Soc Sci 1: The Context of Contemporary Art (L2: Part 1)

Consists of all of the things about the artwork that might have influenced the artwork or the maker (artist).

It refers to factors that surround the work of art. when the work was made; where it was made (both culturally and geographically); why it was made; and possibly some other details or information.

It includes a host of conditions such as historical events, economic trends, contemporary cultural developments, religious attitudes, social norms, other artworks of the time, among others.

The two classification of context art

Pertains to the artists his/her attitudes, beliefs, interests and values, education and training, biography (including psychology).

This includes the artists intentions and purposes for making his/her art.

Addresses the external conditions in which the work was produced; the apparent function of the work, religious and philosophical convictions, socio-political and economic structures, and even climate and geography.

Are our responses towards phenomenal like enchantment, fear, awe, terror or guilt all that it takes to name something as art, or consider something as artistic, pleasant or enchanting, or something be a thing or commodity?

The network of institutions (schools, museums, galleries, commercial market systems, and professions) which exercises the power to set the terms with which the public is made to perceive art.

every culture creates art, and each has its own standards of representation, its own cultural context, and own aesthetic conventions.