Cindy Sherman

The link below leads to a wonderful story on the artist Cindy Sherman and her current retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/arts/design/moma-to-showcase-cindy-shermans-new-and-old-characters.html?pagewanted=all

The Ghent Altarpiece & a new Website

I've placed a link below to a great, short article that appeared in the NY Times this past weekend referring to new imagery available to the public on van Eyck's "Ghent Alatrpiece." There is also a link to the website referred to in the article.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/24/restored-ghent-altarpiece-gets-own-interactive-web-site/

http://closertovaneyck.kikirpa.be/

Vacation Activity

Over the February break, it is important that you stay engaged with the AP Art History material, but also important to get time away from it as well. The one request I have over the week off, is that you watch the 30 minutes video located at the following web address:

http://www.learner.org/courses/globalart/theme/10/index.html



This video is #10 in the the Art Through Time series and the theme of the program is “the natural world.” When you have finished the video, take some time to answer the following questions. Your responses should be limited to no more than one or two paragraphs, and you should use specific examples to illustrate points made in your response. There is also written material to access regarding this program at this address:

http://www.learner.org/courses/globalart/assets/pdfs/theme_10_text.pdf

Enjoy the video and the rest of your vacation.

Video Questions:
1. How have representations of nature in art been associated with spiritual beliefs?
2. How has the relationship between humans and the natural world traditionally been portrayed in the art of Asia?
3. How have artists incorporated plant and animal motifs into their works? What materials from the natural world have they used?
4. How do artistic changes to the physical environment alter the way the viewer sees the natural landscape?
5. How does architecture relate to the natural environment?

also note the quiz reminder and additional slides for the Dutch Baroque that have been posted as well.

Artists & Terms for Upcoming Quiz

We will have a short welcome quiz on our return to class Monday, Feb. 27. The quiz is a multiple choice quiz without slides or reproductions of artworks. It would be helpful to be familiar with the works and characteristics of the following artists, and to understn d the terms listed below them.



Artists
Caravaggio
Caracci
Gentileschi
Reni
Bernini
Boromini
Rubens
Van Dyck
Hyacinth Rigaud
Ribera
Velazquez
Rembrandt
Vermeer

Terms
Absolutism
Tenebrism
Quadri riportato
Di sotto in su
Genre scenes
Miniaturist
Ignudi
Baldacchino

The Dutch Baroque

Dutch Art In The 17th Century

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The Baroque in France, Flanders, and Spain

The Baroque In France, Flanders And Spain

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Chapter 29 Homework

18th Century Art in Europe and the Americas

The following questions should be answered and turned in no later than Friday, Feb. 17.

1. How does Rococo art differ from art based on classical norms?
2. How do scientific discoveries impact on art during the 18th century?
3. How did Hogarth and Greuze criticize culture in hopes of improving it?
4. Why were the discovery of the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum important to art?
5. How did Neoclassical artists rebel against Rococo art?
6. When did the Romantic Movement in England begin?
7. What impact did the French Revolution have on art?
8. What was Winckelmann’s influence on art?
9. How did art develop in North America in the 18th century?
10. What are the sources for Jefferson’s Monticello?


Artists to be familiar with in this chapter (you do not need to write a response to this section):

• Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
• Jean-Antoine Watteau
• Francois Boucher
• Jean Honore Fragonard
• Canaletto
• Antonio Canova
• Horace Walpole
• William Hogarth
• Sir Joshua Reynolds
• Thomas Gainsborough
• Joseph Wright
• Angelica Kauffmann
• Benjamin West
• John Henry Fuseli
• William Blake
• Chardin
• Greuze
• Marie Louis Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
• Adelaide Labille-Guiard
• Jacques Louis David
• Jean Antoine Houdon
• John Singleton Copley

Power Of Art - Bernini

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Power of Art - Caravaggio

Listed here are links to online videos produced by Simon Schama regarding Caravaggio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnv2aon8RM0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMp7hpzF5lQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zdoh-8DwlY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBHU3dxbBQc&feature=related

The Italian Baroque

Italian Baroque Post

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Chapter 22 HW, The Baroque

Answers to the following questions are due by class on Friday, Feb.10

Chapter 22: Baroque Art
1. How did portraiture change in the seventeenth century?
2. What is one way that scientific discoveries impacted on art of the seventeenth century?
3. How is Bernini’s David different than previous sculptures on this subject?
4. What is Baroque naturalism?
5. What is Baroque classicism?
6. Why was Rubens so successful as an artist?
7. Why did Rembrandt’s fortunes as an artist rise and fall?
8. How did the architects and artists of Versailles celebrate the Sun King in the buildings and gardens?
9. How did English Baroque architects replace the prevailing Gothic style?
10. Who were the patrons of Dutch Baroque art?