HUM 151 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Neoclassicism, Renaissance, Italy
HUM 151
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Main concerns of art
• Creativity
• Aesthetics
o Visual appeal
• Symbolism (iconography)
o Form or image that stands for something else
o Context of an object, historical period, culture, etc
The Arolfini Double Portrait
• Iconography
• Meaning?
o No such thing as one single meaning
o Different titles give different meanings
▪ Different titles train your brain to think different things
• Naturalistic- realistic vs representational
Purposes and Functions
• Provide a record
• Gives visual form to feelings
• Gives visual form to the spiritual
• Helps us to see the world in new ways
• Enjoyment
• Political and social commentary
• Therapy
• Artifact
Guernica
• Why a painting with gray colors?
o Sorrow; village of Guernica being attacked because of deal between Hitler and France
leaders
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Architecture
Architecture is…
• Buildings
o Public
o Private
• Bridges
Common Materials
• Stone
o Including brick
• Wood
• Steel
Structural Systems
• Post and lintel
o Stonehenge in England
o Greek columns
▪ Every column consists of base (at bottom), capital (at top) and the shaft in
between.
• The capital can tell the style of the column
o Doric, ionic, Corinthian*
• Arch/vault/dome
• Load-bearing (bearing wall)
• Skeleton and skin
o Comes about in 19th century
o Skeleton is made of one material and skin is made of another
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Document Summary
Main concerns of art: creativity, aesthetics, visual appeal, symbolism (iconography, form or image that stands for something else, context of an object, historical period, culture, etc. Iconography: meaning, no such thing as one single meaning, different titles give different meanings, different titles train your brain to think different things, naturalistic- realistic vs representational. Purposes and functions: provide a record, gives visual form to feelings, gives visual form to the spiritual, helps us to see the world in new ways, enjoyment, political and social commentary, therapy, artifact. Guernica: why a painting with gray colors, sorrow; village of guernica being attacked because of deal between hitler and france leaders. Load-bearing (bearing wall: comes about in 19th century, skeleton is made of one material and skin is made of another. Just reaching out and touching something: taking an illusion of texture and using different elements to create this feeling of texture, arnolfini double portrait.
