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who is an artist
A person who has a great deal of skill or talent
Someone whose work shows considerable technical proficiency or creativity
Art is a form of human expression
Only human beings an make art
art springs from the word artificial because art is not the real thing but rather the human creator
Directing
Theatre:
works collaboratively, Has limited control
Film and tv:
Solitary Authority, Have absolute control
Levels of Participation
Presentational: Often acknowledges the audience including inviting them to participate.
Representational: Never acknowledges the audiences
What is art?
Beauty: From branch of philosophy called asethetics
Meaning: Attempt to understand ourselves and World around us
Spiritual
Emotional
Intellectual
Irrational/ Rational
Art is not the same for each person
Copyright
Royalty Payment
Public Domain
Writer's for Hire
Everyone is a Critic
Reviews: are evaluations of a production typically published in newspapers, magazines, or online. The main goal is to inform the potential audience whether the play is worth attending.
Qualities of Art?
Form of Human Expression
Needs subject and Medium
Makes you feel something
Provides a perception of order
What are works of art?
The Artist: Opinions
Interpretations
Philosophy
Belief
What is the Censorship and the Arts
First Amendment
Common categories of theatre
Commercial Theatre, Historical, Political, Experimental, Cultural
3 qualities of theatre and drama
They are live: no two performances are the same
They are about human beings
They are collaborative art forms
Plays turned into movies
Christmas carol
12 Angry Men
Cat on a Hot tin Root
A few good men
Musicals turned into movies
Dreamgirls
Footloose
Jesus Christ superstar
Hairspray