LECTURE 7: “REPRESENTATION”

“Cave Paintings,” Lascaux, FRANCE, 15,000 BC

R E P R E S E N T A T I O N

“re” (again) + “present” (to show)

Rene Magritte, “The Treason of Images,” 1927

Nigari,“Selim II Practising Archery,” c. 1570

“Nefertari and the Goddess Isis,” Ancient Egypt, 1400 BC

Inuit (Eskimo) Dance Masks, c. 1880

“St. Denis CommissionsHis Biography,”

from The Life of St. Denis, 1317

Fra Angelico, “The Annunciation,” 1440-50

Giovanni Bellini,“San Giobbe Altarpiece,” 1480s

Peter Paul Rubens, “Mars and Rhea Silvia,” 1616

Gustave Courbet, “The Stone Breakers,” 1849

Étienne Carjat, “Portrait of Charles Baudelaire,” 1863

Constantin Brancusi, “The Kiss,” 1908Auguste Rodin, “The Kiss,” 1901-04

A B S T R A C T I O N (noun)

a process that involves reducing the level of visual realism

Theo van Doesburg, studies for “Composition VIII (The Cow),” 1916-17

Paul Cezanne, “Mont Sainte-Victoire,” 1904-06

Georges Braque, “Violin and Candlestick,” 1910

Ikko Tanaka,“Nihon Buyo Poster,” 1981

Traditional kilim (Turkish carpet)from İçel Province, TURKEY, 19th century

Adnan Çoker, Mor dörtgen, 1995

Alberto Giacometti, “Man and Woman,” 1927

Wassily Kandinksy, “Composition VII,” 1913

A B S T R A C T (adjective)

non-representational(NOT referring to something seen)

Kasimir Malevich, “The Black Square,” 1920s

Anish Kapoor, works, 2009