ART 1001 : Art 1001 Test 1 Notes
Document Summary
Multiple approaches to analyzing art: artistic medium, art history, aesthetics, philosophy, nature of beauty, form versus content (iconography, artistic influences. Context for a work of art- rembrandt self portraits. Function of drawings- drawings allow artists to collect and record ideas (sketchbooks), to try out proportions and to visualize ideas (preparatory drawings); sometimes, however, drawings can be an end in themselves. Fresco painting (buon fresco)- binder = lime in plaster, on fresh, wet plaster, pigments soak into plaster while wet, true fresco technique. Oil on canvas- pigment, first used in 15th century (reissuance), flemish painter jan van eyck, but the. Italians perfect it and use it extensively, texture. Glazes: thin, transparent layers of paint, jewel-like surface quality, extremely smooth surfaces, time- consuming technique, flemish tradition, van eyck. Impasto paint- thick (literally: paste-like) application of paint, diaphanous paint, texture. Oil and canvas combined- venice, flemish techniques of oil painting, venice became the cradle of the oil on canvas technique.
