ART 1001 Lecture : September 9 Notes
Document Summary
Genesis of modernism: 1860"s and 1870"s: mass transportation, railway system, consumer goods, emergence of the avant-garde: art as an agent for change in society more accessible, leisure time, large metropolitan centers expand. Modernism vs. modernity: modernity: civilization aspect of modern experience, modernism: cultural aspect of modern experience expressed mainly in art and literature. Avant garde: emergence of the avant-garde, utopias, art needs to be radical, revolutionary, art and artists need to be ahead of the societies of which they were part, ahead of own times. Varying degrees of realism: example of a trompe-l"oeil (fool-the-eye) painting. Chronology and terminology: paleolithic period = early stone age, mesolithic period = middle stone age, neolithic period = late stone age, monolith = a single, large stone. Paleolithic cave painting: hunting iconography predominates (mammoth, bison, reindeer); spears and traps; occasional hand prints. Structural characteristics: post and lintel or post and beam structure and the physical forces at work on it.
