CLASSICS 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jackson Pollock, Claude Monet, Art History
15 Mar 2017
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Critism: offering an evaluation that can be subjective. Arthist: aims at interpretation and works with facts; historical discipline. Cannot argue the simplest of things; not much to argue. Value judgment that has to do with personal preference. Comparisons are an essential way of dealing with images. Criteria is set up: how skillful is this artist. Experts that have criticized this painting laying down their own criteria; using chemical analysis and etc. To prove it is real or fake; forgers. Connoisseurship: connoisseur; means someone who knows a lot of practical information; ex. Images: look and study on a formal basis; have a visual knowledge of art. Extreme case of formalism; extreme understanding of form; First stage in the development of art history. Provenance: place of origin; earliest known history of something. Chain of custody of the work: hands that made it to the hands that made it. If you can prove through contracts; sales and etc,
