Art Appreciation Reviewer

ART APPRECIATION

Examples of Dances Modern Dance 1. Dorie Duncan: Modern Dance 2. Martha Graham

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Performing Arts

Types of Visual Arts 1. Paintings 2. Sculptures 3. Architecture - Architecture is considered to be the highest visual art form Types of Performing Arts 1. Music 2. Dance 3. Theatre (Film/Drama) - This type of performing art is different as we question, who is the real artist behind it? Is it the artist/director/actor/ scriptwriter? Examples of Performing Arts 1. Nessun Dorma (None Shall Sleep) by Luciano Pavarotti 2. Madame Butterfly (Puccini) 3. Broadway: Mis Saigon 4. Flower Duet by Lakme 5. Diva Dance: 5th element by Eugenia Laguna 6. Broadway: Les Miserables 7. Bang Bang (Pop Art) by David Guetta

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Examples of Film 1. Food: Breakfast Examples of Visual Arts Examples of Sculptures 1. ACURUS: Free standing sculpture: Youth GREECE: Where the cult of the young boy started - Androginous 2. NUDE vs NAKED (Female body) Examples of Paintings 1. White Center or “Rockefeller” by Mark Rothko Price: 72, 840, 000 - Abstract painting completed in the year 1950 - The painting was sold on MAY 2007 by Sotheby’s on behalf of David Rockefeller - Buyer: Royal family of Qatar - This painting set the record as the most expensive post-war work of art sold at auction 2. Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens Price: 76,529,058 - Depicts the Massacre of the

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Innocents at Bethlehem There are two versions of the painting 17th century: painting is part of the collection of Leichenstein Collection in Vienna, Austria 1920: sold to an Austrian family 1923: loaned to Stift Reichersberg, a monastery in northern Austria 2001: Sotheby’s in London Buyer: Kenneth Thomson

Au Moulin de la Galette by Piere- Auguste Renoir Price: 78,100,000 - Dance at Le Moulin de La Galette - Found at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris - Impressionist painting - 1879 to 1894: Painting belonged to Gustave Caillebotte then belonged to the French Republic

4. Water Lily Pond by Claude Monet Price: 80,379,591

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Monet is a French Impressionist June 2007: Painting was sold at the Sotheby’s auction in London One of the most recognized and celebrated works of the 20th century and is hugely influential to many artists

5. Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Van Gogh Price: 82,500,000 - Dr. Gachet was the one who took care of Van Gogh during the final years of his life - There are two versions 6. Triptych by Frances Bacon Price: 86,281,000 - Bacon is an Irishborn artist - He is known for painting large size paintings: triptychs 7. Adele Bloch Bauer II by Klimt Price: 87,936,000 - Also known as the Woman in Gold - The painting is made of oil and gold on canvas - Donated to Austrian State

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Gallery as a request by Adele Currently June 2006: painting was bought by Ronald Lauder for the Neue Gallery in New York City

8. Dora Maar au Chat by Pablo Picasso Price: 95,216,000 - Dora Maar – the painter’s lover - Painting was sold at 1963 but was never shown until the 21st century - 2005-2006: Owned by the Gidwitz family of Chicago - Sold at the 2006 Sotheby’s auction

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The painting features the mistress of Pablo Picasso: MarieTherese Walter Part of the personal collection of art collectors Sidney and Frances Brody in Los Angeles It is now in the Tate Modern in London

ART VALUE is based on 1. Provenance -Who first acquired the art 2. History -History of the artwork/artist 3. Artist

9. Garcon a la Pipe by Pablo Picasso Price: 104,168,000 - Painted in 1905, Pablo Picasso was 24 years old - Oil on canvas - Provenance: Painting was first bought by John Hay Whitney in 1950 - May 2004: Sold at the Sotheby’s auction 10. Nude, Green Leaves and Bust by Pablo Picasso Price: 106,482, 500

4. Place -Where the artwork was placed

PAINTINGS, DRAMAS

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Elements of Sculpture 1. Subject - Who/What is the subject of the sculpture? 2. Medium What was used to make the sculpture? Marble, wood, copper, granite Addition or substraction? Technique 3. Texture 4. Place ART 1. Prehistoric Art 2. Classical Art (Greece Rome) 3. Medieval Art 4. Renaissance Art

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The Erotics of Art Nude vs Naked by John Berger   

The CLIENTS that bought the he paintings were rich men WOMEN were the subjects (Nude women) (“objectified” What was practiced during this period of time? HEGEMONY - The power of the rich and powerful men over the ones who could not afford to buy paintings or sculptures of naked women

TIME FRAME 150,000 – Humans evolved

What does the “ART” depict? 1. History 2. Culture Ancient Art  The very first sculpture was found in Northeast of Austria: HUNTER VALLEY in the Village of Willandoff  Venus of Willandoff  Price: $60,000,000  Modern world is dominated by unrealistic images of the human body  Can be a symbol for Fertility/Motherhood  Principle of Exaggeration  The Venus of Willandoff was made during the NOMADIC LIFESTYLE  Red, Limestone  Over exaggeration of Parts Explanation of Professor Ramachandran - The brain of the humans in relation to the seagulls - Herringall Theory Eygptian Art    

Unrealistic images of the body There was a SET form of art (standards) 19 feet tall, 2 feet wide, 1 ½ square of the center More detailed and ORGANIZED

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Art did not change throughout time TWO DIMENSIONAL Signature of the Pharoah: Cartouche Polykleitos: Dimensions of Egyptian body

Italian Art  Stefano: Found sculptures underwater

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Realistic type of art: Depicting the human body KRITION BOY (TOO REALISTIC) Greeks used the eyes and focused on thee detail of the eyes Greeks were not satisfied with reality Greek Sculptures Small scale sculpture (small figurines) Greek Art adopted Egyptian Art

SCULPTURES 1. Venus of Willendorf · Red · Vienna · Limestone 2. Venus of Lespugue · France · Mammoth ivory · 23, 000 BC 3. Female Figurine · Egypt · Bone

· 3700 BC 4. Khephren · Protected by a hawk · Diorite · 2500 BC 5. Akhenaten · Long neck · Unflattering accdg to experts · Egypt · Sandstone · 1350 BC 6. Nefertiti · Right profile · Limestone · Painted · Egypt · 1340 BC 7. Tutankhamun · King Tut · The Boy King · Egypt · Gold, glass, obsidian and quartz · Valley of the King · Nese: Cloth on had of pharaoh · 1327 BC 8. Krition Boy · Marble · Greece · 480 BC 9. Riace Warrior · Bronze: molds · Greece · 450 BC · clay – wax – clay – heat (wax melts – bronze 10. Greece: Disclobos “Distance thrower” · Myron

· Marble · Greece · Symbol of sport · 450 BC 11. Asia: Kneeling Archer · Terracotta · Archer · China · 8000 Terracota Warriors · constructed to protect emperor · Life size · W/ bow and arrow

· No hands · Seductive stature · 100 BC · Medusa complex: if you see a person with disability, you are forced to look

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Dynasties: 1. Sia First dynasty of China 2. Shang 3. Zhou Warring dynasty - Confucious - Lao Tsu - Mi Tsu 4. Cin - United China - Start of Great Wall of China - Kneeling Archer - Terracotta Warriors were made for “protection” 5. Han 6. Sui 7. Tang 8. Song 9. Yuan 10. Ming – end of Great Wall of China 11. Qing 12. Republic 13. Mao Zedong 12. Greece: Venus de Milo · Alexandros of Antioch Greece · Ideal body of a female · Epitome of female body · Marble

13. Seated Couple · Mexico · Teracotta · 50 AD 14. Stirrup Spouted Bottle · Peru · Teracotta · 50 AD 15. Maitum Anthromorphic Jars · Teracotta · Philippines · 110 AD (1992) · Sarangani · Burial jars · National museum · Conservative Filipinos 16. Krishna Battling the Horse Demon · Keshi · India · Teracotta · 440 AD 17. Buddha Preaching the law · Sandstone · India · 485 AD 18. Cuevas los Amanos · Hand stencils · Painting on walls of a cave · 1100s 19. Acrobatic Dancer · Paint on Limestone · Egypt

· 1280 BC 20. Symposion Seene · Plaster · 475 BC · “Symposion: = drinking spree · males · rich houses · Game: aim at the wall using chalice · Seated on couches · Adolescent and adult couple GREEK DRAMA - Tragedy was more popular than Comedy Thespis  Father of theater  One character Sopochles  Most famous playwright  Introduced the 3rd character  Oedipus cycle/Theban plays * Oedipus Rex * Oedipus at Colonus * Antigone Medias Res: begin at the middle OEDIPUS REX Thebes * Kingdom of Queen Jocasta and King Lauis * Oracle with a prophecy - Their child (Oedipus) will kill the king and marry the queen Corinth * Where shepherd brought wounded baby * King Polybus and Queen Merope/Periboea * Adopted Oedipus

* Oracle with prophecy  Oedipus left Corinth because of prophecy  He killed his own father on an encounter in the forest  Plague in Thebes * Riddles * Sphinx (Due to the reason that the killer of King Lauis was not yet found)  Oedipus Married Queen Jocasta (Oedipus Complex)  Queen Jocasta hanged herself  Oedipus gouged his eyes - because of foreseeing the future, his life became miserable Aeschylus - Introduced characters

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Agamemnon * Trojan war setting * BUT really happened after Trojan war * Cassandra - Oracle (must be a virgin) - Mistress of Agamemnon Clytemnestra - Agamemnon’s wife - Aegisthus (lover) - Killed Agamemnon and Cassandra - Because Agamemnon sacrificed one of their daughters for the wind to be favorable Euripides Electra * Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra

* Killed Clytemnestra and Aegisthus * Love for her father (Electra Complex) Medea * First play wherein character was not Greek * Orient (from Asia) * Jason  Greek  Travelled to Asia  Seduced and married Medea * Creon  King of Greece  Asked Jason to marry his niece  Jason remarried * Medea killed everyone Even her own children To save them from the misery of living without a father * Medea was sentenced to death Saved by the gods (Intervention) Deux ex machine * god of the machine * chariot from heaven Roman Plays  Seneca  Actors were slaves  Violet  Emperors used plays for their entertainment

MEDIEVAL AGE Emperor Constantine  Moved the Roman Empire from West to East  The Roman Empire was from Italy to Constantinople: Istanbul Byzantine Period  Artists were unknown  Beginning of Icons  Theme: Remove the icons from the “realism” of the world and remove the mundance things  NO round or free standing sculptures Renaissance Period 1. Space 2. Color 3. Detail  Rafael, Michaelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello  Donatello is a sculptor  Rafael – back to Pagan beliefs (back to classical period) Art Works 1. School of Athens  Plato and Aristotle  Rafael 2. Madonna on the Rocks  Leonardo 3. Mona Lisa  Leonardo 4. Madonna and Child  Rafael