[DESMA 8] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (87 pages long!)
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L e c t u r e 2. 1, the rst university, morocco: the rst printed book, china, the rst coffee, ethiopia in europe. Ivar the boneless (society invaded by barbarian tribes) When the people can"t read, they read images. Proportion show importance (medieval syriac triumphal entry. Medieval art was not what we would call realistic . Perspective: a road that seems to meet at a vanishing point ~ one point perspective. The renaissance: 14th through 17th centuries in europe. Giotto, arena chapel ascension (1304 - 05) Giotto, arena chapel detail (1304 - 05) What we inherit from nature is now more important than what we inherit from culture. Raphael, school of athens (1511), one of the great painters from the renaissance (classical greece & rome) ~ control of the viewer"s vision, all lines converge. Book of kells (1806) ~ done entirely by hand, ruins the eye & the hand. A medieval vs. a modern day library.
