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Art AppreciationProfessor Paige Prater
Art vs. CraftAfter 1400, Renaissance: drawing, painting,
sculpture = ARTUtilitarian objects = CRAFT (Western
culture)
Ceramics/PotteryStoneware, earthenware, porcelainWheel-throwing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9-hAJ8IrmU Wet clay dries Fired in a kiln 2,000-3,000F Glaze (slip) applied Fired in kiln; glaze fuses with clay
Coil methodSlab method
Peter Voulkos, Gallas Rock, 1960. Stoneware, slip, & glaze, 84 x 37 x 26 ¾ “ UCLA.
Ceramics: Function & Formhttp://calebzouhary.com/gallery/#/mugs/
Glass 3500BCE-PresentIntense heat melts
silica (sand) + leadSlow cooling is
critical!Stained GlassGlassblowing (since 1st
century CE) http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1xb48Y6EdA
2100F in the furnace
Rose window, Chartres Cathedral, 13th century (43’ diameter!)
Glass: Dale Chihuly100 artists and craftsmen work with him! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETJhw9_B_X4
MetalworkBronze Age (5,000+ years ago)Iron Age (3,000+ years ago)
She-Wolf, 500BCE (Etruscan); 15-16th century, twins added ;33 ½”
Metalwork: JewelryRoyal earrings,
India, 1st century BCE
FiberFiber and threads:
animal, vegetable, synthetic
Rosemary DesPlas, Keep Your Fingers Crossed, 2006. Hand-sewn human hair.
Fiber: Thread like pencil:
Dutch artist Tilleke Schwartz, Count Your Blessings, 2003
“mixture of contemporary influences, graffiti, icons, texts, and traditional images from samplers.”
Fiber: Cayce ZavagliaYarn Portraits: http://www.caycezavaglia.com/
Welkers, Hand Embroidery: One-Ply Cotton and Silk Thread on Raw Belgian Linen, 10.5 x 26 inches
WoodDeteriorat
es over time…
Cutting, carving, sanding, polishing
Intarsia: wood mosaic
Detail of studiolo from Ducal Palace in Gubbio, Italy. Giuliano da Maiano, after a design by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, c. 1480. Walnut, beech, rosewood, oak, and fruit woods.
WoodNative
American (Heiltsuk) Captain Richard Carpenter (Du’ klwayella), Bent-corner chest, c. 1860. Yellow cedar, red cedar, and paint, 21 ¼ x 35 ¾ x 20 ½”
Plank smoothed, bent, joined, carved, and painted. KERFS