Art History 1 OVERVIEW

MY LECTURE STYLE

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Waterworn pebble resembling a human face, from Makapansgat, South Africa, ca. 3,000,000 BCE. Reddish brown jasperite, approx. 2 3/8” wide.

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WHAT IS TRUTH?

RELIGION

SCIENCE

PHILOSOPHY

TRUTH?

TRUTH?

ART ?

METAPHYSICS

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ShamanismAn anthropological term referencing a range of beliefs and practices regarding communication with the spiritual world. Shamans are intermediaries or messengers between the human world and the spirit worlds and are said to treat ailments/illness by mending the soul. The shaman also enters supernatural realms or dimensions to obtain solutions to problems afflicting the community.

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Human with feline head, from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, ca. 30,000–28,000 BCE. Mammoth ivory, 11 5/8” high. Ulmer Museum, Ulm.

Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux

Chauvet

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Nude woman (Venus of Willendorf), from Willendorf, Austria, ca. 28,000–25,000 BCE. Limestone, 4 1/4” high. Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Peter Paul RubensThe Three Graces, 1639

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Statuettes of two worshipers, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern

Tell Asmar), Iraq, ca. 2700 BCE. Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone, male figure 2’ 6” high. Iraq Museum,

Baghdad.

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Khafre enthroned, from Gizeh, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca. 2520–2494 BCE. Diorite, 5’ 6” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

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Ancient Greece

Chapter 5 Ancient GreecePart 2

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Oratorical pose

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Portrait of Caracalla, ca. 211–217 CE. Marble, 1’ 2” high.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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Portrait of Constantine, from the Basilica Nova, Rome, Italy, ca. 315–330 CE.

Marble, 8’ 6” high. Musei Capitolini, Rome.

OBJECTIVES

• Students will be able to describe, analyze, interpret and judge a work of art using the visual elements and design principles as a foundation of their discussion.

• Discuss the form or design of a work of art in relationship to the personality of the artist, and/or the socio cultural environment/context.

• Recognize examples of each of the major art styles as they are presented and discussed.

• Identify major historical periods in Western art, and identify the styles, and major artists, from those periods

• Name individual artists/civilizations and identify representative works of their art.

• EGYPT• MESOPOTAMIA• GREECE• ROME• BYZANTIUM

• Be able to discuss and write about artists and works of art in an objective/critical manner using an appropriate vocabulary, develop and apply aesthetic criteria to discussions of works of art.

• Be able to use research and critical thinking skills in analyzing and comparing periods, styles, artists, and works of art.

• Understand cultural and historical influences that affect art and make comparisons between art and other disciplines for each of the historical periods.