ART 1001 Lecture : Lecture 2 Study Guide
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Formal analysis consists of: spatial division, colors, horizontal/vertical emphasis, no interest content, figurative work. Iconography = study of the content of images. As opposed to iconography, style refers to the formal qualities of a work of art that can typically be associated with a historical period and/or a specific geographical region, and which are shared across individual creators. Golden age of dutch painting (17th century) guilds (confraternities or craft associations) Ngil secret society / almond-shaped form, incised patterns (sacrifications), geometry of features are all typical characteristics of fang masks. Academicism as a doctrine derived from the french academy of painting and sculpture, founded in 1648. Renaissance: re-birth of classical antiquity humanism (world view centers on human, not divine, perspective) French revolution of 1789: codified values of the enlightenment (17th and 18th centuries) Modernity: the civilizational aspect of the modern experience, e. g. scientific discoveries, technological advances, railroads, industrialization, mechanization, urbanization, rationalization, etc.
