ARHI 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scrovegni Chapel, Oni, Enrico Degli Scrovegni
3 Feb 2016
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Form: refers to purely visual aspect of art or architecture. Line, shape, colour, texture, space, mass, volume (talk about these when asked to do a form/formal analysis) Content:includes subject matter - what a work of art represents. Not all works of art have subject matter, but still have content insofar as they have meaning - they seek to convey some feeling, idea, emotion. It is large - construction is meant to represent power and assert florence"s strength in europe. Iconography:writing of images - includes the study of symbols and symbolism - process of representing one thing through the idea of association or resemblance or conventions. Style: combination of form and composition that makes certain works or certain types of works distinctive. Stylisitic analysis: ability to identify and recognize works from an artist, a period, a school etc. (examples: abstract, realism, etc. ) Medium: refers to materials or media used for a work of art (oil on canvas, stone, mosaic)
