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Venus of Willendorf
Paleolithic-Old Stone |
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Wall Painting of Animals-Chauvet Cave
Southern France-Earliest known cave paintings-Paleolithic |
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Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu
The ziggurat was a piece in a temple complex that served as an administrative center for the city, and which was a shrine of the moon god Nanna, the patron deity of Ur. Many ziggurats were made by stacking mud-bricks up and using mud to seal them together.(CUNEIFORM)-First form of writing by Summerians. |
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Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
Designed by Senmut. Karnak's Red Chapel. |
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King Menkaure and Wife
Frontal pose for royal portraits. Left food forward, false ceremonial beard, attached to block stone. |
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Statue of Kouros
Greek civilization passed through 3 stages. First Archaic: Influences from Egypt.Kouros is Greek for male youth. Rigid frontal pose,arms on sides, leg forward, Free standing. |
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Polykleitos-Spear Bearer
Classical Art: Emphasizes rational simplicity, order, and restrained emotion. A vision of the idea of the perfect man. Contrapposto- Counter poised, Bears his weight on one leg. |
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Three Goddesses-Pediment(Parthenon)
Paricles: Roman ruler responsible for rebuilding Athens and Parthenon. Parthenon-Athena:Goddess of Wisdom. Entasis: Imperceptible bulge. Pediment:Birth of Athena. Convey three emotional States. Three Architectural Orders: Doric(simple), Ionic(Decorative), Corinthian(Complex/Organic). |
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The Laocoon Group
Hellenistic: Mediterranean art-Greek Like. Became more dynamic and less idealized. |
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The Coliseum
Elliptical ring of concrete over 44 feet high. Bricks, Stones and Marble. 50k-70k. Flavian family built. |
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The Pantheon-Temple to all Gods
Roman Built. Hemispherical Dome. Portico:Columned porch with Corinthian columns. Stone Concrete masonry with walls 20ft thick. Coffers:Recessed squares. Oculus:30 feet. |
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Empress Theodora-Mosaic
Highly stylized abstract and decorative images. Empress Theodora overturned the decree or ban of religious images. |
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Chi-Rho Monogram
Book of kells. XP. Nomadic |
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Christ of the Pentecost-Vezelay France
Romanesque: All medieval art of Western Europe. Roman principles of stone construction round arch and barrel vault. Symbolic forms. |
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Rose de France-Window Chartres
Gothic recipe: stained glass, flying buttresses, pointed arch. Abbot Suger: Started Gothic style. |
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Giotto-Lamentation
Renaissance: The rebirth. Italy. Humanistic art by portraying human emotions. Father of western art. |
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Massacio-Holy Trinity
Used perspective to construct an illusion of figures in 3d space. Single vanishing point. |
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Leonardo da Vinci-The last Supper
High Renaissance. Art and science. Atmosphere developed by Leonardo. Mona Lisa. Geometry linear perspective. |
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Michelangelo-Sistine Chapel
Greatest sculptor since the Greeks David. Pope Julius 2nd commissioned Sistine chapel. |
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Jan Van Eyck-The Arnolfini Portrait
First to use oil as a medium. Realism in northern Europe.Symbolism in paintings green dress for fertility. Genre painting: everyday life. |
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Carvaggio-The Conversion of St. Paul
Baroque: Drama and emotion by use of light and space. Realism. Tenebrism: Technique for dark to light. |
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Bernini-David
Life size statue.
Donatello, Michelangelo, Bernini |
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Velasquez-Las Meninas
Philip King of Spain.
Glance and image with light and shadow. Perspective. |
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Fragonard-The Swing
18th century France. Rococo: Decorative style, light playful version of baroque. Curved shapes, extravagant and frivolous life of french court and aristocracy. |
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David-The Oath of Horatii
neoclassicism: Emulation of classical Greek and Roman art. |
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Goya-The Third of May
Romanticism: Imagination and emotion are more valuable than reason,nature less corrupt than civilizations, and humans are essentially good. |
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Courbet-Stone Breakers
Realism: describes a style of art and literature that depicts ordinary existence without idealism or nostalgia.Painting outdoors working from nature. |
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Manet-Luncheon on the Grass
Nude female without shading, flat colors, no references. Became leader of the impressionist. |
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Monet-Impression:Sunrise
Saw beauty in the world. Sketchy quality paintings. Outdoor/Life. |
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Seurat-A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
Post impression: Built on to impressionism. Pointillism: Tiny dots of color to achieve color mixture. |
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Cezanne-Mont St. Victoire
Known as the father of cubism. |
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Gauguin-The Vision After the Sermon
Brought emotional intensity and feelings visible. Strong color contrast, shapes, brushwork. Post Impressionist. Spiritual leader. Went to Tahiti to escape European civilization. |
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Matisse-The Red Room
Fauvism:(Wild Beast)20th Century artist which expanded on the innovations of the Post Impressionist. Expressionism: General term that emphasizes inner feelings and emotions over objective depictions. |
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Picasso-Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Showed a departure from traditional compositions to cubism.
German Impressionist: Blue Riders and The Bridge |
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Braque-The Portuguese
Pre Cubism
Cezzanian
Analytical Phase: Analyzed objects and painted in different perspectives.
Syntethic Cubism: Color, texture, cutouts. |
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Brancusi-Bird in Space
Abstract Sculpture: Simplified objects |
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Dali-The Persistence of Memory
Dada:Protest against the horrors of war
Readymades: mass produced objects in art.
Photomontage: Combined Photos
Surrealism: Dreams, Fantasies, and Hallucinations.
Andre Breton: Surrealist Treatise
Automatism: Create art by chance. |
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Mondrian-Tableau 2
Constructivism: create art that was relevant to modern life in form.
De Stijl: Dutch Artist.(The Style). Leader of the style to emply nonrepresentational geometric elements in a group style that involved both 2 and 3 dimensional art forms. Creation of a word of universal harmony.
Straight lines, 3 Primary Colors, and rectangular shapes.
line, shape, color, space |
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Pollock-Autumn Rhythm
Abstract Expressionism: A culmination of the expressive tendencies in painting from Fauvism, German Expressionism, and the automatic methods of surrealism. Visual Realms. Leading Innovator.
Action Painting: Painting by movement
Color Field: Paintings that consist of large areas of color. |
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Rothko-Blue,Orange,Red
Abstract Expressionist. Pioneer of Color Field Painting. |
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Warhol-Marilyn
Pop Artist: Use real objects or mass production techniques in their art. Wanted to challenge cultural assumptions about the definition of art. |
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Smithson-Spiral Jetty
Minimalist: No messages.
Conceptual Art: Art about an idea.
Earthworks: Sculptures made by earth materials.
One of the founders |
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Turrell-Amba
Creates environments to intensify viewers perceptions. Light, Space, and Time.
Performance Art: Perform actions before an audience. |
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