‘Precision and beauty are the most important concepts when creating an artwork.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement?
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‘Precision and beauty are the most important concepts when creating an artwork.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement? Precision and beauty are sometimes not the most important concepts when creating an artwork, depending on the purpose of the artwork. |
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Real Life Example AOK Terminology |
Cubism: artists fracture their objects into geometric forms and tend to use contrasting perspectives in a single painting. “Picasso’s Guernica Surrealism: defined as a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature which sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images. ‘Persistence of memory Impressionism: is about trying to capture the atmosphere of the painting rather than accurately drawing out the details. “Soleil Levant by Claude Monet All of these styles have outstanding and famous paintings, but all of them do not value precision and beauty as the key when making the painting. In fact, most of these paintings might not be considered as beautiful by common eye. The Arts |
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TOK Analysis TOK Terminology (+AOK Terminology) |
Certainty, probability, accuracy, precision, clarity |
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Precision and beauty are the most important concepts when creating an artwork, as the audience of the artwork might not grasp the author’s intention of creating the work. |
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Real Life Example AOK Terminology |
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People can perceive art differently, and everyone’s understanding of art will never be the same as the author’s original intentions. However, by making the art as accurately and as precise as it can be in real life, everyone will understand its concepts completely. Realism in arts is the attempt to represent subjects matter truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding artistic conventions. |
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TOK Analysis TOK Terminology (+AOK Terminology) |
Certainty, probability, accuracy, precision, clarity |
| Short Evaluation | It would be inadvisable to look for precision and accuracy in art most of the time as knowledge is acquired differently in art than other areas of knowledge. Artistic creations are mostly a result of personal knowledge requiring imagination and creativity and often is intended to invoke an emotional interaction with the audience. It is the very nature of art that makes it so hard to understand. Although it usually has a framework for understanding, it will not always be the same as the author’s aim. |
Precision and beauty are sometimes not the most important concepts when creating an artwork, depending on the purpose of the artwork. This is because an artwork is the result of the reimagination of one’s personal knowledge, and tend to more emotionally interactive compared to strictly meeting standards of beauty. Standards of beauty are also hard to define as there are many forms and styles of art.
Some real-life examples can be the different styles of painted art. A very typical example can be Cubism. In this style of art, artists of practice fracture their objects into geometric forms and tend to use contrasting perspectives in a single painting. Cubism artworks are often confusing in the message, and not quite aesthetically pleasing, such as Picasso’s “Weeping Woman”.
Surrealism is defined as a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature which sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images. The famous painting by Dali, “Persistence of memory” is a famous painting representing this style.
Another style, impressionism is about trying to capture the atmosphere of the painting rather than accurately drawing out the details. This contrasts with the assumption of that art is always about precision, but rather in this style, getting the feeling is more important.” Soleil Levant” by Claude Monet is an example.
Many paintings following these styles have been outstanding and iconic of their time, but the artists do not necessarily value precision and beauty in the first place when producing the painting. In fact, most of these paintings might not be considered as beautiful by common eye. These artworks are usually quite personal and require investigation to get the intentions of the artist.
However, some might argue if the reason of producing art is getting a message across, then these two concepts are actually the most important when creating an artwork, as the audience of the artwork might not grasp the author’s intention of creating the work if the message is not certain. As one needs to appreciate an artwork, it should be aesthetically pleasing otherwise it is not considered good art.
People can perceive art differently, and everyone’s understanding of art will never be the same as the author’s original intentions. However, by making the art as accurately and as precise as it can be in real life, everyone will understand its concepts completely.
An example is Realism in arts, which is the attempt to represent subjects matter truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding artistic conventions. Sketching, the practice of still life drawing can be regarded as examples.
Although this sort of art usually directly depicts the author’s intention, it might be regarded as relatively superficial or has no real meanings at all. This is because the experience or knowledge that is involved in producing the art might be largely shared, thus it could not invoke emotions among viewers.
Therefore, it is generally not advised to look for precision and accuracy in art most of the time, as knowledge is acquired differently in art than other areas of knowledge. Artistic creations are mostly a result of personal knowledge requiring imagination and creativity and often is intended to invoke an emotional interaction with the audience. It is the very nature of art that makes it so hard to understand. Although it usually has a framework for understanding, the audience’s understanding will not always be the same as the author’s aim.