ART H102 Lecture 2: Jan 8 Art History
4 Jul 2016
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Dominated by religious seriousness and authoritative views of knowledge. Late middle ages: age of cathedral buildings (10-13th centuries) How religious world view saturated their aspects of life. Communities paid for these buildings (either financially or with labor) Manuscript illumination: illumination refers to decoration, embellishing important texts (gospel books, the bible, make word of god available to churches. Disregarding what their eyes are telling them about the world: meant as a form of language/vehicle of communication, middle ages meant to convey a point, ex. Representing priests the size of cathedrals: art is not made to be esthetically pleasing, or subjective expression on its own, middle age art was meant to be communication. Much of art produced in middle ages was religious, not secular: because the roman catholic church was intertwined in politics at this period in history. Information driven art, rather than illusion driven art: illusion vs information.
