BeginningsDo you understand some of the basic terms? Slides to memorize and be able to discuss—to write about.

Be able to identify the artist and title (not the date).Be able to answer the question that accompanies each slide.

form: line

Cy Twombly1971

Why is this work a good example of the evocative use of line?

(Hint: what about the line should you should you focus on in your discussion?)

form: line

Monk SewingNinga Kamakura period, early 14th centuryink on paper

What is this work a good example of the expressive use of line?

(Hint: what specific part (passage) should you focus on in your discussion?)

form: shape

Robert Delaunay Homage to Bleriot 1914

Why does this work demonstrate an especially interesting use of shape?

Is this work abstract? Is this work non-representational?

form: lineWillem de KooningWoman I1950-1952

Why does this work demonstrate an especially interesting use of line?

Is this work abstract? Is this work non-representational?

form: color

Mark RothkoOrange and Yellow 1956

Why does this work demonstrate an especially interesting use of color?

Is this work abstract? Is this work non-representational?

Anselm Kiefer Nigredo 1984

Is this work abstract? Is this work non-representational?

form: compositionperspective

Limbourg Brothers(Paul, Herman, Jean)Tres Riches Heures: February 1413-1416

Why is this work a good example of the medieval use of perspective?

form: compositionperspective

Jan Vermeer Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window1657

Does this use of perspective see more real?How is the composition different?

content: representational styleexpressionism

Masacciofresco cycle in the Brancacci Chapel in the Church of Santa del Carmine in FlorenceThe Expulsion from Paradise1424-1425

Why is this work a good example of the use of expressionism?

(Hint: What is the artist trying to convey through each body’s gesture?)

Edvard MonkThe Scream1893

How do the line, shapes, color saturation, and perspective all contribute to the overall tone of this painting?

First: think about the tone. How does the subject feel?Now: ask yourself, why do you know that? How did those three elements contribute?

content: representational style symbolism and expressionism

content: representational stylerealism

Gustave CourbetThe Stonebreakers1849Gemäldegalerie, Dresden (destroyed)

Why is content of this work a good example of realism?

Extra Credit: How was this work of art destroyed? Hint: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

content: representational stylenaturalism

Jean-Baptiste Camille CorotThe Bridge at Mantes1868-70

Why is this work a good example of French Naturalism?

(Hint: What about the content of this scene seems especially naturalistic?)