HUM 101 Module 2 - supporting discussion and activities

1. Understanding art Perceiving the arts and testing those perceptions
Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
c. 1503–06, perhaps
continuing until c. 1517
Oil on canvas
30 in × 21 in
Musée du Louvre, Paris
France
possibly of Lisa Gherardini

2. Understanding art Perceiving the arts and testing those perceptions
Controversies
1. Was she pregnant? Was
she da Vinici’s mistress?
2. Why did he keep the
painting instead of giving it
to the patron?
3. Why is she smirking?
4. No wedding band on her
finger
5. A different, more
“feminine” version found
underneath the original
through digital
reconstruction and xrays
(Pascal Cotte)

3. Understanding art Perceiving the arts and testing those perceptions
Controversies
1. Was the Mona Lisa
of a man?
2. Was the Mona Lisa
of Leonardo da
Vinci himself?
• c. 1512
• Red chalk on Paper
• 13.1 in × 8.5 in
• Biblioteca Reale, Turin

4. Understanding art Perceiving the arts and testing those perceptions
The Baptism of
Christ
Andrea del Verrocchio
c. 1435
Florence, Italy
Assisted by Leonardo da
Vinci

5. Understanding art Perceiving the arts and testing those perceptions
L.H.O.O.Q.
Marcel Duchamp
1919
L.H.O.O.Q.: is a pun
the letters pronounced in
French sound like "Elle a
chaud au cul", "She is hot in
the arse";
"avoir chaud au cul" is a
vulgar expression implying
that a woman has sexual
restlessnes

6. Understanding art Perceiving the arts and testing those perceptions
Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh
1889
Oil on canvas
29 in × 36 1⁄4 in
Museum of Modern Art,
New York City

7. Understanding art Perceiving the arts and testing those perceptions
Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh
The drawing Cypresses
in Starry Night, a reed
pen copy executed by
Van Gogh after the
painting in 1889