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Chapter 5:
Art
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THE ART OF BEING HUMAN
9TH EDITION
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.
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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.
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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
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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
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STYLES AND MEDIA Giotto – introduces new techniques
and a great degree of realism.Death of St. Francis
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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
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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
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STYLES AND MEDIARembrandt: The Perfection of Likeness
• master painter of the Dutch School• portraits, landscapes, and still life• psychological realism
• Self-Portrait
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STYLES AND MEDIAImpressionism• 19th century• initially rejected by the critics• no need to imitate the superficial
appearance of things.• interest in color and light
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STYLES AND MEDIARepresentative Artists• Manet• Monet• Renoir• Morisot• Cassatt• Whistler
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STYLES AND MEDIAPost-Impressionism• Artists who come after the Impressionists
Representative Artists• Van Gogh• Gauguin• Seurat• Cezanne
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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
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STYLES AND MEDIARepresentative Artists of the Modern• Duchamp (found & abstract art)• Bacon• Kandinsky (abstract art)• Mondrian (classic abstractionist)• Picasso and Braque (cubism)
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STYLES AND MEDIARepresentative Artists of the Postmodern• Dali (surrealism)• O’Keeffe (abstract)• Hopper (simplified realism)• Douglas (cubism)• Hanson (superrealism)• Warhol (pop)• Oldenburg (pop)
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STYLES AND MEDIACamera and Computer Art• New mediums of the late 19th and 20th
centuryRepresentative Artists• Stieglitz (photography)• Uelsmann (photography)• Taylor (computer)
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STYLES AND MEDIAPerformance Art• work exists in the moment and then gone• social commentary• mixed media
Representative Artists• Kienholz• Christo
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ARCHITECTURE AS ARTArchitecture as a dual function:
• Human needs (shelter, work, play, worship, etc.)
• Aesthetic dimension
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ARCHITECTURE AS ARTThere is an interplay of form and
function.
• form follows function• function follows form
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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.
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