2. Thesis
Painting is used throughout history to reveal the
artist’s personal vision. It is a forum for safe
expression, communication, exploration,
imagination, and cultural and historical
understanding.
3. Personal Relevance
I have always been interested in art. I wondered
how painters make the objects in their paintings
look so realistic, or the meaning behind paintings
and how it relates to the painter or his/her
background. I want to learn how to paint better.
4. What is
Painting?
- communication
- “A picture is worth a
thousand words”~Napoleon
Bonaparte
- way to express yourself
http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/categories/Communication%20and%20Media
6. Johanson, Donald, and Blake Edgar. "Art." From Lucy to Language. N.p.: Simon &
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7. ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN ART
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23. Works Cited
Johanson, Donald, and Blake Edgar. "Art." From Lucy to Language. N.p.: Simon & Schuster, 1996. N. pag. Google Book Search. Web. 25 Feb. 2011.
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24. Conclusion
An artist cannot fail; it is a
success to be one. ~Charles
Horton Cooley
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Editor's Notes
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History of painting helps us understand why and how artists have made paintings, and how centuries of exploration and change in painting have led us here. although reasons for paintings are different, artist have used painting as a means of visual expression. their paintings helps us understand their lives, history, likes and religious convictions.\n
Cave artists nearly 20,000 years ago, used art to imitate nature. They painted remarkably lifelike pictures of bison, deer, horses and other prehistoric animals as part of their hunting and fertility rituals. The immediate reaction of researchers was that such sophisticated painting could not have come from our Upper Paleolihic ancestors (late stone age) but after finding other cave paintings, it seemed genuine . more than 300 decorated caves in south western europe that date to the Upper Paleolihic period.\n3= map of sites of late stone age art\n4= harvest scene from a tomb\nLater, Egyptian artists, also painting on the walls, used stylized forms and symbols to document historical events and everyday life. \n
ancient greek and roman artists also painted realistically on walls and vases, and started to create the illusion of depth, but most of their art was destroyed during wars and natural disasters.\n1= greek vase\n2= lady musician and young girl roman painting from italy\n
Mayapán was a very powerful city in mid-1400s. it is now it is considered a vital place full of artists. \nMayapán had diverse influences and a wide trade network with other parts of Mesoamerica. Therefore, their art had a mixture of symbols suggesting that they could be understood across different Mayan and Aztec languages. \nThey also painted many murals. Many murals that were in temples contained “Maya blue,” a rare pigment treasured by Aztecs. \n1= mayapan ruins\n2= mayan blood letting ritual; has mayan blue pigment\n\n
influenced painting tremendously. huge church walls became canvases for artists. they illustrated religious stories and depicted Heaven, Hell, and their inhabitants. \n1=christ as good shepherd, painted ceiling in the catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus, rome\n2=madonna and child enthroned\n\n
early renaissance artists were also highly religious and symbolic but painters began to rediscover and emphasize more naturalistic forms. gradually they turned their attention to subjects that were not strictly religious-portraits, landscapes. Rapheal, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Titian, Van Eyck and Dürer were the art heroes of their times. since diversity of knowledge was important, renaissance artists were often also scientists, writers, doctors--and an interest in the scientific aspects of art was visible in their work.\n\n1=van eycks’ “the man in the red turban" early renaissance-portraits start appearing. not sure who the sitter is, could be van eycks.\n2= the crucifixion by Mantegna\n1-2=early renaissance...3-6=renaissance\n3=Da Vinci studying proportions\n5= the creation of adam, Michelangelo\n6=rapheal-the expulsion of heliodorus\n\n\n
- 17th and 18th century\n- expanded painting by working on huge canvases, developing swirling compositions, that extended beyond picture frame. \n- characterized by intense colors, dramatic use of light and shadow and an emphasis on emotion(rather than symbolism). \n- northern europe\n- Poussin, Rubens, and Rembrandt\n1=christ in the storm on the sea of galilee by Rembrandt\n2=the calling of st. matthew by caravaggio\n3=marie de’ medici by rubens\n
- 19th century\n- reflected renewed interest in ancient greek and roman ideas of morality, balance and restrain. \n- reaction against the emotion and liveliness of baroque\n- subjects were carefully drawn and calm\n\nThe Death of Socrates by Jacques Louis David-”give me liberty or give me death”\n
- came from widespread popularity of romances-medieval stories of adventure and individual heroism\n- this style was much more emotional and expressive than the controlled neoclassical paintings.\n\n-the hay wain by constable\n
- wanted to paint life as they saw it.\n- were also intensely interested in nature-painted outside in natural light\n-pic by courbet and daumier\n
- last third of 19th century\n- outdoor painters became intensely aware of color and light by painting outside in sunlight in france \n- they wanted to paint their immediate response(or impression of) to this light\n- invention of camera helped isolate and freeze natural scenes\n- Monet, Pissarro, Renoir\n1=in the boat by edouard manet(crucial figure in the transition from realism to impressionism)\n2=claude monet\n
- some artist did not like the approach of impressionism and wanted to emphasize form and structure and express emotions in their paintings. \n- preferred to create images that appeared solid and emotional\n- Van Gogh(reflection of his inner turmoil), Gauguin(criticized European society by glorifying more primitive cultures, Toulouse-Lautrec(Partisan life), Seurat, Cézanne\n
- end of 19th century\n- developed by Picasso after experimenting with Expressionism and Fauvism\n- portrays its subjects as a collection of geometric shapes\n- public had never seen anything like it--found it hard to understand or appreciate\n
after WWII in US\nspattered, flowed, dripped, and splashed paint on canvas.\npop art\n1=pollock\n2=de kooning\n
Haitian art reflects African, French, Catholic, and tribal roots. It is an important representation of Haitian culture and history.\nThe devastating earthquake of 2010 not only took many lives but also destroyed many of their paintings worth millions of dollars. The Haitians artist still stayed resilient and continued to create and sell to survive. \n
even though there are all these different types of art movements, many different kinds of paintings are being produced and accepted side by side. this phenomenon is called pluralism. style is a form of expression. through their styles, painters reveal their personal vision. that purpose of art hasn’t changed much over thousands of years.\n
