Purpose: To let the audience see and differentiate between works of art.

Central Idea: Works of art come in many different forms.

Introduction: What could have been in the mind of Michelangelo, as he lay on his back for the better half of four years in 1477 painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? The work of art known as “The Last Judgment “that he created couldn’t have been possible without his ingenious Fabrefacation. Fabrefacation is a lost word, a noun meaning, “the act of fashioning or making of art”.

Preview Statement: First I would like to share with you some of the more famous Fabrefacation art you may already know. Later in the presentation’ I hope to show you pieces of art that many would not have considered being so. Finally, I hope to open your minds to the art that you may or may not already see every day in life.
I. These are some more familiar forms of art. Whether you know the names of the artist or not, this is, for most of us how we perceive art.
A. Alfred Stieglitz who was born in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1864, was schooled an engineer, but became one of the first and by far most famous Photo artist.
B. According to Lisa Hosteter of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alfred Stieglitz broke away from The Journal of the Camera Club of New York in 1902 to create ‘Camera Work’ a publication where Photographers could emphasize more on the craftsmanship.
C. Stieglitz was also instrumental in bringing the modern art of his time to the masses by featuring such artist as Aguste Rodin and even Pablo Picasso in Camera Works. Transition: Now photos, paintings sculptures and all other types of art that might exist in ones paradigm are fine, but there are other works of art that you may not think of.
II. Speeches are another form of art work.
A. The great Martin Luther King had many of these works of art. Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Aug. of 1963 where he delivered his famous I Have a Dream speech. As stated by Michael E. Eidenmuller PhD. Professor at the University of Texas and author of’ Great Speeches’. Martin Luther King’s, ‘I Have Dream speech’ is thought of by most historians and Professors as the greatest and most influential speech ever delivered. Simply stated, a work of art.
B. General Douglas MacArthur presented his art work ’Duty, Honor, Country’ on May 12th 1962, at West Point, N.Y. A masterful quote from that speech was, ‘ Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points.’
Transition: Well, by now you can see that not all art has to be in a museum, or a carved piece of stone on display.

III. Nature it’s self will use time and the elements for Fabrefacation.
A. The beauty and splendor that a sunset on a beach or a brook carving into a mountain side can be imitated, but not duplicated on a canvas.
B. Some works of art are created by a master artist that no one can recreate.
C. I believe though that when this Master Artist and man collaborate together the Fabrefacation is unparalleled in the creation of life.
D. American poet and 1926 Pulitzer Prize recipient Amy Lowell and Choate, Hall and Stewart of the Amy Lowell Scholarship of Boston Mass. Quoted:’ Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in’.

Conclusion: So it doesn’t matter whether the work of art is the Sistine Chapel, or something a little closer to home. Just make sure to appreciate the Fabrefacation that went into making such beauty.