Fine Arts Visual
On page 2 in Art Past Art Presentis an example of modern art, a bank of television monitors within the United States map. Each state's monitor(s) having the informantion about that state in it. This is an example of Installation ArtThis is art that is NOT permanent, it can be disassembled and moved.
When you look into the monitor for New York you see yourself so you become a part of the artwork
Understanding Style
To understand style you need to realize that it varies from counttry to country, culture to culture, and time to time.
Egyptian Art is easy to recognize, all the statues and pictures of the people are stuck together, the arms are at their sides or crossed in front of them. This is because they believed in an afterlife, that their bodies, if mummified correctly, could come back, possibly into the statue that was made of them.
The individual styles will change as the artist matures.
There is also formal style
Comparing Works of Art
The works of art also vary as to what media is used to make it, be it bronze, oil, watercolor, pencil, etc
Iconography is a symbol for something else, like in the manger scene. You recognize it by different symbols, like Mary always had on a blue robe and had a halo around her head, baby Jesus had a halo around his head too.
On page 7 is Baroque Sculpture which is sculpture that is naturalistic, this sculpture interpreted the poim Daphne into a sculpture.
Page 8 represents Japanese
Page 9 at the top represents Modern 1936 by Frank Lloyd Wright and it is built over a waterfall
Page 12 and 13 represent the 1500's Greek
Analyzing Ritual Art
On page 12 the sculpture The Minuteman shows a man and a plow made of bronze and granite and is an example of Representional Art
On page 13 is Cubi XIX which is an example of Non-representational Art, and is modern art that the viewer interprets what it is himself. Is supposed to elicit an emotional response from the viewer, whether it is hate it, love it, it's an opinion
On page 14 Ritual Art is crafted and has a practical use it can be worn, like masks or used like a lamp from Tiffany's. It can be a bowl or pitcher which is functional. In contrast to ART which is just to look at.
On page 16 the top picture is another example of representational art. This picture by Pietro Perguino of Christ Giving The Keys to Saint Peter you can tell what it is from the title of the picture.
The bottom picture by Piet Mondrian is an example of Non-Representational
Art and the title is just Composition #8 so the individual can interpret it themselves
Art and Artists in History
Artists from Ancient Greece and Rome through the 1700's had no women artists because the women couldn't go to the drawing classes they held. The reason is that they used nude male models and women back then weren't supposed to see men naked.
Prehistoric Art (unrecorded art)
On pages 24 and 25 the cave paintings showed hunts, rituals, dances, perhaps to teach the young. They used natural materials for the colors like berries, iron pyrite, etc. to make pictures.
On page 27 is a small figure of Venus, notice the prominent breasts and stomach are the focus with the face unfinished. Some opinions are that the woman's face didn't matter because the main focus was on child-bearing. Perhaps that the woman's role was for only that purpose, that they had no distinct personality.
On page 30 is Stonehenge and it is thought that is was a gathering place for ceremonies, worship services, or perhaps a giant calendar to tell the time and the seasons.
The Louvre
1. What was The Louvre originally used for?
The Louvre in the center of Paris, France was originally used as a fortress for King Phillip.
2. What was the Louvre's purpose for centuries?
It was used as a palace for 350 years.
3. What is the Louvre used for today?
It is a museum.
4. How many pieces of artwork did the Nazis take from the Louvre?
When the Nazis invaded France they went to the Louvre to loot it and found nothing! The French people hid every single piece of art away in cellars, in caves, and one was glued to a ceiling in a restaraunt and the Germans ate there and never realized it for what it was, they just thought it was a painted ceiling. Every piece of art was returned to the Louvre.
5. How many pieces of American art are in the Louvre?
Just one, the Whistlers Mother.
Created on ... May 13, 2003
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