Visual Arts: The First Media
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Visual Arts: The First Media& Its Impact on Culture & Media
Antoinette N. Lopez
+Visual Arts: The First Media
HistorySociety: The Form of Culture
Media: Major Influences
How The Visual Arts Impacts Us Today?
+History: Art IS StorytellingThe Oldest Visual Art Ever Found
“Capules”- Found in IndiaDated at 290,000 to
700,00 years old
“Venus of Berekhat Ram”Found in Israel Dated at
200,000 to 500,000 years old
+Oldest Painting in Human History
Paleolithic EraChauvet Cave in Southern France
Dates back to 32,000 years ago
+Visual Art Time Line: Art Spreads Stone Age (Prehistoric-2,500 b.c.): Cave paintings, Venus carvings
Mesopotamian (2,500 b.c.-539 b.c.): Warrior Art, Symbolism (Language)
Egyptian (3,100 b.c.- 30 b.c.): Megalithic Structures, Afterlife and Religious Paintings, Scale, Architectural Breakthroughs
Greek (850 b.c.- 31 b.c.): Religious Structures, Sculpture Breakthroughs, Balance, Proportion, Architechtural Order
Roman (500 b.c.- 476 b.c.): Roman Realism Middle Ages (500 – 1400): Celtic Art, Roman Gothic Renaissance (1400 – 1550): Birth of Classical Culture Modern (1600 - ): Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract, etc.
+Influences: Needs of Communication?
Expression of Individuality Relation to the World Around Us Need of Communication
Language is born Worship
Religious Beliefs Reason for their Life & Comfort
Empathy & Companionship Culture is born
+Language: Communication Blooms
Sumerians Invent Writing in 3,400 B.C. (Mesopotamia) Hummurabi’s Code in 1,700 B.C.- First Law Establishment Abraham invents Monotheism (only one God) in 1,780 B.C.
Religion is Born: A Major Factor in Mass Communication Egypt Hieroglyphs Bible Greek Mythology Mayan Codes Buddhism
+Religion Fuels RenaissanceRenaissance is said to be the Birth of
Culture, “A Cultural Movement”The “Trend” Factor Arises
Best Known for its Contribution to Visual Art and ReligionAND how they relate
Much, If Not Most of the Art Works were Commissioned or Dedicated to the ChurchA major avenue for the church to
communicate with the public, make it a “trend”
Michael Angelo: “The Creation of Adam
Leonardo Da Vinci:” The Last Supper”
+Renaissance: Fuels Visual Art Experimentation Impressionism:
The Impression of Real Life, with No Abstractions or Alterations
Claude Monet“Water Lilies”
+Renaissance: Fuels Visual Art ExperimentationAbstract:
Art not attempting to represent Recognizable
Reality
Surrealism:The Union of Reality and
Fantastic Realms
Picasso: “Weeping woman”Salvador Dali:
“Departure of the Butterfly Ship”
+ Surrealism: Fuels Pop & Psychedelic Art
Surrealism’s Rebellious Influence Motivates and Inspires the Pop Art/Psychedelic Movement
Visual Art becomes More Divided and Individualistic Youth Take Over the Modern Art Scene “MOD”
Affecting and Dominating Popular Music, Fashion, and Visual Culture
Psychedelic and Pop Art Promote Musicians, Actors, and even Products. Promoting the Pop Culture Icon: Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, James
Dean, etc. Comic Books Promoting Famous Brands: Andy Warhol’s “Cambell’s Soup” & “Life
Savers”
+Visual Art: Impact on Pop Culture http://youtu.be/k552enEvnYs http://youtu.be/gA4aBvnaTpo
Then Now
Visual Art: Major Media InfluencesTV!- Without a MASS Desire to possess a MOTION VISUAL ART, TV & Film would never have been invented.
Photography Animation (Disney, now a leading media GIANT)
Color TV- the emphasis of the importance of color to society (closer to reality)
Advertising! The Importance of the Manipulation of Society to Consume or Believe/Adopt Ideas through Visual Techniques
Graphic Arts & Special Effects (computer generated artwork)
Visual Art: Today? ART PROMOTES TRENDS-Expression of Identification and
Individuality
Clothing- Graphic Tees, Decorative Name Brands, Logos, Abnormal Fashion
Current Art Culture: Graffiti, Tattoos, Macintosh Tech. “The Artist’s Computer”
HD TV- Digital 3D Personalization of EVERYTHING! (products)- Candles,
Folders, Notebooks, Tissue Boxes, Shampoos, Ipods, Phones, Cars, etc.
How important are the visual arts in our society? I feel strongly that the visual arts are of vast and incalculable importance. Of course I could be prejudiced, since I am a visual art.
-Kermit the Frog