Art 101 Modules - Module 17

Art History In A Nutshell

Grapes and Walnuts on a Table, Alfred Sisley in 1876

Module 17

Can art history be summed up in a nutshell? I don't think so. As we've seen (and in this course mostly of Western Art History) the title 'Artist' was invented only just before the Renaissance, with Giotto. This title was mostly given to men, and most often men who already had some status, connections, and patrons. These are the 'famous artists" from the past. Luckily people of all cultures, identities, and sexual orientations are now being seen and heard in our society. And thankfully art reflects that. So what about the other creative artists around the world? The ones who aren't in a museum, gallery, or print? They are you, and me, and us. We will continue to 'make' as humans because we have no choice, it's what we do. Whether it's a painting, a video, a bowl, a poem, or a bed, make it with all of your best effort. That is how you create more of you in the world. And more 'you-ness' is exactly what we all need. Be you. Be well, and Stay Creative.

Prof Tammy

How much of this now seems familiar?

This year is the 60th Venice Biennale

Dubbed “the Olympics of the art world,” it is an international art festival.

Please click the link to look through the artists and artwork of this year's Biennale 2024.

https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2024/artists

These are some fun memes...enjoy, but see if you can tell who the artists are, or at least what period of art they fall under.... (answers below but please try first).

Here are a few names to help you figure out who did these paintings.... (not all of these artists were mentioned this semester, but I hope by deduction and genre, you might be able to tell)

Caravaggio(s)
David
Michelangelo
Sandro Botticelli
Henry Fuseli
Ancient Greek Writing
Angelo Bronzino
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
Prehistoric Cave Painting
Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun
Francisco de Goya
Gustave Courbet

If you aren't 100 % sure about who did what....how about the art periods?

1.Mannerism

2. Renaissance x 5

3. Neoclassical

4. Mesolithic

5. Baroque x 3

6. Rococo

7. Romantic/Court Painting

8.Academic/Impressionist

9. Realism

Detail Pallas and the Centaur, Sandro Botticelli, c. 1482. Renaissance see the full painting below.

Detail of The Last Judgment by Renaissance painter Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Rome 1536–1541

see video below

The Death of Marat, 1793 Jacques-Louis David . Neoclassical

Greek Ancient Writing on Stone

Portrait of Queen María Luisa

Francisco Goya, 1789 Spanish Romantic painter/ and portraits

Ok..here are the answers........

Lady with an Ermine1489–1490 Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci.

“Self-Portrait as the Desperate Man,” Gustave Courbet,” 1845 Realism

Boy with a Basket of Fruit, 1593 Caravaggio, Baroque

Detail of Bronzino's Allegory

1540–1546 (Mannerism)

Detail, Archduchess Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun, 1778, Rococo

video below

The Nightmare, Henry Fuseli, Romantic painter, 1781

"Portrait Of Dona Isabel de Requesens, Lady Viceroy of Naples" Raphael 1518 Renaissance

Funny Seasonal one ;)

Mesolithic Hunting Scene, Caballos ,Spain 10,000-9,000 BC

Boy Bitten by a Lizard

1594-6 Caravaggio, Baroque

detail

Pallas and the Centaur, Sandro Botticelli, c. 1482

Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time [Allegory of the Triumph of Venus, Agnolo Bronzino 1545

Here is a wonderful website to take you on a journey through the timeline of Western Art

Western Art Timeline

Watch this short video about an artist, Liu Xiaodong in "Beijing" Art in the Twenty-First Century

And last but not least this week's Artist of the Week..

Carl Jennings, (my husband :)

The leading idea behind Carl's work is the power and diversity of the imagination. Through his use of narrative, myths, and allegories, he explores issues both personal and collective. Like many contemporary artists, he freely uses a variety of stylistic approaches. Can you identify some art historical qualities that we have touched on this semester? (Movements, artists etc)