ARTH 372-01 MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING Department of Art and Art History College of William and Mary Fall 2012 M‚ W: 2:00 – 3:20 in 201 Andrews Prof. Sibel Z. Sayek Office: 109C Andrews Hall Hours: M‚ W 3:30 – 4:30 (and by appointment) E-mail: ssayek@wm.edu Phone: 221-2527 Course site: http://blackboard.wm.edu COURSE DESCRIPTION This course offers an overview of influential ideas and paradigmatic developments in the architecture and urbanism of the modern era from the Enlightenment (c
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Tuesday‚ August 28 The Carracci (part 1) The Carracci: Lodovico (1555- 1619) * Oldest of the three people known as the Carracci * Cousin of Agostino and Annibale * Studied painting in Florence * Taught his cousins Agostino (1557- 1602) * Known better as a printmaker rather than a painter * Did a lot of reproduced engravings; gave way to show famous pieces in print format without having to travel to the actual place * Reproduced engravings- reproduction of pieces
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The Enlightenment and Todays Impact The word enlightenment refers to the uncompleted course of education‚ in the use of reason‚ which in return should be available to all. Immanuel Kant thought of enlightenment‚ as a series of interlocking and at times it appeared to feel like enlightenment consisted of battling problems
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Discourse: Ellen Lupton’s Deconstructivist Theory Key concepts from Ellen Lupton’s A Post-Mortem on Deconstruction? * Deconstruction is part of a broader field of criticism known as “post-structuralism‚” whose theorist have included Jacques Derrida‚ Roland Barthes‚ Michel Foucault‚ Jean Baudrillard‚ among others. Each of these writers has looked at modes of representation – from alphabetic writing to photojournalism – as culturally powerful technologies that transform and construct “reality”
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My expressive essay concerns the portraits of two artists‚ Francis Bacon and Pablo Picasso. Two such protraits are "self protrait" 1971 by Bacon and "weeping woman" 1937 by Picasso. I believe that both these paintings have been strongly influenced by their own life experiences. Francis Bacon was born on the 28th of October 1909 and he died on the 28th of April 1992. Bacon was born in Dublin‚ to parents of British descent. Captain Anthony Edward Mortimer Bacon‚ his father‚ was a veteran of the
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ART UNDER NAPOLEON Brenda Tidwell Art Appreciation 101 Jamie Cooper October 31‚ 2011 ART UNDER NAPOLEON In 1794 Jacques-Louis David barely escapes death‚ due to his connections in the revolutionary war. He stood trial and went to prison. After his release he worked hard to reconstitute his career. The highlight of his career is when Napoleon asked Jacques-Louis David to work for him. Of course David accepted. Napoleon knew that David was a very accomplished artist‚ whom style was
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Trefren‚ D Renaissance VS Neoclassicism How could two periods such as the Neoclassicism and the Renaissance be so successful and be focused on very different things? Neoclassicism and the Renaissance are two major periods in the history of art during which different forms of art including architecture‚ painting‚ music and visual arts‚ significantly advanced. It was during these periods‚ different artists became very famous as a result of the masterpieces reflecting how the ideologies and artistic
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This period witnessed the discovery of new continents and the reborn of Europe‚ especially art wise; Renaissance art was founded on classicism - an appreciation of the arts of Classical Antiquity‚ a belief in the nobility of Man‚ as well as artistic advances in both linear perspective and realism. It evolved from three main Italian cities: first Florence‚ then Rome‚ and lastly Venice.”
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French Architecture France is a country rich in architecture. You can spend all your days day walking through the streets of Paris‚ or any other region‚ visiting the museums‚ and taking pictures next to one of the many impressive monuments. France has many old monuments and some of them they are in well good condition like the Maison Carrée and the Pont du Gard near Nîmes. The Carolingian dynasty of Charlemagne was a period of innovative buildings‚ using the Romanesque architecture‚ which gave
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[pic] PRIDE AND PREJUDICE vs. WUTHERING HEIGHTS About structure and mood There are a number of differences. First of all‚ the narrative structure is very different. Pride and Prejudice is chronological‚ told by a limited 3rd person narrator. Wuthering Heights begins at present‚ and then is told as a series of flashbacks‚ sometimes through letters‚ but with two different first-person narrators. Pride and Prejudice reads chronologically‚ with someone telling you
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