PHIL 2P15 Lecture Notes - Brothel, Alexandre Cabanel, Playing Card
31 Jan 2013
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Poets, painters and philosophers: introduction to liberal arts. Slide 2: re read chapter 1 of your foundations textbook, p. 1 36. Visual analysis: how you visually look at something. One woman is naked laying on a bed another darker woman is holding flowers. Picture was first shown in paris at the salon. Salon was the main place to show their work, you had to be part of an art association to show work. News paper writers and critics would go to the salon"s and judge the paintings and write a review. News paper reviews could make or break an artists career. Was not received well at all, very controversial painting. In art history we can look at the painting several different ways, but they all start with visual analysis (formal elements of a painting) Look at and describe what they see.
