiliar, you try to understand it Entertainment reinforces what you already know Art is more difficult than entertainment - requires mental processing (logic and wonder) Art expresses emotion Greek society: no emotion in art does not like emotion in art looks differently on reality to show society perfection (role of art) they try to capture perfection A man of perfect design will not die god - emotions are fleeting (not permanent) - emotions does not deserve to be frozen in time Art tells us how the artist looks at the world Art institutions teaches us what is art - an authority when it comes to art Canon a set of rules (conventions) that art follows - from the art institutions (ex. Mass media teaches us that art, like music, is a commodity)