art history 210 - class 1
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Art History 210 - Class 1TRANSCRIPT
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
