VISUAL LITERACY MASTER TEACHER 2010 BRANDY SITTS
Paleolithic Venus of Willendorf 28, ,000 BCE Characteristics: Served as fertility image. No facial features Ball-like shapes
Islam Dome of the Rock Characteristics 1 st great achievement of Islamic architecture Octagonal dome Interior is vivid and colorful
Ancient Africa Nok Head Characteristics Flaring nostrils and triangle eyes are unique to Nok art African culture liked heads
Ancient India Shiva as Nataraja 1000 Characteristics Nataraja means Lord of the Dance Portable image Dwarf that she is standing on represents ignorance
High Renaissance Sculpture David by Michelangelo Characteristics Formal references to classical antiquity Compositionally and emotionally connected to an unseen presence Head turned to show pent up energy
Late Gothic Arnolfini and His Bride by Jan Van Eyck 1434 Characteristics: Almost every object portrayed sanctity Symbolism Purpose: Record and sanctify marriage Dog: Fidelity, Shoe: Holy Ground
Neoclassicism Oath of the Horatii by David 1784 Characteristics: Conflicts between heart and patriotism Statuesque figures- men: Rigid, Angular
Romanticism (Spanish) The Third of May 1808 by Goya 1808 Characteristics: Encouraged empathy of the Spanish by portraying horrified expressions and enhanced drama through stark use of darks and lights
Romanticism Characteristics: Actual historical event Subdued palette and prominent shadow lend ominous pall to the scene Emotionally charged Comments on slavery Apathy Raft of the Medusa by Gericault
Fauvism Red Room by Matisse Characteristics: Color = Warmth Colors contrast richly and intensely Depicts objects in simplified and schematized fashion and flattening out form
Photo Realism Fanny Finger Painting by Close 1985 Characteristics: One moment it’s a spitting image of a person, the next it’s an animated pattern of spots
Cubism Spanish Civil War World’s Fair in France Shows anguish of residents murdered in Basque Country of Spain Guernica by Picasso 1937