ARTH 161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Immanuel Kant, Plotinus, African Art
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The last supper (1495-8): leonardo da vinci (1452-1519) reflects many ideals of renaissance arts. Made at a time when it was changing. Relationship b/t western and the rest of the world. Describe what you see, just look at the artwork. And try to understand the meaning behind the artwork. Judgment: to consider to ultimate value to you and the world. Art for art"s sake: art is something to contemplate for its beauty of being art. Contextualization: trying to understand art works in relation to the culture in which. Iconography: the visually encoded message. they are produced. Iconology: the larger cultural attitudes that inform the artwork. Renaissance: 14th to 17th century or 1300 to 1600. Art work reflects quality and characteristic of a particular age. Formalism: stresses the significance of form over content. Immanuel kant (1724-1804): good art should transcend the mundane. Roger fry (1866-1934): leading advocate of formalism. The mona lisa: 1503-5: leonardo da vinci (1452-1519).
