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art history 2

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What is communication? • Graphic communication decouples that relationship - humans no longer dependent upon close contact communicate • Communication requires abstract and symbolic thinking - the ability to attach meaning something else
Art as communication is representational: it stands in for something else Language is abstract… words and images ‘stand in’ for actual ‘things’ •
Visual culture before “art” tattoos, body paint, scarification, ornamentation, non-durable jewelry? Performance, dance, ritual, costume art Art made from non-durable materials • Cultural differences (perhaps religious prohibitions, utility, art seen as ephemeral?
Art/visual culture after the Ice Age Tech Revolution Only behaviorally modern humans (homo sapiens sapiens/cro magnons) definitively create art • Art on a monumental scale in permanent media only occurs after technological advances • Art might be an invention of a particular time, place, and people
Methods of Analysis Analyzing a work of art according to its visual elements: • Composition • Color • Light and shadow • Space (mass and volume of objects depicted) • Perspective
Formal Analysis Analyzing a work of art according to its visual elements: • Composition • Perspective • Light and shadow • Space (mass and volume of objects depicted) • Color
Not naturalistic doesn’t ‘imitate nature
Twisted Perspective/ composite view when an artist depicts different parts of a figure from different vantage points simultaneously. Art that is conceptual, more than just optical
Composition the way in which different elements of an artwork are combined
Perspective the illusion of 3- dimensionality in a 2-dimensional image
Profile view Bison paintings at the Caves at Altamira, Spain
16,000 - 14,000 BCE. Paleolithic. Hall of Bulls, Lascaux Cave. Lascaux France
Zoomorphic Humann body with animal features
c. 28,000 to 25,000 BCE. Paleolithic. Venus of Willendorf. Willendorf, Austria. Limestone Sculpture figurine aprox. 4.4 inches tall.
Analyzing a work of art according to its visual elements Composition • Color • Light and shadow • Space (mass and volume of objects depicted) • Perspective
Contextual/historical Analysis The culture or society that produced the art object •Patron •Function •Size •Medium/materials •Subject matter •Themes •Artist/biography
What do we see? Think: composition, color, light and shadow, space (mass and volume of objects depicted, perspective)
The Human figure in Paleolithic Art In general - rare • In cave painting - incredibly rare • Usually heavily abstracted • Animals are usually much more naturalistic • Why?
What’s emphasized? Why? Think: the culture or society that produced the art object, Patron, function, size, medium/materials, subject matter, themes, artist/biography
Likeness: Artwork appears natural; tries to look like the original, to capture its appearance in real life
Presence Artwork is meant to convey or the essence or presence of the original; can be abstract
Concepts are not mutually exclusive sometimes presence is conveyed through likeness, sometimes it is conveyed through abstraction
Ancient Through Medieval Art
Paleolithic
Created by: Jennatu
 

 



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