ART 102 Lecture 15: Art102-Lecture15
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Format: oil on wood from nuremberg interest in human proportion. Made prints to spread name quickly over europe. Went to venice to sue government to stop people from copying work resolved to stop using signature. Italy- artists were valued above blue collar class. He was obsessed w/ self fashioning- portrait changes style to show good manners, well dressed, portray status. Deliberate choice to not fit in frame. No longer side view- looks straight central and iconic- immortalized. Icon - means image iconic- behaves like icone- static, frontal and does not move. Legend: christ"s face image appearing on cloth face transferred onto cloth after wiping face. Berenike- bearer of victory self image signed twice. Monogram and in latin chose to sign at eye level. Eye very detailed- hair, eyes, 5 o"clock shadow. Hands feels prickliness of fur- provokes bodily response indicates physical means of hand - creation lines it up centrally shows christ. Hand and both eyes are in cross-like shape.