Art Appreciation

9:30AM-10:50AM, T, R, Professor Paige Prater

What is art?

Weigh-in…

• “Art is not a thing --- it is a way.” – Elbert Hubbard (1908)

• “Art is a discovery and development of elementary principles of nature into beautiful forms suitable for human use.” – Frank Lloyd Wright

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/06/22/what-is-art/

What is art?

• BBC News clip, August 3, 2013 (3:38)http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23552375• TED Talk by Chris Bangle (Feb 2002) on “Great

cars are great art” (first 6 minutes)http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_bangle_says_great_cars_are_art.html

Where is art?

Who makes art?