Alejandro Jesus Garcia Medina 5°A

Module 1
Unit 1. An introduction to arts

THE ARTIST’S TASK

1. What do you think each task refers to? Complete the table with your own
ideas and give examples.

The artist’s task Explanation

Art is present in the architecture as
• To create places for some well. This can be found in many
human purpose. houses, buildings and other places.

• To create extraordinary versions Even simple objects has beauty in

of ordinary objects.
• To give tangible form to the
unknown
 To record and commemorate
• To give tangible form to feelings
and ideas
them, so special versions of these
objects can be created in order to
highlight or show how extraordinary
they can be.
To put a face or form on something
we have never seen. The art is also
present in religion, there are many
gods and goddesses artworks.
It refers to capturing and telling
historical events or memories. For
example, there are artworks that
were done to commemorate people
who died
It is to use all the senses to create
something that represents ideas and
feelings. For example, poetry

• Artist refresh one’s vision and It is to help others to know different

help see the world in new ways. ways to think and feel. An artistic
work is a window to another world

2. What is in your opinion the most challenging task an artist must execute and
why?

To give tangible form to something you do not know is really hard. How do you
describe or draw something you have never seen? Perhaps you can paint a rock with
a face with a rock and say “It is an artwork of an Alien”, yet a good or creative
artwork could imply a complex creative process and imagination in order to give a
form to something unknown.
 3. In what discipline of art are you more interested and why?
I like photography, because you can find beauty, feelings and memories everywhere. It’s a
matter of perspective, there are infinite angles and infinite possibilities. You can show
people how you see the world from your point of view. What I like the most is that a photo
represents a tenth of a second, but it can make you feel thousands of things.