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COMM/RELS 257 Final Questions with 100%
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Dewey - ANSWER - Art is created each time someone has an
experience
- Aesthetic experience - perceiving, enjoying art/beauty; a set of
principles underlying and guiding the work of an artist or art
movement; sensation or perception
- Art as communication/language; window to another culture
Firth's Method - ANSWER 1. Surface: describe what you see
2. Intended Meaning: author explicit intent/what are they
selling? How do they sell it?; lifestyle/consumer oriented;
product oriented
3. Cultural/Ideological Meaning: relies on cultural background;
can be unintentional
Plato - ANSWER - Theory of forms: abstract/perfect;
transcendent of this world
- Art is a copy of an imperfect copy
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- Mimesis - imitation
- Ban artists from the state
- Tragedy confuses audiences because of values; virtues are not
always reward
Aristotle - ANSWER - Tragedies are good: catharsis - emotional
cleansing of spectator
- Prefers tragedies where good people mistakenly do bad things
Danto - ANSWER - Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes: no way art has to
look; no right way to make art; difference between art and non-
art is not visual, but conceptual; meaning is a matter for
philosophers to discover - no way that art should look
- Open Theory - anything can be art
- Art embodies meaning; can communicate thoughts and
feelings through a physical meaning
- Art and philosophy are linked together; not independent
spheres; when philosophy was dealing with pluralism, art is as
well
- Modern art - artists choosing a medium and stuck with it; "this
form is the best form of art and it's going to lead to a greater
COMM/RELS 257 Final Questions with 100%
Verified Answers UPDATED!!!
Dewey - ANSWER - Art is created each time someone has an
experience
- Aesthetic experience - perceiving, enjoying art/beauty; a set of
principles underlying and guiding the work of an artist or art
movement; sensation or perception
- Art as communication/language; window to another culture
Firth's Method - ANSWER 1. Surface: describe what you see
2. Intended Meaning: author explicit intent/what are they
selling? How do they sell it?; lifestyle/consumer oriented;
product oriented
3. Cultural/Ideological Meaning: relies on cultural background;
can be unintentional
Plato - ANSWER - Theory of forms: abstract/perfect;
transcendent of this world
- Art is a copy of an imperfect copy
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- Mimesis - imitation
- Ban artists from the state
- Tragedy confuses audiences because of values; virtues are not
always reward
Aristotle - ANSWER - Tragedies are good: catharsis - emotional
cleansing of spectator
- Prefers tragedies where good people mistakenly do bad things
Danto - ANSWER - Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes: no way art has to
look; no right way to make art; difference between art and non-
art is not visual, but conceptual; meaning is a matter for
philosophers to discover - no way that art should look
- Open Theory - anything can be art
- Art embodies meaning; can communicate thoughts and
feelings through a physical meaning
- Art and philosophy are linked together; not independent
spheres; when philosophy was dealing with pluralism, art is as
well
- Modern art - artists choosing a medium and stuck with it; "this
form is the best form of art and it's going to lead to a greater
