Art Appreciation 4 -Human Body in Art
Purpose - ANS--archetypal image of the body
-notions if beauty
-ideal proportions
"Woman of Willendorf" Paleolithic, 25.000 BCE - ANS--created by hunter gatherers
-nomadic lifestyles
-4 inches tall
-Paleolithic
-represents fertility
-meant to be carried around
-average lifespan = 30 years
-made of limestone
paleolithic - ANS-old stone age
"Queen Nefertiti" Egyptian, 1344 BCE - ANS--ka
-king tut's mother
-egyptian representation of beauty
ka - ANS-egyptian word for "soul"
Titian's "Venus of Urbino" 1538 - ANS--renaisance ideal of beauty
-we;coming and inviting
-oil on canvas = turpentine
-trying to sell eroticism
-flowers = temptaion
-curtain = privacy
"Aphrodite of Melos (Venus de Milo)" Hellenistic, 2nd century BCE - ANS--in the round sculpture
-more realistic
-elongated sculpture
-contrapasto
-greek idea of beauty
support - ANS-the material surface
Manet's "Olympia" 1863-1865 - ANS--making fun of Venus of Urbino
-support
-not welcoming or inviting
-facial expression = disinterested
Purpose - ANS--archetypal image of the body
-notions if beauty
-ideal proportions
"Woman of Willendorf" Paleolithic, 25.000 BCE - ANS--created by hunter gatherers
-nomadic lifestyles
-4 inches tall
-Paleolithic
-represents fertility
-meant to be carried around
-average lifespan = 30 years
-made of limestone
paleolithic - ANS-old stone age
"Queen Nefertiti" Egyptian, 1344 BCE - ANS--ka
-king tut's mother
-egyptian representation of beauty
ka - ANS-egyptian word for "soul"
Titian's "Venus of Urbino" 1538 - ANS--renaisance ideal of beauty
-we;coming and inviting
-oil on canvas = turpentine
-trying to sell eroticism
-flowers = temptaion
-curtain = privacy
"Aphrodite of Melos (Venus de Milo)" Hellenistic, 2nd century BCE - ANS--in the round sculpture
-more realistic
-elongated sculpture
-contrapasto
-greek idea of beauty
support - ANS-the material surface
Manet's "Olympia" 1863-1865 - ANS--making fun of Venus of Urbino
-support
-not welcoming or inviting
-facial expression = disinterested