art appreciation introduction professor rebekah scoggins

Art Appreciation IntroductionProfessor Rebekah Scoggins

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, La Grande Odalisque, 1814

Jasper Johns, Flag, 1954-55

Jasper Johns, Flag, detail

Me being an art history dork in the Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy, May 2011

A ‘Blink-and-You’ll-Miss-It’ Overview of Course Material

What is Art?

What is creativity?

What is the purpose of art?

Who can make art?

Why is art important?

What is the function of art?

What are the components of art?

Forms of Art

• Painting

• Sculpture

• Architecture

• Photography

• Drawing

• Printmaking

• Film/Digital Art

Polykleitos of Argos, Doryphoros, “Spearbearer”, Roman copy of Greek original, marble, c. 440 BCE, Sculpture

San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, Byzantine, 526-547, Byzantine, Architecture and Mosaics

Emperor Justinian I

Octagonal plan

Empress TheodoraChrist on the Orb

of the World

Giotto di Bondone, The Lamentation and Kiss of Judas, fresco (Painting), Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel

(Architecture), 1305, Padua, Italy, Italian Renaissance

‘Giotto blue’

Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, c. 1503, Italian Renaissance, Painting

Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784, Neo-Classicism, Painting

Édouard Manet, Olympia, 1863, Impressionism, Painting

Édouard Manet, Olympia, 1863

Titian, Venus of Urbino, 1538, Painting, Renaissance

Vincent Van Gogh, The Bedroom at Arles, 1888, Post Impressionism, Painting

Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917, Dada, Ready-made sculpture

Pablo Picasso, Girl Before A Mirror, 1932, Cubism, Painting

Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup Can (32 Campbell’s Soup Cans), 1962, Pop Art, Painting

Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #3, 1977, Post Modern, Photography