HISTORY of ART and DESIGN 2 – SPRING 2009:THE FIVE CONTEXTS OF ART & DESIGN

ART&

DESIGN

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Style

Ideology

MeaningUse

MaterialsTools and Techniques

ProcessEducation

Time PeriodCompetition and Change

Individual StyleGeographical Style

Iconography Iconology

Patron / ClientUser

FunctionLocation

Classical WesternNon-WesternModernQuestioning Modern

Leonardo da Vinci, “The Last Supper,” 1494-98

M A K I N G

Leonardo da Vinci, composition study for The last supper, ca. 1494. Venice, Galleria d’Accademia

Leonardo da Vinci, “The Last Supper,” 1494-98

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Leonardo da Vinci, “The Last Supper,” 1494-98

S T Y L E

Domenico di Ghirlandaio, Last Supper, 1480.

Göreme, St. John’s church, 13th century

Peter Paul Rubens, 1630

I D E O L O G Y

Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472)(“Self Portrait,” ca. 1436)

“On Painting,” book byLeon Battista Alberti, 1436

human figures, still life, landscape, linear perspective, emotions:

Andrea del Castagno, “Last Supper,” 1450

U S E

Dining Room ofSanta Maria della Grazie Monastery,

Milan, ITALY

LOCATION

PATRON

Ludovico Sforza, “The Duke of Milan”1452 – 1508

M E A N I N G

1. common human knowledge2. who, when, where, what ?

3. “the message”