ART

Knowledge Framework

Scope and Application

The arts
performing a
social function
related to other
areas of
knowledge like
religion.

Giving insight into

human social life

The arts as pure

entertainment

Problems
solved by
art
Allowing us to
see the human
condition from
other
perspectives

Instrument of
social
transformation

Problems of
artistic
engineering

Art Gallery Activity

Choose any two problems solved by the arts and place

them in the the art gallery. Explain why you placed it

there.

Language and Convention

Key Question: What do we mean by language in the

arts? Refer to two selected works in the art gallery.

Explain

Language and convention

Key Question:

Are there issues of literacy and translation in art?

Refer to two selected works in the art gallery. Explain

The role of language and convention

Role of language in art

does the audience have to

understand the language in order
to understand the work and
respond to it?

Meaning is created because there

is a set of rules governing the use
of artistic language- these rules
are established through practice

The artform employs a vocabulary

(gestures, symbols,) which is
combined using a system of rulesthis is what is meant by language.

Convention is the set of rules by

which the basic vocabulary can be
combined with the artwork.

Methodology
Reason, emotion,
imagination,
language, (through
convention) and
intuition might be
used to solve
engineering
problems in art

The artwork
should
posses
formal
balance

There
should be
relaxation in
the artwork

There
should be
tension in
the artwork

Methodology
of the arts:
engineering
problems in
the arts

Artwork
has to be
diverse

Artwork
has to be
unified

the artwork
should
create a
sense of
movement

methodology
Key Questions:
In what sense is the production of a work of art an

engineering problem?
Does methodology limit some arts more than others?

Art Gallery Project

Refer to one selected works in the art gallery that is

relaxed. Explain
Refer to one selected works in the art gallery that reveals
tension. Explain

The Role of the WOK in the Arts

Fill in the chart
WOK
Emotion
Language
Sense Perception
Reason
Intuition
Faith
Memory
Imagination

Uses

Limitations

WOK in the Arts

What might it mean to say that emotion is the universal

language of the arts?

To what extent can artistic activity be described as the use
of imagination within the framework of reason?
To what extent does this description apply to other AOK?