Art of the Week
QUARTER 3
DEFINE: Appropriation - ln the visual arts, appropriation is the intentional borrowing, copying, and alteration of preexisting images and objects.
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ILLUSTRATE: Draw an example of appropriation in art.
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School of Athens - Raphael
What is the Era/Period/Movement?
High Renaissance (1490-1530)
1509-1511
What is the media?
Fresco - plaster and paint
What is the story?
- Greatest minds of antiquities gathered to share ideas; lived at different times
- Main figures Plato and Aristotle
- Raphael's most important commission (by Pope Julius II)
- Extraordinary example of linear perspective
High Renaissance (1490-1530)
1509-1511
What is the media?
Fresco - plaster and paint
What is the story?
- Greatest minds of antiquities gathered to share ideas; lived at different times
- Main figures Plato and Aristotle
- Raphael's most important commission (by Pope Julius II)
- Extraordinary example of linear perspective
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Appropriation: Images of Ancient Greece
David with the Head of Goliath - Caravaggio
What is the Era/Period/Movement?
Baroque
1610
What is the media?
Oil Paint on canvas
What is the story?
- Chiaroscuro technique used for drama.
- David’s pose shows allegories of justice – sword in right hand and scales in left hand (head replaces scales.
- Dark & realistic - used grim, somber and unsettling religious imagery; showed dirty nails, bruises, etc.
Baroque
1610
What is the media?
Oil Paint on canvas
What is the story?
- Chiaroscuro technique used for drama.
- David’s pose shows allegories of justice – sword in right hand and scales in left hand (head replaces scales.
- Dark & realistic - used grim, somber and unsettling religious imagery; showed dirty nails, bruises, etc.
Appropriation: Biblical Images
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Praying Hands - Abrecht Durer
What is the Era/Period/Movement?
N. Renaissance
c. 1508
What is the media?
Ink, blue primed paper
What is the story?
- Study for a 3 panel painting for the Heller Altar (Frankfurt)
- Majority of work depicted Biblical images
- "Universal Man"
- Focused on woodcut engravings in later work
N. Renaissance
c. 1508
What is the media?
Ink, blue primed paper
What is the story?
- Study for a 3 panel painting for the Heller Altar (Frankfurt)
- Majority of work depicted Biblical images
- "Universal Man"
- Focused on woodcut engravings in later work
Appropriation: Technology from Printing Press
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The Milkmaid - Vermeer
What is the Era/Period/Movement?
Dutch Golden Age
c. 1658-1651
What is the media?
Oil paint on canvas
What is the story?
- Used camera obscura
- Carefully organized space and objects
-Obsession with detail (ie. nail shadow)
Dutch Golden Age
c. 1658-1651
What is the media?
Oil paint on canvas
What is the story?
- Used camera obscura
- Carefully organized space and objects
-Obsession with detail (ie. nail shadow)
Appropriation: Scenes from domestic life
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The Oath of Horatti - Jaques Louis David
What is the Era/Period/Movement?
Neo-Classical
What is the media?
Oil paint on canvas
What is the story?
- NEO = New, CLASSIC = Greco-Roman
- Classical story of patriotism
- Official artist of French Revolution
Neo-Classical
What is the media?
Oil paint on canvas
What is the story?
- NEO = New, CLASSIC = Greco-Roman
- Classical story of patriotism
- Official artist of French Revolution
Appropriation: Images of Ancient Rome
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Lifeboat and the Manby Apparatus Going Off to a Stranded Vessel Making Signal (Blue Lights) of Distress - Joseph Millord William Turner
What is the Era/Period/Movement?
Romanticism
1831
What is the media?
Oil paint on canvas
What is the story?
- Known as the 'painter of light'
- Romanticism was guided by emotion and nature
- Work often included marine activity
Romanticism
1831
What is the media?
Oil paint on canvas
What is the story?
- Known as the 'painter of light'
- Romanticism was guided by emotion and nature
- Work often included marine activity
Appropriation: Maritime Imagery
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Apples and Pomegranates - Gustave Courbet
What is the Era/Period/Movement?
Realism
What is the media?
Oil paint on canvas
What is the story?
- Realism was a reaction to Romanticism
- Painted scenes of simple peasant life - Spent the last years of his life in exile
Realism
What is the media?
Oil paint on canvas
What is the story?
- Realism was a reaction to Romanticism
- Painted scenes of simple peasant life - Spent the last years of his life in exile
Appropriation: Still life scenes from Dutch painting
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The Blue Dancers - Edgar Degas
What is the Era/Period/Movement?
Impressionism
1899
What is the media?
Oil Paint
What is the story?
- Impression = capture impression of the moment
- Avoided "plein air painting"
- Painted scenes of Parisian life, with vivid color & often off-center compositions
Impressionism
1899
What is the media?
Oil Paint
What is the story?
- Impression = capture impression of the moment
- Avoided "plein air painting"
- Painted scenes of Parisian life, with vivid color & often off-center compositions
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Appropriation: Inspired by Japanese prints
Quarter 4
Visual Culture
Visual culture is the aspect of culture expressed in visual images. |
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Cut with a Dada kitchen knife cut throgh the last weimar beer belly cultural epoch in Germany – Hannah Hoch
What is the Era/Period/Movement?
Dada
1919
What is the media?
Photomontage, collage and watercolor
What is the story?
- Cut with a Dada... critiqued the failings of the Weimar German government
- Work focused on gender issues; recognized as a pioneering feminist artist
- Dada artists worked with collage and found object sculpture
Dada
1919
What is the media?
Photomontage, collage and watercolor
What is the story?
- Cut with a Dada... critiqued the failings of the Weimar German government
- Work focused on gender issues; recognized as a pioneering feminist artist
- Dada artists worked with collage and found object sculpture
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Guernica - Pablo Picasso
What is the Era/Period/Movement?
Cubism
1937
What is the media?
Oil Paint
What is the story?
- Painted for the Spanish Pavilion at the 1937 Paris World's Fair
- Shows travesty of war on civilians
- Contrast of black & white intensifies drama
Cubism
1937
What is the media?
Oil Paint
What is the story?
- Painted for the Spanish Pavilion at the 1937 Paris World's Fair
- Shows travesty of war on civilians
- Contrast of black & white intensifies drama
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Persistence of Memory - Salvador Dali
What is the Era/Period/Movement?
Surrealism
1931
What is the media?
Oil Paint
What is the story?
- Juxtaposed everyday objects with unusual scenes
- Undesirable by Hilter, hid out in the US for a time (RVA)
- Works included painting, film, sculpture and photography
Surrealism
1931
What is the media?
Oil Paint
What is the story?
- Juxtaposed everyday objects with unusual scenes
- Undesirable by Hilter, hid out in the US for a time (RVA)
- Works included painting, film, sculpture and photography
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Salvador Dali in Richmond - http://www.richmond.com/from-the-archives/article_02607cb0-bdf8-11e5-a3c2-a35d4986a51f.html
Fountain - Marcel Duchamp
What is the Era/Period/Movement?
Dada
1917, replica 1964
What is the media?
Found Object
What is the story?
- Tested beliefs about art
- Readymade - an ordinary manufactured object designated by the artist as a work of art
- Replica of original work made in 1964
Dada
1917, replica 1964
What is the media?
Found Object
What is the story?
- Tested beliefs about art
- Readymade - an ordinary manufactured object designated by the artist as a work of art
- Replica of original work made in 1964
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Number 5 - Jackson Pollock
What is the Era/Period/Movement?
Abstract Expressionism
1948
What is the media?
Oil paint on fiberboard
What is the story?
- Placed canvas on ground and applied paint with hardened brushes & sticks
- "action painting"
- In 2006, sold for $140 million
Abstract Expressionism
1948
What is the media?
Oil paint on fiberboard
What is the story?
- Placed canvas on ground and applied paint with hardened brushes & sticks
- "action painting"
- In 2006, sold for $140 million
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Marilyn Monroe - Andy Warhol
What is the Era/Period/Movement?
Pop Art
1962
What is the media?
Acrylic paint on canvas
What is the story?
- Contrast of color w/ b&w fading effect in the right panel suggest star's mortality
- Repeating image = Monroe's constant presence in media
- Movement obsessed with pop culture/mass production
Pop Art
1962
What is the media?
Acrylic paint on canvas
What is the story?
- Contrast of color w/ b&w fading effect in the right panel suggest star's mortality
- Repeating image = Monroe's constant presence in media
- Movement obsessed with pop culture/mass production
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Crack is Wack - Keith Haring
What is the Era/Period/Movement?
Neo-Pop
1986
What is the media?
Mural paint on wall
What is the story?
- Started out with permanent marker creating graffiti on NYC subways
- Started the Pop Shop
- Died of AIDS-related complications at age 31
Neo-Pop
1986
What is the media?
Mural paint on wall
What is the story?
- Started out with permanent marker creating graffiti on NYC subways
- Started the Pop Shop
- Died of AIDS-related complications at age 31
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Free Mondays - Unknown (AKA - Banksy)
What is the Era/Period/Movement?
Contemporary
2011
What is the media?
Aerosol and acrylic paint
What is the story?
- "Unknown" artist who makes political commentary
- Creates Fine Art and "Street Art"
Contemporary
2011
What is the media?
Aerosol and acrylic paint
What is the story?
- "Unknown" artist who makes political commentary
- Creates Fine Art and "Street Art"
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