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Title: Art History


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Art History
  • Chapter 5

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Art History A search for information.
  • Art historian concerned with gathering
    information about works of art and the artists
    who created them.

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Art Historian
  • When, where, and why was the artwork created?
  • What style of art does it represent?
  • What artists, work of art, or other influences
    inspired the artist?
  • What impact did the artist or the artworks have
    on the history of art?

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Description
  • Identify who, when and where. Figure 5.2
  • American painter, Childe Hassam, title, history
    of artist.
  • Years of birth and death can tell when artist
    painted the work.

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Description
  • If the artist is not recognized examine the work
    for a signature.
  • No signature research for the name of the
    artist.
  • Conduct research on the artist.
  • Great deal of time and effort.
  • Want to find all important facts about an artist.

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Description
  • May not find out who did the work even after the
    research
  • Art Historian can make a well informed guess.
  • Example 5.3.

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Analysis
  • Style personal way of using the art elements
    and principles to reproduce what they see and to
    express their ideas and feelings.

Georges Rouault
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Salvador Dali
Swans Reflecting Elephants
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Magritte, Time Transfixed
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Interpretation
  • The art historian focuses their attention on the
    influence of time and place of the artist.
  • Example figure 5.9 5.10

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Judgment
  • Based on the works historical significance.

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Description
  • Who created the work?
  • Where was it done?
  • When was it done?
  • Usually can find this information beside the
    painting.

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Analyses
  • What are the main features or characteristics of
    the work?
  • Does it represent a particular style of art?
  • If so, what is that style?

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Main Features
  • Fast, thick brush strokes
  • Detail in face and expression
  • Background barely distinguishable
  • Only hints of foliage
  • Close attention to light

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Lady at Her Toilette
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Julie Manet with Dog
Impressionistic Style
The Cradle
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Interpretation
  • Which artists or works of art inspired the
    artist?
  • What other influences affected the artist?
  • Does the work reveal something about the world in
    which it was painted?

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Berthe Morisot
  • Learned from Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot to
    recognize the effects of natural light and
    ambience.

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Édouard Manet
  • Met in 1868 at the age of 27
  • Fascinated by his rapid brush strokes

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Judgment
  • Can conclude once you have answered description,
    analysis, and interpretation.
  • Look in the history books for her work
  • She was encouraged by fellow artists that she was
    talented.
  • Low social status and a woman less attention in
    her time

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Art Criticism or Art History?
  • First look at the aesthetics and use the art
    criticism operations
  • Make a subjective and tentative decision about
    its success
  • Then turn to the objective art history operations
  • As you gain facts you can confirm, modify or
    change your decision.

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Combination
  • Can make a balanced informative judgment that is
    subjective and objective.
  • This judgment is always subject to change as you
    learn and grow.
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