ARTH 1138- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 85 pages long!)
11 Oct 2017
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Physical properties: windmill, tree, clouds, house. Composition: dark foreground, beam of light hits windmill, sky creates tonality/contrast against windmill, spatial and volume qualities, turbulent sky/windy. Shape: circle (symbolizes a cycle that continues) Opportunity to enter salt lake by walking on art. Painting of a pipe, but it itself is not a pipe (it"s a painting) Picture of ag versus a physical ag. Artist: claude monet: joy/glee, festival, cheerful, unity, enthusiasm, colorful. Artist: jasper john: lack of color, monotone, simple/subdued, wax (ancient technique) Atmospheric perspective (objects in the distance are less clear and less detailed) Egyptians invented writing: ability to speak over distance and over time. Romans ( nazis of the ancient world : they fall in 476. Middle ages: christianity prevails, pre-renaissance period. Italy is a busy city, socially active, booming with agriculture: they can become patrons of art (they have the wealth) Church of st. francis goes against no wealth policy .
