art history 210 - class 1

Clémence PORNONclemence@cybele-arts.fr

clemence.pornon@cefam.net

The Milk Maid1658

The Girl with a pearl earing1665

Last super at Emmaus, Han Van Meegeren - 1936

Guernica, Pablo Picasso, 1937

The flight into Egypt, Nicolas Poussin 1657

Denise Michelon, untitled.

Why do we care about art ?

Fayum portraits – 1st to 4th Century - Egypt

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, 1907 – Gustav Klimt

Studies of embryos, 1510-1513 – Leonardo Da Vinci

Isenheim Altarpiece, 1512-1516 - Grünewald

Composition IV, 1913 – Kandinsky

The book of Kells, 8th Century, Ireland.

Caravaggio, the death of the Virgin, 1606

Alexandre Cabanel, The birth of Venus. 1863

Edouard Manet, Olympia. 1865

Jean Fouquet, Melun Diptych. 1452

SOTHEBY’S 19th Century paintings and drawings.

Paris – 26 June 2014

Sale Total 8.176.000 €

Artemisia Gentileschi, Mary Magdalene. Oil on canvas.865.500€ (Estimated 200.000€ – 300.000€)

ASSIGNMENTS

• Minor Presentation 5%• Exhibit brochure 15%• Major presentation 30%• Blog 30%• Participation 20%

• The representation of the human body through history

• Fashion in paintings of 18th and 19th century • Religion in contemporary art • The great patrons of the arts in Venice, 16th Century• Models, muses and godesses • Unknown Da Vinci• Art in Versailles.• The universal exposition of 1889• …

Ideas for a theme

SIMPLE METHODOLOGY

1. First impression2. Form (objects) and composition (painting)3. Material and technique4. Line5. Color6. Texture7. Proportion and scale8. Context of production : reception, popularity,

commissioner…

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo – Allegory of the Planets and Continents. 1752

Edgar Degas, Ballet. 1878

Madonna and ChildCathedral of Amiens, 14th century

Black MadonnaRocamadour, 12th century

Jean Fouquet, Melun Diptych. 1452

Pierre Soulages, Tryptich. 2009

Andrea Schiavone, The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche. 1550

The beginnings of art

Chauvet Cave

Chauvet Cave

Chauvet Cave

Lascaux Cave

EGYPT