Chapter 5: Art Review

            

Photo Of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)-https://www.biography.com/artist/pablo-picasso

" Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up "-Pablo Picasso

           Early works of art imitate the real world and experiences people of time went through. Imitation was not only key for visual at but also music and dramatic art. As it states "...imitation means that the artist uses reality as a starting but not neccessarily an ending point" ( Janero & Altshuler , The Art of Being Human: The Humanities as a technique for living, 2011, p.106). The painting " The Bar at the Folies Bergere" by a French artist by Edouard Manet is an example of imitation as it shows relation to the real word without being exact.

      Sight is the power of the artist that allows them to notify on even the small details of things sharply. This can actually reate to the quote above by Picasso. In the quote , Picasso is trying to convey that we should keep a childlike outlook when it comes to art since children themselves pay close attention to small things and findsfascination in them. He is just saying artist should have the same outloo with their art. A goal of imitation is creating their own reality while referencing real life. 

     There are a variety of styles an artist can take.Artists differ from eachother how they see and interpret the world.

Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, 1494-98-https://www.artsheaven.com/painting/artists/v/leonardo-da-vinci/the-last-supper/

" Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible." -Paul Klee

       One time period of art was classic art. Classic art in a general sense reflected the likeness of a cuture's art. Example are the ancient period of India cassical art with their lifelike sculpures and Japanese with their pottery and household utensils. 

     In terms of western culture, classical art refers to the artistic works of Greece and Rome. These Greek and Roman works were color and precise with their making. These works often of Greek gods and imitations of real people. An unfortunate of these works is that the colors faded and lost their original quality. 

    Medieval art s the art that reflected the time period of the medieval age. The art of the time were christian based dued to the prominency and domination of the religion. Medieval art that followed christian religion conveyed idea more than it did so imitation. Giotta di Bondone was apart of this era but prepared more for the Renaissance era of art. Giotta " experimented with an imitation of how the eye works" ( Janero & Altshuler , The Art of Being Human: The Humanities as a technique for living, 2011, p.113). Giotta was most known for his fresco work "The kiss of Judas".

  The Renaissance began in Italy and mean "rebirth". The Renaissance age of art combated ideas such as religion and brought around a renowned interest in knowledge. The artist of this era worked without fear of censorship and brought up controversial points. The relevance of this age actually is conveyed by the quote above by Paul Klee. It states how art kindof conveys certain ideas visibe rather than going solely off the appearance of it itself. Four arists of this Renaissance that were of importance is Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Sophonisba Anguissola, and Artemisia Gentileschi. Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael were known as the three greatest artist of the era. 

  They are well-known for coming up with techniques and making remarkable works that went against the standards of the time . Leonardo is the best example of the three because of his variety of interests in things such as painting, sculpture, architecture, invention, and conceiving. He's known for setting his works up and is even described as " being like a stage director"  ( Janero & Altshuler , The Art of Being Human: The Humanities as a technique for living, 2011, p.116). "The Last Supper" is an exampe of his way of setting things up. Women at the time weren'tvery involved which  what made Sophonisba and Artemisia notable for their works in the post renaissance.

Self Portait of Van Gogh-https://www.mcgawgraphics.com/products/vincent-van-gogh-self-portrait-detail

          Art continued to slip through the cracks of what was accepted of their times. The goal was to capture feeling rather than depiction and was criticized for such. This movement to make abstract or out f the norm art was know as impressionalism. One notable impressionist artist was  was Claude Monet's " Sunrise " which aimed to capture realism but in a experimental way.

    In the midst of impressionism came the age of Post imperssionism age. He's known for his strage  style and was ridiculed in his lifetime until he commited suicide. His paintings such as " Sunflowers" and " The Starry Night" were finally recognized after death and became priceless ong after the recognition

Photo of Alfred Stieglitz-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Stieglitz

                    Alteration in art refers to imposing something new to an already familiar world. Some forms of alteration is cubism, surrealism, superealism, camera art, pop art, performance, prank, and installation art. 

         All of these have roots within post modernism. An example of one of these alterations is with Alfred Stieglitz within his camera art. Camera art itself is a popular form of photography. Alfred is most know for "Camera Notes"  which led way for the study of photography in its art and science.

Photo of Blue Mosquein, Instanbul -https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/istanbul/blue-mosque/ps53944883.cms

        "We shape our buildings: thereafter they shape us" - Winston Churchill

       Architecture relies on form and function to be formed well. Architecture can convey meaning within it's structure or just have have some sortof reason for it's creation or the intrcities in their stucture. This can be refered to by the quote above by Winston. It's basically saying how building created can have  some sortof cultural influence on a society for a vairiety of reason. Two types of architecture are religious and secular.

     Religious focuses on buildings with religious use behing it. An example of a religious building is the Blue Mosque in Istanbul which is meticulosy made. Secular refers to a building with no religious eason but for activities. Frank Lloyd is an example of an architecture that has done secular architecture. An example of his work is the Guggnheim mueseum in New York.

Conclusion

    In conclusion this section highlightes the different varieties of art such as painting , architecture, and photography. This section also showed the meaning of art throughout time periods and it's influence on culture throughout history.