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Ch. 2 Developing Visual Literacy - Friday 2/5

Keyworks

Walton Ford A Cabin Boy to Barbary
Elizabeth Murray The Lowdown
Beatriz Milhazes. Carambola

Keywords

Representational Art
Naturalism
Abstract Art
Non representational art
Composition

Ch. 2 - Developing Visual Literacy - Wednesday (2/3)

Keyworks

René Magritte - The Treason of Images
Lorna Simpson - She
Sherin Neshatt -Rebelilious Silence
Albert Bierstadt. The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak

Keywords

Subject Matter
Form
Content
Iconoclast
Representational Art
Sublime

Ch.1 The Visual World - Monday (2/1)

Keyworks

Jasper Johns - Three Flags
Dread Scott What is the Proper Way to Display an American Flag?
Faith Ringgold - God Bless America
Yukinori Yanagi. America
Andy Warhol - Race Riot

Week 1 - A World of Art - Fri. Lecture Notes

The Roles of the Artist

Artists help to see the world in new or innovative ways

Yayoi Kusama You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies

Artists make a visual record of the people, places, and events of their time and place.

Claude Monet - Le Pont de l’Europe, Gare Saint-Lazare

Artists make functional objects and structures (buildings) more pleasurable and elevate them or imbue them with meaning.

Kane Kwei - Coffin Orange, in the Shape of a Cocoa Pod
Renzo Piano - Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center, Nouméa, New Caledonia

Artists give form to the immaterial – hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, or personal feelings.

Pablo Picasso - Seated Bather (La Baigneuse), Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
Jan van Eyck. God - Panel from The Ghent Altarpiece

Keywords

Aesthetic

Week 1 - A World of Art - Wed. Lecture Notes

Christo and Jeanne Claude- The Gates

Keywords

Installation Art