Microsoft PowerPoint - aat_in_depth.pptx

5/4/2019

copyright J.Paul Getty Trust

Introduction to the AAT

revised May 2019 For educational purposes

Scope note

• Refers to art created or collected according

to a philosophy of avoidance of the conventional fine art tradition. The term was coined in the 1940s and generally refers to art that fits the ideal described by Jean Dubuffet, who posited that art should be inventive, non-conformist, unprocessed, spontaneous, insulated from all social and cultural influences, "brut,"

created without thought of

financial gain or public recognition, and based upon autonomous inspiration, in

direct contrast to the

stereotypes of the traditional or

official artistic culture.

Dubuffet sought such art in the work of psychiatric patients and other insulated individuals.

• 
  

naive art

is a separate

concept from

outsider art

• 
  

formerly were equivalents

• 
  

now are siblings

Descriptor:

outsider art

AAT ID: 300056472

Jean Dubuffet, http://www.gaiamuseum.dk , Child with

Rocking Horse, National Gallery, Washington

In

other

cases,

former

UF

becomes

a

separate

record,

linked

through

Associative

Relationships

naïve

art

is

distinguished

from

outsider

art

Scope note

• Refers to art created by non-professional

artists or artisans who have not had formal training and are often self-taught. It typically displays the artist's poor grasp of anatomy and lacks mastery of conventional perspective and other hallmarks of trained artists. It includes painting, sculpture

, embroidery, quilts, toys,

ships'

figureheads, decoys, painted targets, and

other objects, and often refers to

such objects created specifically

in 19th- and 20th-century Europe and North

America. It is generally distinguished fr

om "outsider art," which includes the

more extravagant psychotic drawings

and other art created or collected

according to a philosophy of the avoidance of, rather than simply a lack of, traditional training. It is also usually di

stinct from "folk ar

t," which is created

Descriptor: according to specific cultural traditions.

naive art

AAT ID: 300263555

AAT:

Separating non-synonymous UFs