Below is Simon Schama's documentary on Bernini in it's entirety. It is, unfortunately, split up into 9 chapters because of Youtube's restrictions on the length of videos.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Quiz # 3
Below are nine images from which I will choose the five that will be used for the quiz. Beneath the images are the two essay questions. Remember that if there is no artist listed for a work, I want you to list the work's location, instead. Study up!
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
The Conversion of Saint Paul
1600-1601
Paolo Veronese
Feast in the House of Levi
1575
Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Creation of Adam
1508-1512
Giotto di Bondone
Lamentation
1305
Gianlorenzo Bernini
The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
1645-1652
Wall Painting from the Tomb of Nebumun
Egypt
c. 1450 BCE
Parthenon
Acropolis, Athens
c. 448-432 BCE
Polykleitos
Spear Bearer
Roman copy after a Greek original of c. 450-440 BCE
Scene from The Papyrus of Hunefer
Egypt
Egypt
c. 1375 BCE
Essay Questions:
1. Define the term Hierarchic Scale and give examples of how you have seen it utilized in the art you have seen in class.
2. Define the term Renaissance and give some examples of how the characteristics of the Renaissance era are demonstrated in the art that you have seen in class.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Terms Of The Day For October 29
Renaissance - literally translated “rebirth” - the period of European history in which the rediscovery of classical Greek art, philosophy, and science led to renewed interest in an intense study of the world and the limitless potential of individual human beings.
Humanism - a philosophy which encompasses a wide range of ethical stances that attach importance to human dignity, concerns, and capabilities, particularly rationality.
Sfumato - Italian term meaning “smoke”, describing a very delicate gradation of light and shade in the modeling of figures; often ascribed to Leonardo da Vinci's work.
Reformation - a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.
Counter Reformation - a period of time beginning late in the 16th century in which the Catholic Church underwent a series of internal reforms in an attempt to halt the growing number of conversions from Catholicism to Protestantism.
Baroque - the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe.
Chiaroscuro - the use of bold contrasts of light and dark to achieve a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects such as the human body in paint.
Rococo - a style of art popular among the 18th century French aristocracy stressing purely ornamental, light, casual, irregular design and frivolity.
Humanism - a philosophy which encompasses a wide range of ethical stances that attach importance to human dignity, concerns, and capabilities, particularly rationality.
Sfumato - Italian term meaning “smoke”, describing a very delicate gradation of light and shade in the modeling of figures; often ascribed to Leonardo da Vinci's work.
Reformation - a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.
Counter Reformation - a period of time beginning late in the 16th century in which the Catholic Church underwent a series of internal reforms in an attempt to halt the growing number of conversions from Catholicism to Protestantism.
Baroque - the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe.
Chiaroscuro - the use of bold contrasts of light and dark to achieve a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects such as the human body in paint.
Rococo - a style of art popular among the 18th century French aristocracy stressing purely ornamental, light, casual, irregular design and frivolity.
Very Early Photographic Images of Humans Discovered
Check this out: A photograph has been discovered that has what people believe may be an early image of humans in it. Now, the photograph was made about 9 years after the Daguerreotype that captured the man getting his shoes shined, but it's exciting all the same. Images of people in photographs at such an early time in photographic history is rare, indeed. Click HERE for an article about the photo.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Art Events This Week
Wow! This week is seriously lacking when it comes to art events. I have been searching all weekend for these few events I have to post here. For the most part, they may not be exactly what you think of when you think "art event," but I certainly do. Of course, you don't have to limit yourself exclusively to what I have here. If you know of anything else, feel free to go to it.
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
926 E Mclemore Ave
Memphis, TN 38106-3338
(901) 942-7685
926 E Mclemore Ave
Memphis, TN 38106-3338
(901) 942-7685
Objects of Wonder: Four Centuries of Still Life from the Norton Museum of Art
4339 Park Avenue
Memphis, TN 38117-4698
(901) 761-5250
October 17 - January 9, 2011
Objects of Wonder assembles fifty-two works of art from the collection of the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, focusing on the intriguing genre of still life. The exhibition illuminates the progression of still life over the past four centuries, from the Ming Dynasty in China to the early 2000s through the work of some of the most famous artists in history, including Gustave Courbet, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Georgia O'Keeffe.
Memphis, TN 38120
Memphis, TN 38117-4698
(901) 761-5250
October 17 - January 9, 2011
Objects of Wonder assembles fifty-two works of art from the collection of the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, focusing on the intriguing genre of still life. The exhibition illuminates the progression of still life over the past four centuries, from the Ming Dynasty in China to the early 2000s through the work of some of the most famous artists in history, including Gustave Courbet, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Georgia O'Keeffe.
It's Kind Of A Funny Story (PG13)
and
Waiting For Superman (PG)
Two films playing at
The Ridgeway Four
5853 Ridgeway Center Pkwy.Memphis, TN 38120
PH: 901-681-2047
Movie Hotline: 901-681-2020
Movie Hotline: 901-681-2020
Click HERE for showtimes.
PICTURING AMERICA
(901) 544-6226
Three exhibitions that examine American identity, past and present. At the Brooks in autumn 2010. "History is not the past, but a map of the past drawn from a particular point of view to be useful to the modern traveler." ~Henry Glassie
The Overton Wind Ensemble
The flagship instrumental organization at Overton High School for Creative and Performing Arts will perform an evening of music by American composers. The ensemble recently made its New York debut in concert at historic Carnegie Hall. Conducted by Dr. Reginald M. Houze. Free!
PICTURING AMERICA
The Brooks Museum of Art
1934 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN(901) 544-6226
Three exhibitions that examine American identity, past and present. At the Brooks in autumn 2010. "History is not the past, but a map of the past drawn from a particular point of view to be useful to the modern traveler." ~Henry Glassie
This fall, the Brooks has scheduled three overlapping exhibitions that provide a unique opportunity to look at intersecting aspects of the history, culture, social history, and landscape of the United States.
When Aperture announced that William Christenberry: Photographs 1961-2005 would travel, it was an obvious choice for the Brooks. Christenberry is an internationally recognized artist who lived and worked in Memphis from 1962 to 1968, and he is very well represented in the permanent collection: 115 photographs, three sculptures, an artist’s book, and a drawing.
Christenberry was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 1936, the same year that Walker Evans and James Agee visited the area to produce Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, their seminal project chronicling the lives of sharecroppers during the Depression. Agee and Evans’s book deeply influenced Christenberry, compelling him to adopt the region as the subject of his art. Through his diverse work Christenberry communicates a singular vision—an elegiac consideration of the American South underscored by larger, universal themes of time, memory, and loss. William Christenberry Photographs: 1961–2005 is an overview of the photographic component of his oeuvre—a practice spanning more than four decades and employing a range of formats—from the Kodak Brownie, a simple, mass-produced point-and-shoot camera, to 35 mm, to the 8-by-10-inch camera he began using in 1977. Many of the images in this exhibition have never before been exhibited.
The evocative and beautiful wood engravings of Winslow Homer (1836-1910) captured American life in the decades before photography became the preferred medium for illustrating the news. Appearing in magazines such as Harper’s Weekly, his work offered a visual complement to stories of daily life, popular fiction, or major political events. The 55 wood engravings in Winslow Homer: From Poetry to Fiction include a full range of Homer’s illustrations, from charming images of children at play or vacationers at the beach, to more somber depictions of soldiers on the front lines of the Civil War. Focusing on the early years of Homer’s career, the exhibition offers visitors a chance to experience the artist’s remarkably poignant and enduring images of life in the United States during the mid-1800s.
The tremendous interest in the Civil War is reflected in the number of books, films, and documentaries on the subject, not to mention the thousands of re-enactors who come together annually across the country to recreate battles and skirmishes. Robert King (b.1969), who for 17 years has covered wars and political unrest around the globe, has photographed some of these events. The twenty-five images included in Remembering A House Divided: Robert King’s Photographs Of Civil War Re-Enactors document the historical accuracy prized by participants and the sometimes jarring clash of the past and the present.
When Aperture announced that William Christenberry: Photographs 1961-2005 would travel, it was an obvious choice for the Brooks. Christenberry is an internationally recognized artist who lived and worked in Memphis from 1962 to 1968, and he is very well represented in the permanent collection: 115 photographs, three sculptures, an artist’s book, and a drawing.
Christenberry was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 1936, the same year that Walker Evans and James Agee visited the area to produce Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, their seminal project chronicling the lives of sharecroppers during the Depression. Agee and Evans’s book deeply influenced Christenberry, compelling him to adopt the region as the subject of his art. Through his diverse work Christenberry communicates a singular vision—an elegiac consideration of the American South underscored by larger, universal themes of time, memory, and loss. William Christenberry Photographs: 1961–2005 is an overview of the photographic component of his oeuvre—a practice spanning more than four decades and employing a range of formats—from the Kodak Brownie, a simple, mass-produced point-and-shoot camera, to 35 mm, to the 8-by-10-inch camera he began using in 1977. Many of the images in this exhibition have never before been exhibited.
The evocative and beautiful wood engravings of Winslow Homer (1836-1910) captured American life in the decades before photography became the preferred medium for illustrating the news. Appearing in magazines such as Harper’s Weekly, his work offered a visual complement to stories of daily life, popular fiction, or major political events. The 55 wood engravings in Winslow Homer: From Poetry to Fiction include a full range of Homer’s illustrations, from charming images of children at play or vacationers at the beach, to more somber depictions of soldiers on the front lines of the Civil War. Focusing on the early years of Homer’s career, the exhibition offers visitors a chance to experience the artist’s remarkably poignant and enduring images of life in the United States during the mid-1800s.
The tremendous interest in the Civil War is reflected in the number of books, films, and documentaries on the subject, not to mention the thousands of re-enactors who come together annually across the country to recreate battles and skirmishes. Robert King (b.1969), who for 17 years has covered wars and political unrest around the globe, has photographed some of these events. The twenty-five images included in Remembering A House Divided: Robert King’s Photographs Of Civil War Re-Enactors document the historical accuracy prized by participants and the sometimes jarring clash of the past and the present.
Also at the Brooks:
Thursday, October 28 | 7 pmThe Overton Wind Ensemble
The flagship instrumental organization at Overton High School for Creative and Performing Arts will perform an evening of music by American composers. The ensemble recently made its New York debut in concert at historic Carnegie Hall. Conducted by Dr. Reginald M. Houze. Free!
Friday, October 22, 2010
Expectations For The Research Paper
You are expected in this class to complete one five-page research paper on a particular artist, group of artists, period, or media of your choice. This paper is due November 12. Here are the expectations for that paper:
1. A title page (title of the research paper, your name, the class title, my name, and the date).
2. FIVE pages of text (12-point font, double spaced, 1-inch margins).
3. At least THREE sources (books, magazines, websites), but no more than ONE of them may be an Internet source. If you use more than three sources, more than one of them may be an Internet source, but there still needs to be at least TWO print sources.
4. A bibliography page. In the "Important Links" section on the left side of this blog you'll find a link to easybib.com. This is a website that allows you to enter information about a source, and it will format your citations for you.
Instructions:
As mentioned above, you should choose as the topic of your research a particular artist (Francisco Goya, Pablo Picasso, etc.) or a group of artists (the Impressionists, the Futurists, etc.) or a period of art (the Renaissance, the Romantic Era, etc.) or a particular medium (painting, sculpture, etc.).
Next, go to the library and search online for information about your chosen topic. Find historical, biographical, and technical information you want to include in your paper. Whatever sources you choose must be sited in your bibliography at the end of the paper.
I will make another post at a later time giving you the format for citing works in a bibliography and giving you some more in-depth information on easybib.com.
Now, write your paper (5 pages) and DO NOT PLAGIARIZE! Look for ways to relate what you are writing about to the things we have learned in class.
Sufficient grammar and spelling. It needs to be readable.
The sooner you get this paper out of the way, the better.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Terms Of The Day For 10/22
Civilization - cultures that have fairly complex social orders and relatively high degrees of technical development.
Ziggurat - massive religious temples built in ancient Mesopotamia and western Iranian plateau, having the form of a terraced step pyramid of successively receding stories or levels.
Pyramid - a gigantic mountain-like structure built in ancient Egypt as a burial vault for a pharaoh.
Hierarchic Scale - the manipulation of size and space in a picture to emphasize the importance of a specific object or figure.
Classical Art - art which emphasizes rational simplicity, order, and restrained emotion.
Capital - the top of a column; it identifies the column’s architectural order.
Idealized - the representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show the characteristics considered most important by a given culture.
Icons - small Byzantine style paintings, usually depicting a biblical figure or a saint, which are used to inspire devotion during worship, but not worshiped in themselves.
Flying Buttress - An arch or half-arch that transfers the thrust of a vault or roof from an upper part of a wall to a lower support.
Ziggurat - massive religious temples built in ancient Mesopotamia and western Iranian plateau, having the form of a terraced step pyramid of successively receding stories or levels.
Pyramid - a gigantic mountain-like structure built in ancient Egypt as a burial vault for a pharaoh.
Hierarchic Scale - the manipulation of size and space in a picture to emphasize the importance of a specific object or figure.
Classical Art - art which emphasizes rational simplicity, order, and restrained emotion.
Capital - the top of a column; it identifies the column’s architectural order.
Idealized - the representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show the characteristics considered most important by a given culture.
Icons - small Byzantine style paintings, usually depicting a biblical figure or a saint, which are used to inspire devotion during worship, but not worshiped in themselves.
Flying Buttress - An arch or half-arch that transfers the thrust of a vault or roof from an upper part of a wall to a lower support.
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