8/11/10 INTRODUCING ART HISTORY WHAT IS ART??? The word ?Art? comes from the Latin word ? ars? which means skill. Does all art need Skill and Technique? The Greek word for art is ?tekne? which is the English source for ?technique? 8/11/10 WHAT IS ART??? Ancient Greek philosophers Aristotle and Plato studied and considered art and beauty in intellectual terms and expected to the study of beauty and truth to lead to universal good. - today 'aesthetics' is a branch of philosophy. Aristotle evaluated works based on imitation (mimesis), how faithfully artists recorded what they saw and the ideas led to development of ?realistic or naturalistic? styles
INTRO TO ART HISTORY
8/11/10 INTRODUCING ART HISTORY WHAT IS ART??? The word ?Art? comes from the Latin word ? ars? which means skill. Does all art need Skill and Technique? The Greek word for art is ?tekne? which is the English source for ?technique? 8/11/10 WHAT IS ART??? Ancient Greek philosophers Aristotle and Plato studied and considered art and beauty in intellectual terms and expected to the study of beauty and truth to lead to universal good. - today 'aesthetics' is a branch of philosophy. Aristotle evaluated works based on imitation (mimesis), how faithfully artists recorded what they saw and the ideas led to development of ?realistic or naturalistic? styles
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