IRH 110 Lecture Notes - Narmer, Cave Painting, Masaccio
30 Apr 2013
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Week 1: go to blackboard. Definition of art: we cant define art. Figure out why: there are reasons for why things look the way they do. Perugino: christ giving the keys to saint peter. Trying to outdo each other by remaking paintings in an improved way. Slide 6: meaning of art outdo always changes over time, . Why have to understand cultural context: naturalism: copying what"s seeing, the outdoing michelangelos" is more natural. Slide 7: radical in both periods of time, the importance of dates both scary but for different reasons. Need to know: cave paintings look like something. Renaissance paintings look more like something. 500 years look a lot more like something. Themes in art: art is about money, religion, power, seduction, philosophy, technology, love and hatred. Anything: art does not happen simply because there was an artist. Representation and messages: architecture, shows important building of culture at time, shows how they built.
