A POWER POINT PRESENTATION IN MC ARTS

PRESENTED BY: ZYRUS SILVA

PAST EXPERIENCES WITH THE ARTS & AREAS OF

INTEREST
 OPENING PRAYER 🙏

• So, Lord, we look to you now for guidance and instruction. We

ask that you bless this session in every way, bless the
participants, and bless the instructor. Take full control, Oh God,
and may everything go according to your will and purpose in
Jesus’ name we pray. Amen!
 WHAT IS ART FIRST?
• Art, also called (to distinguish it from other art forms) visual
art, a visual object or experience consciously created through an
expression of skill or imagination. The term art encompasses
diverse media such as painting, sculpture, printmaking,
drawing, decorative arts, photography, and installation.
Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product,
that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical
proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas.
• There is no generally agreed definition of what constitutes
art,and its interpretation has varied greatly throughout history
and across cultures. The three classical branches of visual art
are painting, sculpture, and architecture
Clockwise from upper left: an 1887 self-portrait by Vincent van
Gogh; a female ancestor figure by a Chokwe artist; detail from
The Birth of Venus (c. 1484–1486) by Sandro Botticelli; and an
Okinawan Shisa lion
 WHY STUDY ART HISTORY?
Art history provides a means by which we can understand our
human past and its relationship to our present, because the act of
making art is one of humanity’s most ubiquitous activities.
• As an art historian you will learn about this rich and fundamental
strand of human culture. You will learn to talk and write about
works of art from different periods and places, in the same way
that other students learn to write about literature or history.
• But you will also learn skills unique to art historians. You will
learn to make visual arguments and, above all, you will train
your eyes and brain in the skills of critical looking. Don’t take
our word for it.
 WHY STUDY ART FROM FROM THE
PAST?
• Art from the past holds clues to life in the past. By looking at a work of
art’s symbolism, colors, and materials, we can learn about the culture that
produced it. For example, the two portraits above are full of symbolism
referring to virtues of an ideal marriage during the fifteenth century. The
young woman’s portrait contains symbols of chastity (the unicorn) and
fertility (the rabbits), virtues that were important for a Renaissance
woman to possess. After decoding the symbolism in these portraits, we
can learn what was important to these people and how they wanted to be
remembered
Attributed to the Maestro delle Storie del Pane (Italian
[Emilian], active late 15th century). 
Portrait of a Man, possibly Matteo di Sebastiano di Bernardino
Gozzadini
 (left) and 
Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzad
ini
 (right), ca. 1485–95. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.95, 96)
• We also can compare artwork, which provides different
perspectives, and gives us a well-rounded way of looking at
events, situations, and people. By analyzing artworks from the
past and looking at their details, we can rewind time and
experience what a time period different from our own was like
• END OF POWER POINT PRESENTATION THANK YOU
FOR LISTENING GOD BLESSED Y'ALL