Art History and Visual Culture for Teachers
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Rococo Art
Breanna and Heather
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XtHODb6rBy-Q1a2WHc1SWVPzF2SzJDQcUgt8e2lcdNI/edit?usp=sharing
Romanticism and Realism
Meaghan Edgerly -outline
Romanticism (1750-1850)
Flourished 1800-1840
A big contrast to Neoclassicism:
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Art based on reason. People wanted to
find the truth.
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And reason was the way to find truth.
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And then it changed….
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It was a challenge to the Enlightenment's notion
of rationality.
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Philosophical movement at that time. They were
the rationalists.
Romanticism:
The foundation for art, music, and literature was now
emotion, drama, imagination, adventure.
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Imagination is crucial.
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Focuses on erotic pleasures.
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High Drama
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Movement
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Bringing dreams and nightmares to the surface.
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Idea that science was cold and alienated people
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Poetry was the valued literature.
Henry Fuseli, The Nightmare
Express erotic fantasies through vivid imagination. The
Incubus, preying on sleeping women. Human sub-consciousness. Nightmare. “mare”
“Mara” spirit in North European mythology known to torment and suffocate people
in their sleep.
William Blake, Ancient of Days : Michelangeloesque
painting. Classical anatomy merges with inner dark dreams. “When he set a
compass upon the face of the deep” Proverbs 8:27. Blake used this painting in
his book, Europe: A Prophesy. Wisdom---TRUTH.
Francisco Goya, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
Goya depicted asleep with threatening creatures. Unleashing
of imagination, emotion, and nightmares.
Goya, Third of May, 1814
Lots of emotion and expression.
French invasion. Anonymous murderous French soldiers executing unarmed Spanish
peasants. Horrified expressions. Has a cruciform gestures- symbol of Christ
here.
Lots of darks and lights. Men about
to be executed. Bloody Bodies and dead people. Resistance and patriotism.
Goya, Saturn Devouring One of His Children
Saturn is associated with time.
Maybe Goya is upset over the passage of time. Saturn in Greek is Kronos, which
is similar to the word for time.
Theodorre Gericault, Raft of the Medusa, 1818-1819
Heroic and epic like Neoclassicism, yet dramatic, complex,
and emotional like Romanticism.
Music at the time expressed abstract ideas even better than art.
Compare a piece of “classical” Bach music to a “romantic” by the French
Composer, Saint Saen’s The Swan
We can see a lot more expression.
The endless pursuit of the unattainable.
There is freedom and passion felt
in this music.
Wagner was a German composer and in
his opera Die Walküre there is high drama and intesity. Compare that intensity to the art by Gericault and Delacroix.
It is very similar.
Literature: The best literature during the romanticism was poetry because it was
more expressive. Other books, such as Frankenstein, by Mary Shelly, came out.
Literature changed when the Romanticism shifted toward Realism. Books
by Charles Dickens became very popular because they focused on realistic people
and realistic situations.
Realism started to take place as reaction to Romanticism.
Due to scientific evolution and the studies of Charles
Darwin.
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Looking at everyday people doing everyday,
ordinary things.
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Conveying the dismal life.
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No need for romantic heroes or dramatic scenes.
Lesson Outline
First: Romanticism and Realism
Next: Attention activity
-camera obscura room (turn the entire room into a camera obscura by covering all windows with black and turning out lights. Poke small hole in window covering and the outside will be projected into the room.
Next: Attention activity
-camera obscura room (turn the entire room into a camera obscura by covering all windows with black and turning out lights. Poke small hole in window covering and the outside will be projected into the room.
Finally:Early Photography
What is a camera obscura?What did Louis Daguerre invent?
Who was the famous Photographer who documented the civil war?
Who is Eadweard Muybridge?
How did painters use the invention of photography?
ART PROMPT: Pick a photograph and create an art piece in the style of Romanticism. Using the elements of design from the photograph selected, create a new image that conveys a powerful emotion.
Romanticiism Power Point:
http://www.slideshare.net/jericajw/romanticism-18488142
Early Photography:
http://www.slideshare.net/jericajw/early-photography-18488251
Europe and America
Europe and America
1870-1900
Deanna Scanlon
And Courtney Hatch
• Resources (so far): (this is our reading list
also)
• Baigell, Matthew, A Concise History of American
Painting and Sculpture, Revised Edition, Icon Editions an imprint of Harper and
Row Publishers, c.1984.
• Courthion, Pierre, The Impressionists
• Craven, Wayne, American Art–History and
Culture, c.2003
D. Painters, the Salon, and Critics,
1848-1870http://www.musee-orsay.fr/fileadmin/mediatheque/integration_MO/PDF/Paintersenglish.pdf
• Overarching Themes:
• America: During the years 1870–1900, American
Art was more of European art because even the works of American grown artists
such as Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer were influenced through the foreign
arts.
• Impressionism announced the subversive power of
art, by freeing the artist to pursue his craft fearlessly and by insisting on engagement
with the real physical world.
III. A. American big Idea:
• The American artists used their own version of
“Impressionism”
• The influence of Europe’s Art initiated artist
growth and the development of museums, art schools and organizations in
America.
• Europe Big Idea: Impressionism was the first
step away from realism and towards abstraction. It followed the invention of the camera and allowed artists
freedom to move towards ideas of what is being shown and colors that are
unnaturally seen.
IV.
Relevant information and questions:
This is for the game: “Jepordy”
• Who was the only American Artist in Europe to
become an “Impressionist” painter in Europe?
WHO IS MARY CASSATT?
• The American Artist who began his career
working in the tight detailed style of the Hudson River School and then
switched to the loose brush work of the Barbizon style after visiting Europe.
WHO IS GEORGE INNESS?
• The American Artist born in Florence Italy
WHO IS JOHN SINGER SARGENT?
• American Artist in the 1870s who’s favorite
theme in painting was the life of boys at work or at play.
WHO IS HOMER WINSLOW?
• American artist who often painted outdoor
themes of rowing and sailing.
WHO IS THOMAS EAKINS?
• Considered the most important art study center
for both Europe and America in the 1870s.
WHERE IS PARIS?
• Three museums or Art Schools that were formed
in the 1870s that were the result of European arts’ influence.
Where are The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC,
the Massachusetts Museum of Fine Arts and the Rhode Island School of Design in
Providence?
• An inspirational source of bright and arbitrary
colors with stylistic motifs shown by some of the painter’s in the 1870s.
WHAT IS JAPANESE ART?
• The country James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s
family took him to at the age of nine so his father could work as a railroad
engineer.
WHERE IS RUSSIA?
• Mary Cassatt had a collection of
WHAT IS A COLLECTION OF PRINTS BY JAPANESE MAKERS
(EXTRA POINTS FOR HOKUSAI, HIROSHIGE, AND UTAMARO)
• A decorative mode rather than a technique to
explore color relationships.
WHAT IS AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM?
• A movement that emerged in the 1880s in America
WHAT IS THE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE ART MOVEMENT?
• The name of one American artist that used
variations of the method of Japanese prints in their art.
WHO IS MARY CASSATT, LA FARGE, WHISTLER, OR HOMER?
• The largest contribution that landscape
painting and photography gave to the American people.
WHAT IS VITAL INFORMATION ON THE LANDSCAPE OF THE
WEST
• An ultra realistic style of painting that meant
trick the eye.
WHAT IS TROMP L’OEIL?
16-20Then we have paintings to connect to the
European Impressionist painters.
Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Morisot
• A style or movement in painting originating in
France in the 1860s, characterized by a concern with depicting the visual
impression of a feeling or experience rather than to achieve accurate
depictions.
IMPRESSIONISM
• A technique of neo-impressionist painting using
tiny dots, which become blended in the viewer’s eye.
POINTILLISM
• A conversational gather of intellectuals,
artists and politicians.
SALON
• Any creative group active in the innovation and
application of new concepts and techniques in a given field.
AVANT GARDE
• A category of works of art that feature scenes
of nature: mountains, lakes, gardens, rivers, etc that were predominant in
Impressionist artwork. LANDSCAPE
VI. Informative
Images: I have the listing at the
end of the powerpoint, but there are many. Some of them are:
• Auguste Renoir, Dance at the Moulin de la Galette, c. 1876, Musée
d'Orsay.
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Edgar Degas, The Rehersal On Stage, 1874?, The Metropolitan
Museum
of Art.
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Claude Monet, 1840 -1926, Waterlilies, painting, c. 1916-1919, 150 x 200, Musée
Marmottan.
• Éduard Manet, Olympia, c. 1863-1865, Musée d'Orsay.
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Berthe Morisot, In the Dining Room, 1886, National Gallery of Art (U.S.).
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Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), Mother Holding Her Child in Her Arms,
Painting,
c. 1890, oil on canvas, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts,
Moscow,
Russia
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Mary Cassatt, The Child’s Bath, painting, 1893, oil on canvas, Art Institute of
Chicago, Chicago, IL.
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Thomas Eakins, The Champion Single Sculls, 1871, The Metropolitan Museum
of Art.
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William Michael Harnett, Still Life-Violin and Music, 1888, The Metropolitan
Museum of Art.
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George Inness, Orange Road, Tarpon Springs, about 1893, The Indianapolis Museum
of Art.
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Whistler, James McNeill, Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket, c.
1875,
Detroit
Institute of Arts.
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Homer, Winslow, The Herring Net, 1885, Art Institute of Chicago.
VII. Prompt:
Using
one of the techniques we just learned, (i.e. Impressionism, Pointillism, Trop
L'oeil, or post-impressionism) create a self portrait.
Jeopardy Power Point:
Impressionism Power Point:
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Baroque Art
Bronte's Lesson Outline
Topic: European Art 1600-1700 (Baroque)
Main Ideas:
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Counter Reformation, Catholic church using art
as propoganda
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emotion and faith > philosophy
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Discuss the differences and similarities between
the Baroque style throughout Europe
◦ Italian
Baroque
◦ Spanish
Baroque
◦ Dutch
Baroque
◦ French
Baroque
Interactive Activity:
Get in small groups- pose like a statue as the most dramatic
scene of a movie
Big Ideas:
Art of the Baroque is emotionally evocative and extremely
dramatic, with a heavy emphasis on viewer participation.
Baroque art can be considered propoganda- it used emotion
and drama to humanize stories and create a reaction in the viewer.
Fundamental Knowledge- Based Questions:
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How do Baroque artists create strong, emotional
responses in their pieces?
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How did Baroque art involve the viewer?
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How did the Roman Catholic Church use art as
propoganda?
Discussion Questions:
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How is art used as propoganda today?
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What role does religion play in art today?
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Does religion still use propoganda?
Artistic prompt:
Create a piece of propoganda for something you are
passionate about, that will evoke emotion in the viewer.
Resources:
Kleiner, Fred S. "Italy, Spain and Northern Europe 1600 to
1700." Gardner's Art Through
the Ages: The Western Perspective. Boston: Wadsworth, 2011. 649-73. Print.
Notes taken in my Art History 202 Class with James Swensen.
Readings:
PREZI:
http://prezi.com/-n-mppdf2kki/untitled-prezi/?kw=view--n-mppdf2kki&rc=ref-14412044
Italian Renaissance
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Taneya and Thomas
Lesson Outline PDF
http://www.slideshare.net/jericajw/a-hlessonoutline
Italian
Renaissance (1500-1600) Art Lesson Plan
Focus: The
printing press and the origin of visual culture
Video to
watch before class: http://digital.films.com.erl.lib.byu.edu/PortalViewVideo.aspx?xtid=9055&psid=0&sid=0&State=&title=An%20Introduction%20to%20the%20Italian%20Renaissance&IsSearch=N&parentSeriesID=#
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1vl2j24Mtk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1vl2j24Mtk
Starting
Activity : Get a large sheet of paper (from the rolls near the entrance of the
room) and some charcoal from the classroom drawers, have the class work
together to create a mural like the roof of the Sistine Chapel with the subject
being important things in a college student's life. Limit this to about fifteen
minutes.
Next, browse
these images of art from this time period http://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?listing_type=imagetext&offset=0&limit=15&narrow=1&extrasearch=&q=1500-1600&commit=Search&quality=0&objectnamesearch=&placesearch=&after=&after-adbc=AD&before=&before-adbc=AD&namesearch=&materialsearch=&mnsearch=&locationsearch=
talk with
the class about commonalities found in these artworks and talk about why art
was that way during the time. Ask if there are any elements of the 16th centuries art that the
students want to incorporate into their own art. Look for inspiration.
Next, talk
about the printing press, and its affect on art. It's role in the development
of a visual culture for the average person. Before printing, most average
people only say art that was in churches or somewhere else in the public eye.
The discovery of printing was as influential (if not more so) as the discovery
of the internet.
Artistic Prompt: Choose an art piece
from the 16th century,
either from your own research or from the link that will be emailed to you on
thursday, and create your own interpretation of it.
PREZI:
Gothic Art and Architecture
Topic: Gothic Art and Architecture
Lesson Outline
Big Idea:
1.
Main architecture features of Cathedrals built.
2.
Basic Sculptural Ideas in European Gothic
Period.
3.
Stain-Glass Windows.
Reading Selection:
Interactive Attention Activity:
Have
the students draw or build what their dream home would be like, including any
artwork or special items. Make the connection of how hard
it is to design and construct such grand buildings like cathedrals. Move onto
talking about the gothic period.
Information and Images:
1.
Overview of Gothic Period
a.
Timeframe – 12th-16th
Century, in between the Romanesque and Renaissance Periods
b.
Why was the Gothic Period named the way it was?
How did people react to the changes in architecture at first?
c.
Main Cathedrals Built in Gothic Period
i. Chartres
Cathedral, France, 1145-1155, 1194-1250
ii. Salisbury
Cathedral, England, 1220-1260
iii. Reims
Cathedral, France, 1211-1311
iv. Notre
Dame, France, 1163-1250
v. Basilica
of Saint Denis, France, 1140-1144
vi. Westminster
Abbey, England, 1503-1519
2.
Architecture Key Points
a.
Pinnacles
i. Chartres
Cathedral
b.
Pointed Arches
i. Salisbury
Cathedral
c.
Flying Buttresses
i. Notre
Dame Cathedral
d.
Rib (Web) Vaulting
i. Reims
Cathedral
ii. Westminster
Abbey
3.
Sculptures
a.
Old Testament kings and queen, central doorway
of Royal Portal, Chartres Cathedral
b.
Saint Theodore, Porch of the Martyrs, Chartres Cathedral
c.
Annunciation and Visitation, Reims Cathedral
d.
Virgin and Child, Notre Dame
e.
Virgin of Jeanne d’Evreux, Saint Denis
f.
Death of the Virgin, Strasbourg Cathedral
g.
Virgin with the Dead Christ, Rineland, Germany
4.
Stain-Glass Windows
i. Sainte
Chapelle, France
b.
Rose Window
i. Saint
Denis Cathedral
ii. Chartres
Cathedral
Foundational Knowledge-based Questions:
1.
What are the key architectural features used in
Cathedrals built during the European Gothic Period?
2.
Why were stain glass windows uses in the
cathedrals? What was their purpose?
Discussion Questions:
1.
Why was the gothic period started do you think?
Why change the structure of cathedrals?
2.
How do you think the people reacted?
3.
Why focus on the virgin in the sculptures?
4.
What is the purpose of the stain glass windows?
Artistic Prompt: Create your own stain glass design based on an
important event or person in your life.
Resources:
Gardner’s
Art through the Ages, Fred S. Kleiner.
Online Teacher
Powerpoints (Slideshare):
http://www.slideshare.net/ghaspert/gothic-art-presentation
MeLisa's Powerpoint:
http://www.slideshare.net/jericajw/gothic-europe
MeLisa's Powerpoint:
http://www.slideshare.net/jericajw/gothic-europe
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