ARTH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Linseed Oil, Florence Cathedral, Jan Van Eyck
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Form: way the work of art looks (visual and visible properties), mediums, materials, design principles, compositional devices and production techniques. Content: subject matter, theme, symbolism, and iconography (ex. Context: artist, patron, audience, critic, physical location & accessibility, social, political and historical environment. Foreshortening: different points of views, you don"t see full features of the body (angels appear floating) distort viewing angle to differentiate the 3d interpretation. *patron? (provide support to artist and buy art) Wealthy upper class, aristocracy (ruling monarchies) > royal families. The middle class (merchants, bankers, etc. ) hired giotto di bondone to paint inside of chapel. House in city of padua (northern italy) Walls were solid white washed before asked for scenes from life of christ (bible) on walls inside. Fresco technique: wet plaster, with paint on before it dries to bond. Scenes depicted: crucifixion , lamentation : scovegni chapel paintings. Form: more naturalism, change from previous abstracted images. Content: biblical subject, no change from previous subjects.
