Famous artists

Do the arts challenge or reflect society?What you need to know:• Key terms and expressions associated with the

arts,• What artistic styles are and how they can

develop,• The nature of creativity and innovation,• How art can challenge society.

“…imaginative, creative, and non scientific branches of knowledge considered collectively, esp. As studied academically.”

“Art is created when an artist creates a beautiful object, or produces a stimulating experience that

is considered by his audience to have artistic merit.”

In the written exam it is important that you choose two or more artistic styles to study and write about. This can be in any discipline but you must have knowledge and understanding of different works and different artists.

• Discipline – a defined body of knowledge• Style – the way in which a work of art is ‘done’: how it is made

or performed; a way to classify art• Creativity – the application of imagination and skill to bring into

existence something which did not previously exist• Artist – can refer to a painter but it is also a general word

applied to anyone who practises or performs in any of the artistic forms

• Form – the visible shape of a work as distinct from the content• Innovation – a change in something already existing or the

introduction of something new. In the arts it refers to the development of new methods, techniques, materials or ideas. The essential feature of innovation is that artists do something never done previously.

• Genre – a term used for a style, type or category of art or literature