Professional Documents
Culture Documents
LIST/STUDY
GUIDE
INTRODUCTORY
MODULE
The
visual
arts
as
cultural
language
+
tool
for
engaging
diversity
GLOBAL
TRENDS
• ART
IS
A
UNIVERSAL
LANGUAGE
MADE
BY
ALL
HUMAN
CULTURES
FROM
THE
BEGINNING
OF
TIME
• ART
CAN
BE
ANY
OBJECT,
MADE
OF
ANY
MATERIAL,
DESIGNATED
BY
A
MAKER
AS
A
WORK
OF
ART
• ART
CAN
BE
VISUALIZED
IN
TWO
OR
THREE
DIMENSIONS,
OR
IT
CAN
BE
EPHEMERAL
AND
FORMLESS
• ART
CAN
MAKE
IMPORTANT
POLITICAL,
RELIGIOUS
OR
SOCIAL
STATEMENTS,
AND
IT
CAN
BE
USED
AS
PROPAGANDA
• LIKE
LANGUAGE,
ART
HAS
POWER—IT
CAN
BE
USED
TO
SUPPRESS,
TO
INFORM
AND
TO
INSPIRE
OBJECTS
+
MONUMENTS
*Robin
Rhode,
He
Got
Game,
South
Africa,
2000
CE
*Janet
Echelman,
Her
Secret
is
Patience,
Phoenix,
AZ,
2009
CE
*Muqarnas
dome,
Palace
of
the
Lions,
Alhambra,
Granada,
Spain,
1354-‐1391
CE
*Bernini,
Baldacchino,
St.
Peter’s,
Vatican
City,
1624-‐1633
CE
*Betye
Saar,
The
Liberation
of
Aunt
Jemima,
African-‐American,
1972
CE
*Miriam
Schapiro,
Heartland,
United
States,
1985
CE
*Stephen
Cox,
St.
Anselm’s
Altar,
United
Kingdom,
2006
CE
*Corncob
Slave
Doll,
African-‐American,
1860
CE
*Dance
Wand
in
honor
of
Eshu,
Elegba
Cult,
Nigeria,
date
unknown
*Joseph
Kosuth,
One
and
Three
Chairs,
United
States,
1965
CE
*Douglas
Cardinal
(Blackfoot),
National
Museum
of
the
American
Indian,
Washington
D.C.,
2004
CE
*Decorative
panel
from
Alhambra,
Granada,
Spain,
14th
century
CE
*Yong
Soon
Min,
Dwelling,
Korean-‐American,
1994
CE
*Arroyo
Hondo
carver,
Our
Lady
of
the
Immaculate
Conception,
Spanish
Southwest
US,
1830-‐1850
CE
*Félix
González-‐Torres,
Untitled
(Death
by
Gun),
Cuban-‐American,
1990
CE
*Fred
Wilson,
Mining
the
Museum,
United
States,
1992
CE
TERMS
PERFORMANCE
ART:
An
American
advant-‐garde
art
form
popularized
in
the
1960s
in
which
people
‘perform’
the
art
work,
typically
in
a
gallery
space;
the
movements
and
sounds
of
the
performers
replace
traditional
media
such
as
painting
and
sculpture
HIGH
ART:
Traditional
art
forms
such
as
painting
and
sculpture
created
by
a
famous
master
and
typically
found
in
a
fine
art
museum
GHETTO
ART:
Marginal
art
such
as
graffiti
typically
found
in
public
spaces
and
created
by
anonymous
or
unknown
artists;
also
known
as
street
art
SURREALISM:
A
French
art
movement
from
the
1940s
that
features
recognizable
objects
within
the
context
of
dreams
or
the
unconscious
mind
MIXED
MEDIA:
An
artwork
that
features
different
kinds
of
material
SITE
SPECIFIC:
An
artwork
intended
for
a
specific
location,
typically
outside
CALLIGRAPHY:
An
art
form
used
in
Islamic
and
Chinese
traditions
that
involves
painting
the
written
word
JUXTAPOSED:
Side-‐by-‐side
TRANSUBSTANTIATION:
The
Christian
belief
that
the
bread
and
wine
used
in
the
Mass
are
changed
by
the
priest
at
the
altar
into
the
actual
body
and
blood
of
Jesus
COUNTER
REFORMATION:
The
Catholic
Church’s
response
c.
1600
CE
to
the
Protestant
Reformation
ALLAH:
In
Islam,
the
name
for
God
ICON:
Image
ANICONIC:
An
artistic
tradition
that
forbids
the
use
of
images,
specifically,
the
human
figure
in
art
NON-‐FIGURAL:
An
artistic
tradition
that
emphasizes
patterns
and
designs
rather
than
the
human
figure
BALDUCCHINO:
A
canopy
of
honor
typically
situated
over
an
altar
in
a
church
GILT/GILDED/GILDING:
The
use
of
gold
in
art,
typically
gold
leaf,
which
is
thin
gold
foil
FEMMAGE:
A
phase
coined
by
Miriam
Schapiro
for
feminine
art
forms
that
incorporate
fabric
and
glitter
CONCEPTUAL
ART:
An
art
movement
popularized
in
the
1960s
that
focuses
on
the
concept
or
definition
of
the
artwork’s
subject
rather
than
the
material
of
the
artwork
itself
SANTOS:
Spanish-‐American
folk
art
wooden
statues
of
the
Catholic
saints
DISAPPEARING/EPHEMERAL
EXHIBITS:
Developed
in
the
20th
century,
exhibits
in
which
the
audience
is
encouraged
to
take
part
of
the
art
work;
as
a
result,
the
exhibit
changes,
and
then
disappears
over
time