Art Appreciation Introduction Professor Rebekah Scoggins
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, La Grande Odalisque, 1814
Jasper Johns, Flag,
Jasper Johns, Flag, detail
Me being an art history dork in the Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy, May 2011
A ‘Blink-and-You’ll-Miss-It’ Overview of Course Material
What is Art? What is creativity? What is the purpose of art? Who can make art? Why is art important? What is the function of art? What are the components of art?
Forms of Art Painting Sculpture Architecture Photography Drawing Printmaking Film/Digital Art
Polykleitos of Argos, Doryphoros, “Spearbearer”, Roman copy of Greek original, marble, c. 440 BCE, Sculpture
San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, Byzantine, , Byzantine, Architecture and Mosaics Emperor Justinian I Octagonal plan Empress Theodora Christ on the Orb of the World
Giotto di Bondone, The Lamentation and Kiss of Judas, fresco (Painting), Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel (Architecture), 1305, Padua, Italy, Italian Renaissance ‘Giotto blue’
Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, c. 1503, Italian Renaissance, Painting
Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784, Neo-Classicism, Painting
Édouard Manet, Olympia, 1863, Impressionism, Painting
Édouard Manet, Olympia, 1863 Titian, Venus of Urbino, 1538, Painting, Renaissance
Vincent Van Gogh, The Bedroom at Arles, 1888, Post Impressionism, Painting
Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917, Dada, Ready-made sculpture
Pablo Picasso, Girl Before A Mirror, 1932, Cubism, Painting
Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup Can (32 Campbell’s Soup Cans), 1962, Pop Art, Painting
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #3, 1977, Post Modern, Photography