“The physicality of an artwork is a product of its time and place.” Discuss this statement in relation to one example from this assessment task‚ 2 artworks from modernism and two contemporary examples you have studied. Throughout time‚ the representation of a particular subject matter in art has changed to encompass the values of the time and place or challenge them through art. An artist is influenced by society’s ideologies’ and thus either represent these ideologies’ or challenge them within
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Art History Museum Paper This past weekend‚ I decided to re-visit the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena and picked out the Reclining Nude by Jean-Antoine Watteau which dated 1713-1717 and its medium was oil on panel. Usually‚ the works of art that are showcased in a museum are hung along the sides of the walls for the viewers to have easy access to seeing them. The work of art I chose was placed in a very small insert along the wall that wasn’t even big enough to fit 5 people in. I would say that
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Women and Men in Renaissance Art The term “Renaissance Man” was coined During the Renaissance‚ a movement that took place from roughly 1300 to 1500 and means “rebirth.” “Renaissance Man” is still used to today to describe a person who is creative‚ artistic‚ musical‚ and worldly and can seemingly able and willing “to do it all.” However‚ it is important to note here that the term is clearly “Renaissance Man‚” not “Renaissance Woman‚” as during the Renaissance‚ it was men who were considered the
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French Rococo Era Painter‚ 1703-1770 Francois Boucher seems to have been perfectly attuned to his times‚ a period which had cast off the pomp and circumstance characteristic of the preceding age of Louis XIV and had replaced formality and ritual by intimacy and artificial manners. Boucher was very much bound to the whims of this frivolous society‚ and he painted primarily what his patrons wanted to see. It appears that their sight was best satisfied by amorous subjects‚ both mythological and contemporary
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when Zeca‚ played Roberto Álamo‚ lusts over the surveillance feed of Vera exercising in her room. Vera walks up to the camera with the knowledge that someone is there. In relation to Titian’s Venus of Urbino‚ Vera is always the object being looked at‚ but is also an object that is looking back. While Titian’s Venus initiates the gaze and invites the viewer to look further‚ Vera disrupts this relationship by looking back to disavow the gaze in such a manner that it gives her power over Robert by using
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another with a friend of his in 1518. Some Characteristics of Renaissance Art included realism and expression(Expulsion from the Garden) by Masaccio‚ Perspective (The Trinity) by Masaccio‚ classism (Venus) which was a Greek and Roman influenced classical pose‚ emphasis on individualism (Duke and Dutchess of Urbino) by Piero Della Francesca‚ geometrical judgement of figures (The Dreyfus Madonna with the Pomegranate) by Da Vinci‚ lights and shadowing‚ artists as personalities and celebrities. Also some archetecture
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creative and intellectual. It was in this era that the convention of the reclining nude was established as a subject. Titian provides a paradigm demonstrating the values and practises of artists from this period. One of his most acclaimed works Venus of Urbino was later appropriated by the modernist artist Manet: Manet depicted the notion of defying the expectations of society. His works breached the codes of morality and tradition and he astounded many by the realness in his subjects. Manet created
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of great familiarity; the woman being a mix of his wife and a young model at the time‚ and the men were recognised to be Manet’s brother and his future brother-in-law. Manet’s of other work Olympia was an appropriation of Titians masterpiece Venus of Urbino. It wasn’t the nudity or the presence of her fully-clothed maid that shocked the audiences‚ it was the intense stare in her her eyes‚ giving a hint the that she is the one with power. Olympia was know to be a prostitute‚ it was a known fact in
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Fermina Daza and Florentino Ariza commit themselves fully to their infection of this metaphorical plague requiring their permanent quarantine and exile forever. The relationship between Dr. Juvenal Urbino and his wife‚ Fermina Daza represent the behavior of two people facing a cholera epidemic. Urbino‚ who diagnoses‚ treats‚ and eventually eradicates cholera does so by living a calculated life of his own choosing. Though he lives his life to thwart the death and mediocrity he perceived consuming
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The main characteristics of Romanesque art:  simple compositions and very linear‚ elongated designs  There is very little sign of figurative imagery or any effort towards naturalistic depiction.  characteristics were meant to inspire the viewer to devout‚ religiously inspired awe and fear of the Creator and of course‚ of His representation here on earth in the body of the Holy Church  religious devotion- scenes of hellish creatures and tormented bodies abound
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