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Chapter 5:

Art

Pearson Longman © 2009

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THE ART OF BEING HUMAN

9TH EDITION

THE VISUAL ARTS


THE NEED TO IMITATENow, as in the past, people have felt the

need to reproduce what they see…to imitate.

People choose different MEDIA to create their imitations of the exterior world around them and the interior world within

them.


STYLES AND MEDIASTYLES – general principles or

characteristics associated with a time period or artist.

MEDIA - particular materials in which an artist works such as acrylic, charcoal, or paint.


STYLES AND MEDIASTYLES

Classical Art• refers to the historical period when a cultures

distinct artistic styles and media flowered.• Ancient Greece

• The Parthenon• The Charioteer


STYLES AND MEDIAMedieval Art• 5th to 15th century C.E.

• Visual arts turned away from the pagan realism of the classical world to the service of Christianity.• Romanesque & Gothic churches• Religious paintings


STYLES AND MEDIA Giotto – introduces new techniques

and a great degree of realism.Death of St. Francis


STYLES AND MEDIAThe Renaissance• political and social change• life in this world can be enjoyed• return to classical models• perspective• lifelike representations of the human

body


STYLES AND MEDIARepresentative Artists and works of the

Renaissance• Michelangelo - David, Vatican Pieta• Leonardo da Vinci - Mona Lisa, The Last

Supper• Raphael - The School of Athens• Sophonisba Anguissola• Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying

Holofernes


STYLES AND MEDIARembrandt: The Perfection of Likeness

• master painter of the Dutch School• portraits, landscapes, and still life• psychological realism

• Self-Portrait


STYLES AND MEDIA


STYLES AND MEDIAImpressionism• 19th century• initially rejected by the critics• no need to imitate the superficial

appearance of things.• interest in color and light


STYLES AND MEDIARepresentative Artists• Manet• Monet• Renoir• Morisot• Cassatt• Whistler


STYLES AND MEDIAPost-Impressionism• Artists who come after the Impressionists

Representative Artists• Van Gogh• Gauguin• Seurat• Cezanne


STYLES AND MEDIAArt as Alteration: the modern and

postmodern• Modern – late 19th and early 20th century• Postmodern – late 20th century to present• Alteration - artists change reality to suit

their personality and imagination


STYLES AND MEDIARepresentative Artists of the Modern• Duchamp (found & abstract art)• Bacon• Kandinsky (abstract art)• Mondrian (classic abstractionist)• Picasso and Braque (cubism)


STYLES AND MEDIARepresentative Artists of the Postmodern• Dali (surrealism)• O’Keeffe (abstract)• Hopper (simplified realism)• Douglas (cubism)• Hanson (superrealism)• Warhol (pop)• Oldenburg (pop)


STYLES AND MEDIACamera and Computer Art• New mediums of the late 19th and 20th

centuryRepresentative Artists• Stieglitz (photography)• Uelsmann (photography)• Taylor (computer)


STYLES AND MEDIAPerformance Art• work exists in the moment and then gone• social commentary• mixed media

Representative Artists• Kienholz• Christo


ARCHITECTURE AS ARTArchitecture as a dual function:

• Human needs (shelter, work, play, worship, etc.)

• Aesthetic dimension


ARCHITECTURE AS ARTThere is an interplay of form and

function.

• form follows function• function follows form


ARCHITECTURE AS ARTRepresentative Buildings• Angkor Wat - Cambodia• Sydney Opera House - Australia• Guggenheim Museum - NY• Guggenheim Museum – Bilbao, Spain• Burj-al-Arab – Dubai, U.A. E.


ARCHITECTURE AS ARTRepresentative Architects

• Jorn Utzon• Frank Lloyd Wright• Frank Gehry


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