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About Art: Lesson 2: Some Basic Assumptions

The document discusses common assumptions about art and questions those assumptions. It lists 10 questions that challenge why we assume art must be publicly displayed, collectible, intelligent, or have consistent qualities. The questions also challenge why we assume art can't be a doodle, needs context, and that popularity defines quality. The document concludes by questioning why these assumptions about art need to have a coherent message. It then provides discussion questions for students to interpret assumptions about whether art is universal or time/culture-bound, whether it's timeless or transient, and what and how it expresses.

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About Art: Lesson 2: Some Basic Assumptions

The document discusses common assumptions about art and questions those assumptions. It lists 10 questions that challenge why we assume art must be publicly displayed, collectible, intelligent, or have consistent qualities. The questions also challenge why we assume art can't be a doodle, needs context, and that popularity defines quality. The document concludes by questioning why these assumptions about art need to have a coherent message. It then provides discussion questions for students to interpret assumptions about whether art is universal or time/culture-bound, whether it's timeless or transient, and what and how it expresses.

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Lesson 2: Some Basic Assumptions

about Art

A picture of a duck when you look left, a picture of a rabbit when you look right.
What Does The Rabbit Duck Illusion Mean? How
You View It Might Reveal How Creative You Are.

The meaning of the rabbit duck illusion


 says that people who are able to see both
animals easily are more creative in
general. Most people can see the duck,
but have difficulty seeing the rabbit — so
if you can see both, congratulations! You
probably have a greater sense of
creativity than most people.
Top 10 Questions on Our Assumptions about Art:
10. Why do we assume that art is always something intended for public
display?
9. Why do we assume that art should be collectible?
8. Why do we assume that art should be intelligent or
explainable intended to impress?
7. Why should we assume that art has any particular consistent and
persistent qualities at all?
6. Why do we assume that art should be interpreted without
context?
5. Why do we assume that serious art has more significance or
greater value than a doodle which only you seem to
appreciate?
4. Why do we assume that art is something that can be defined?
3. Why do we assume that popularity is the ultimate
indicator of good art when it is in conflict with your
own?

2. Why do we assume that art should be art?

1. Why do you assume that this list of questions


about some basic assumptions of art has to have
a coherent message and a sound ending?
Activity: Focus Group Discussion:
Assumptions about Art
Directions: Written on the left column are some
basic assumptions about art. In this activity,
students will assemble in groups of four and
work through this template to plan their writing
about the possible meanings of these
assumptions about art. Write down your group’s
ideas or interpretations on the right side of the
chart. Be prepared to explain your ideas to
the class.
Assumptions about Interpretation
Art
Can art be universal or is it always
grounded in its time and place?

Is art timeless or transient?

Art is not nature, nature is not


art?
Art is not just a recording of human
experience, but it is an involvement
of human experience.
What does art express?
Why does art express? How does
art express?
Does art reflect culture?
How does art reflect culture?

Art isn’t creativity and


creativity is not art.

Is art a product of imagination


or experience?

Are some work of art better


than others?

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