Introduction to Art History (vs2)
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Taste
Taste as an aesthetic, sociological, economic andanthropological concept refers to cultural patterns of choiceand preference regarding aesthetic judgments.
ART is reflective of the
HUMAN EXPERIENCE…good
and bad.
Edvard Munch, “The Scream”
1893, National Gallery, Oslo Norway.
…..and this is why Museums and Galleries are so important.
ITS GOOD TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE and AWAYFROM THE MARKETERS!!!
The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two 6th century monumental statues of standing buddhascarved into the side of a cliff in central Afghanistan. They were intentionally destroyed in 2001by the Taliban, on orders from leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, after the Taliban governmentdeclared that they were "idols".
ART IS POWERFUL
…. it can alternately challenge
or reinforce the value system
of any given culture.
It is one of many place where
a peoples discovers who they
wish to be….
NOT SO PRETTY
Soviet Union , Stalin's regime
(1924-53): 20 million DEAD.
“As long as art is the beauty
parlor of civilization, neither art
nor civilization is secure .”
-John Dewey
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DONATELLO, David , late 1440 –1460. Bronze, 5’ 2 1/4” high. MuseoNazionale del Bargello, Florence.
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SANDRO BOTTICELLI, Birth of Venus, ca. 1484 –1486. Tempera on canvas, approx. 5’ 9” x 9’ 2”.Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
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MASACCIO, Holy Trinity , Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy, ca.1424 –1427. Fresco, 21’ 10’ 5/8” x 10’ 4 3/4”.
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PERUGINO, Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter , Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome,
Italy, 1481 –1483. Fresco, 11’ 5 1/2” x 18’ 8 1/2”.
RAPHAEL, Philosophy ( School of Athens ), Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome, Italy,1509 –1511. Fresco, 19’ x 27’. 76
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LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER, Allegory of Law and Grace , ca. 1530. Woodcut, 10 5/8” x 1’ 3/4”. British
Museum, London.
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GIANLORENZO BERNINI, Ecstasy of SaintTeresa , Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria dellaVittoria, Rome, Italy, 1645 – 1652. Marble,
height of group 11’ 6”.
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CARAVAGGIO, Calling of Saint Matthew , ca. 1597 –1601. Oil on canvas, 11’ 1” x 11’ 5”. ContarelliChapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome
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PETER PAUL RUBENS, Consequences of War , 1638 –1639. Oil on canvas, 6’ 9” x 11’ 3 7/8”. Palazzo
Pitti, Florence..
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JAN VAN EYCK, Man in a Red
Turban , 1433. Oil on wood, 1’ 1 1/8” X10 1/4". National Gallery, London.
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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp , 1632. Oil on canvas, 5’ 3 3/4” x 7’ 1 1/4”.Mauritshuis, The Hague.
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PIETER CLAESZ, Vanitas Still Life , 1630s. Oil on panel, 1’ 2” x 1’ 11 1/2”. GermanischesNationalmuseum, Nuremberg.