- Oct 16, 2005 - Christian View of Art
- Introduction
- Lineup To Beginning of December
- Me, this week and next
- Culture, Scott
- Education, Jeff Johnston
- Science, Dana Goodnight
- Images of Spiritual Things, Scott
- The class will focus on the Biblical teaching that nature
and providence are full of divinely placed "images of
spiritual things" for our learning.
- Government and Politics, Jack Sawyer
- Start Frame book in December
- Indebtedness to Veith
- What is Art?
- Art is Work
- SOTA 30-32
- Part of everyday life
- Artisan, The Art of Computer Programming
- Even God's creation (the first art) is connected with the idea of the work of God's hands, which God does not have.
- Adam was told to "cultivate and keep" the garden, before the fall.
- He did not have to toil to be provided for. His work was more than mere labor. It was art.
- Gen 2:15
- "creativity is at the essence of the human capacity to work, to be productive, and to serve society." (SOTA 32)
- If we view our work as art, we have the potential to "rediscover its satisfactions" and "develop the artist's obsession with excellence."
- Art is Self-expression
- Projecting oneself, one's worldview into one's environment
- An extension of oneself into a medium
- Art is "Subcreation"
- The Scope of Art
- Functional Art
- Meant to be used for something
- Architecture
- Engineering/Well-written code
- A well-made bowl, quilt, etc.
- Decorative Art
- The Human impulse to create and surround oneself with beauty
- Fades into the background (not a bad thing)
- Communicates a philosophy or attitude
- Fine Art
- "made for their aesthetic meaning alone"
- Painting, sculpture, music, drama, literature
- Demands and deserves attention
- Understanding Art
- "Likeable" vs "Good"
- Taste = learning to "like" what is "good"
- There are subjective aspects to beauty
- There are objective aspects to beauty
- Form and content
- Form: How it's done
- When the form is well-done, it reflects the
orderliness of Creation and the image of God
- Content: What's being done
- Can have good form, bad content, and vice versa
- Should aim to have both
- Ideas