Art: Form & Idea
Art: Form & Idea
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It allows for universal ideas.
It gives the essence or pure form of a concept like: birth, kiss, ight, dream.
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Brancusis studio, as reconstructed 1977-90
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Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater, 1936 Bear Run, PA.
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Chauvet cave, Lion panel, c. 25,000-17,000 B.C.E.
Chauvet. Aurochs and Rhinoceroses: To the left of Panel of the Horses. ca. 30,000 B.C.E.
Chauvet Cave, France. Horse and Two Superimposed Mammoths. ca. 30,000 B.C.E. Material: engraving
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Lascaux, Dordogne, France. Chinese Horse, detail of mural from Lascaux. ca. 15,000-13,000 B.C.E. paint on limestone
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Flying Horse, 2nd Cent. C.E., Chinese, Han Dynasty bronze sculpture.
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Spotted horses and negative hand prints; mural painting on limestone formation from the cave at Pech-Merle, FR ca. 16,000-13,000 B.C.E.
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Megalith: Massive stones
Stonehenge, ca. 2,800-1,550 B.C.E., Salisbury Plain, England; concentric circles of megaliths
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Stonehenge Salisbury Plain, England. Pointer stone. Photo: Catherine Weed Barnes Ward, ca. 1892. Negative, Gelatin on glass.
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Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England. Neolithic style period: 2800-1550 B.C.E. Photo courtesy Susan Pierce.
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WhatDoAr1stsDo?
The Need for Art:
To create places for human purpose
To create extra-ordinary versions of ordinary objects
To record and commemorate
To give tangible form to the unknown
To give tangible form to feelings and ideas
To refresh our vision and see the world in a new way
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Maya Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1982. Washington, D.C.
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Manohar, Jahangir Receives a Cup from Khusrau, 1605-06. Opaque watercolor on paper.
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Shiva Nataraja. Made by an anonymous artist. India, 10th century C.E. Bronze Statuette.
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Audrey Flack, Wheel of Fortune (Vanitas), 1977-78. Oil over acrylic on canvas.
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Key Terms
Outsider/Folk Art: Artwork by nonprofessionals
Representational (Naturalistic, trompe loeil)
Abstracted (Stylized)
Nonrepresentational/Nonobjective or ABSTRACT
Form: Media, Style, Composition
Content: Subject matter, Message, Iconography
Context: Knowledge of artist, time & culture
Aesthetics: Philosophy of meaning & nature of art
Installation: Work created for a specic space
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Andy Warhol. Thirty Are Better than One, 1936. silkscreen ink, acrylic paint on canvas.
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Andrea del Verrocchio. David, Dasavanta, Shravana, and Madhava Khurd 1465. Bronze with gold details. (attr.), Badiuzzaman Fights Iraj to a Draw, 1567-72. opaque watercolor on cotton.
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Hampton, Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millenium General Assembly, 1950-64. gold and silver aluminum foil, colored kraft paper and plastic sheets over wood, paperboard, and glass.
Claude Monet. Fishermans Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville, 1882. oil on canvas.
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Style
Figure 2.23 Susan Rothenberg, Figure 2.21 Utamaro, Figure 2.22 Degas, Nude Woman Hairdressing, 1798-99.
Having her Hair Combed, c. 1886-88.
Maggies Ponytail, 1993-4.
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Form: The way a work looks, including: Media: materials used Style: constant, recurring or coherent traits Composition: the organization of design elements & principles
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Content: What the work says, including: Subject matter (general) Message (more specic) Iconography (on next slide)
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Iconography (the story including symbols or references, people, events, etc.) requires knowledge of a specic time, beliefs or culture.
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Review
Outsider/Folk Art: Artwork by nonprofessionals
Representational (Naturalistic, trompe loeil)
Abstracted (Stylized)
Nonrepresentational/Nonobjective (abstract)
Form: Media, Style, Composition
Content: Subject matter, Message, Iconography
Context: Knowledge of artist, time & culture
Aesthetics: Philosophy of meaning & nature of art
Installation: Work created for a specic space
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