What is art?

1. What is art? bell work #1 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

2. Who can be an artist? bell work #2 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

3. What is the difference between an art gallery and an art museum? bell work #3 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

4. An elephant paints a picture using its trunk. Who is the artist, the elephant or the man who trained it to paint? bell work #4 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

5. Can an object be considered as art today if it was not considered to be art at the time it was created? Why? bell work #5 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

6. Must art be beautiful? Why or why not? bell work #6 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

7. Must art communicate something or be about something? Should art tell a story? bell work #7 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

8. Must art be made by hand? bell work #8 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

9. Must a work of art be made by an artist? Why? bell work #9 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

10. An artist picks up a piece of driftwood from the beach and displays it in a gallery- is it art? Why? bell work #10 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

11. Can an object be art if the person making it did not intend for it to be art? bell work #11 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

12. Must a work of art express feelings or emotions in order to be considered art? bell work #12 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

13. Does art have to look "real"? bell work #13 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

14. Can furniture be art? Clothing? Serving utensils? Greeting cards? Musicalinstruments? Tapestries? Quilts? Under what conditions are these objects art ornot art? bell work #14 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

15. Can found objects be sculpture? bell work #15 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

16. Can only art experts say what the true meaning of a work of art is? bell work #16 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

17. Who can say what is good or bad art? bell work #17 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

18. Must a work of art have good craftsmanship to be considered a good work of art? Why? bell work #18 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

19. How is it decided if something is art or not? bell work #19 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

20. Can a work of art be both beautiful and ugly? bell work #20 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

21. Must art be enjoyed? bell work #21 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

22. Should all works of art be judged by the same criteria? bell work #22 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

23. Can a work of art be good if it did not take a long time to make? bell work #23 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

24. Who decides the value of art? bell work #24 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

25. Are works of art made a long time ago more valuable? bell work #25 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

26. Do the materials utilized in making the work affect the value of the work? Is a bronze sculpture of more value than a sculpture made with found objects like neon lights? bell work #26 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

27. Is it appropriate to alter a work of art if it is offensive? bell work #27 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

28. Should offensive art be banned from public exhibition? bell work #28 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

29. Do different people have different interpretations about the same work of art? bell work #29 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

30. Is there only one true meaning of a work of art? bell work #30 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

31. Did cavemen think of their paintings as art? bell work #31 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

32. Is the meaning of a work that which the artist meant it to be or what it means to the viewer? bell work #32 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

33. Can artifacts from past cultures (which weren't meant to be art at the time they were made) be considered works of art now for a different culture? bell work #33 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

34. Is it acceptable to use a work of art and change it for use in advertisements? bell work #34 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

35. Imagine that a museum has just acquired a Hopi Kachina doll. The Hopi people want it back because it is sacred to them. Is the doll more important as a piece of art, or as a religious symbol for the Hopi? bell work #35 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

36. Can animals be artists? bell work #36 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

37. How are works of art different from other objects? bell work #37 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

38. If you like an object, is it art? If you do not like it, could it still be considered art? bell work #38 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

39. Is creativity the same as doing whatever you want? bell work #39 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

40. If a person claims to be an artist, is that person an artist? Is anything that that person creates art? bell work #40 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

41. Can a child be an artist? bell work #41 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

42. Should very old artworks that have deteriorated with time be restored or left as they are? bell work #42 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

43. People have paid millions of dollars to buy works by Monet, van Gogh, and Picasso. Who decides how much the artwork is worth? Does a higher amount of money paid for a painting make it a better artwork than one that brought in less money? bell work #43 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

44. Is a forgery of an artwork a work of art? bell work #44 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

45. Should art only please the artists and the culturally elite, or should it touch a wider viewing audience? bell work #45 • Write the question then your answer each day • Answers must be written in complete sentences • To be completed during the first five minutes of class • Questions will be collected at the end of each week

46. 2 hour delay schedule