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Art History
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Contemporary
Art | Anthropology of Art |
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ANTHROPOLOGY OF ART
This lecture aims to address the common
man’s mystification with the concept
of ‘art’.
The modern and post-modern definitions of
art are often obscure to the ordinary
person without an extensive art history
background. People often feel
unintelligent or uneducated if they fail
to see the relevance of
‘contemporary’ art and yearn
for an imagined past when
‘beauty’ was the measure of
art.
This lecture aims to de-mystify the often
tortuous language of art historians and
critics and help the typical
non-art-professional put conceptions of
art in a historical context. It traces
the social developments that changed the
place of art in society from the past to
the present, and from east to west.
It is intended to address an unfortunate
lack in the education system which seems
to think that art education is only for
an elite of experts. Its goal is to give
ordinary people an understanding of the
different aesthetics that informed
different periods of history thereby
giving them the tools to know how to make
their own judgements about art.
It illuminates the fact that modern
artists approach their work in many
different ways. While some do valuable
work within the art elite, many do
equally valuable work outside of it from
many different perspectives.
It also aims to help consumers know the
difference between merchandise and art.
While many things for sale in modern
culture purport to be art, there is a
tendency to mistake the mass produced for
the authentic, making it difficult for
artists to gain credibility and
recognition for their work.
It will feature key stylistic and
historical periods to elucidate these
ideas using images from artists of the
past and the present.
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