Arts and Culture extra

Hey guys, no article for next week as there will be a movie. However, here's something for you to look at; it's just the names of the art work we looked at last week along with a description of each of the art movements (not in order) plus  the set questions we looked at. See you Thursday.

1. Claude Monet, Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise), (1872), Impressionism
2. A Russian advertising construction, date unknown, Constructivism
3. Banksy, Art Attack ( Street-Art mural at West Bank Barrier Israel), (2005), Post-Modernism
4. Max Ernst, The Elephant Celebes, (1921), Surrealism
5. Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians (1921), Cubism
6. George Bellows, Dempsey and Firpo, (1924), Figurative Art
7. Edvard Munch, The Scream, (1893), Expressionism
8. Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, Woman Cleaning Turnips, (ca.1738), Realism

1. “Its typical trait is to present the world in an utterly subjective perspective, radically distorting it for emotional effect, to evoke moods or ideas. Its artists sought to express the meaning of being alive and emotional experience rather than physical reality.”

2. “It involves the belief that many, if not all, apparent realities are only social constructs, as they are subject to change inherent to time and place. It emphasizes the role of language, power relations, and motivations; in particular it attacks the use of sharp classifications such as male versus female, straight versus gay, white versus black, and imperial versus colonial.”

3. “It rejected the idea of autonomous art in favour of art as a practice directed towards social purposes. It lasted as an active force lasted until around 1934, having a great deal of effect on developments in the art of the Weimar Republic and elsewhere, before being replaced by Socialist Realism.”

4. “In its artworks, objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in an abstracted form—instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context.”

5. “Characteristics of its paintings include relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on the accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, the inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience, and unusual visual angles”

6. “It describes artwork—particularly paintings and sculptures—which are clearly derived from real object sources, and are therefore by definition representational.”

7. “It believed in the ideology of objective reality and revolted against the exaggerated emotionalism of the Romantic Movement. Truth and accuracy became the goals of many of its exponents”

8. “Its works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur”.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   According to your ranking, what are your favourite/least favourite types of art?  Why do you think this is so? 

         To what extent should art represent reality?

         Should art serve a social purpose?

         Should art be funded with public money?

         Should art which is controversial or offensive be censored?