ap art history

370 Pages·2013·24.77 MB·English

by  Pamela Rizzi

AP ART HISTORY
MS. RIZZI
1
Introduc,on

Bingham,
 Washington
 Crossing
 the
 Delaware

Leutze,
 Washington
 Crossing
 the
 Delaware

·
 Historically
 inaccurate

·
 Washington
 was
 asleep
 at
 the
 bo:om
 of
 the
 boat
 at
 the
 ,me

·
 The
 boats
 are
 the
 wrong
 type

·
 Many
 of
 the
 uniforms
 are
 not
 what
 was
 worn

·
 The
 flag
 was
 not
 sewn
 by
 Betsy
 Ross
 yet

·
 No
 icebergs
 in
 the
 water

·
 Washington
 could
 not
 have
 been
 on
 a
 horse

·
 Very
 heroic
 portraits

·
 Sun
 parts
 from
 behind
 Washington
 in
 the
 Leutze

·
 Symbolism
 and
 patrio,sm

·
 Pain,ngs
 are
 an
 affront
 to
 history,
 but
 not
 an
 affront
 to
 art

h:p://www2.chrysler.org/collec,ons/OBJECT_edit.asp?id=37325&page=1

h:p://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/viewOne.asp?dep=2&viewMode=1&item=97.34

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Introduc,on

Greenough,
 George

Washington

•  Ancient
  Roman
  or
  Greek

god

•  Extremely
  classical
  and

heroic
 body

•  Extends
  his
  hand
  with
  a

sword
 in
 it

•  Magnanimous
 in
 victory

•  Wearing
 ancient
 garb

3
Introduc,on

Mills,
 Washington
 Monument,

Washington
 D.C.

•  Egyp,an
 obelisk

•  Symbols
 of
 death

•  Egyp,an
 imagery
 of

permanence
 and
 memory
 a‘er

death

•  A
 monument
 to
 Washington,

but
 no
 image
 of
 him
 is
 present

4
Prehistoric
 Art
Lascaux
 Caves

Venus
 of
 Willendorf

•  650
 pain,ngs,
 mostly
 animals,
 only
 one
 of

a
 human
  •  Only
 four
 inches
 tall

•  Some
 pain,ngs
 hundreds
 of
 feet
 from
 the
  •  Fer,lity
 symbol

entrance
 to
 the
 cave
  •  Exaggerated
 breasts,

•  Bison,
 horses,
 aurochs,
 stags,
 etc.
  belly
 bu:on

•  Many
 animals
 “killed”
  •  Pregnant?

•  Nega,ve
 hand
 prints
  •  Hair
 covers
 most
 of
 head

•  Bodies
 in
 profile,
 horns
 turned
 to
 front
  •  Small
 arms
 rest
 on

•  Emphasis
 on
 large
 meat
 areas
 of
 body
  breasts

•  Short
 legs
  •  No
 feet

•  Overlap
 of
 bodies
  •  May
 have
 had
 painted

features

•  Heavy
 black
 outlines

•  Limited
 color
 pale:e

•  Uncertain
 if
 a
 narra,ve
 is
 intended

h:p://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/
lascaux/en/

5
Prehistoric
 Architecture

Stonehenge

•  Post
 and
 lintel

•  Megaliths
 are
 21
 to
 24
 feet
 tall,

including
  height
  of
  lintel,
  and

buried
 four
 feet
 in
 the
 ground

•  Cromlech

•  Solar
 and
 lunar
 orienta,on

•  Stones
  dragged
  from
  far
  away

to
 this
 site

•  Circle
  of
  megaliths
  embrace

structure,
 enclosing
 it

•  Inside
  circle
  of
  megaliths
  is
  a

larger
  horseshoe-­‐shaped
  group

of
  megaliths
  which
  frame
  an

“altar
 stone”

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Prehistoric
 Architecture

Stonehenge
 (con’t.)

•  Horseshoe
  shaped
  stones
  face

midsummer
  sunrise
  over
  Heel

Stone

•  “Altar
  Stone”
  is
  a
  green

sandstone
 taken
 from
 a
 mine
 in

Wales,
 over
 200
 miles
 away

•  Heaviest
 stones
 50
 tons
 apiece

hauled
 by
 sledges

•  Tools
  for
  building:
  ropes,

levers,
 rollers,
 axes

•  Built
 in
 several
 phases
 over

hundreds
 of
 years
 on
 a
 sacred

site
 on
 Salisbury
 Plain

7
Sumerian
 Art
Statue?es
 from
 Tell
 Asmar

•  Short
 compact
 statues

•  Arms
 folded
 in
 front

•  Inscrip,on
 on
 back
 “Always

praying”

•  Huge
 eyes
 with
 giant
 pupils

•  Men
 have
 long
 flowing
 beards

that
 ripple
 down
 chest

•  Compact
 statues

•  Arms
 cut
 away
 at
 side

•  Wear
 kilts

8
Sumerian
 Art
Standard
 of
 Ur
  Soundbox
 of
 a
 Lyre

•  Hierarchy
 of
 Scale

•  A:ached
 to
 a
 lyre,
 found
 in
 a

•  Narra,ve
 in
 art
  Sumerian
 royal
 grave

•  King
 inspects
 defeated
 enemies
  •  Animals
 ac,ng
 as
 people
 in

•  Horses
 placed
 behind
 each
 other
  ceremonies

to
 suggest
 depth

•  Separate
 scenes?
 Or
 scenes
 from

•  Enemies
 nude
 to
 suggest
 defeat

the
 same
 story?

and
 debasement

h:p://www.metmuseum.org/
•  Repe,,on
 of
 forms

special/First_Ci,es/
h:p://
firstci,es_stop5.htm

www.thebri,shmuseum.ac.uk/

compass/ixbin/goto?id=obj1740

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Sumerian
 Art

Ziggurat
 at
 Ur

•  Mud-­‐brick
 construc,on

•  Solid,
 no
 interior

•  Large
 ceremonial
 staircases

•  Temple
 at
 top
 now
 missing

•  Func,oned
 as
 religious
 site
 and

center
 of
 civic
 pride

•  Holes
 in
 surface
 used
 to
 show

flags

•  Oriented
 by
 the
 points
 of
 the

compass

•  Painted
 surface

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