2015 art appreciation study guide udc

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Picasso Guernica

Transcript of 2015 art appreciation study guide udc

Picasso Guernica

What is art?What have you learned from going to museums?Cite three art works in your response.

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Waterworn pebble resembling a human face, from Makapansgat, South Africa, ca. 3,000,000 BCE.

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A (Visual) Sign signifies something. Its form is arbitrary and it simply has to be learned.

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A (Visual) Symbol stands for something. It is connected to something through some form of relation (visual similarity, history, etc). It often depicts a real world object and is often metaphorical.

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Nude woman (Venus of Willendorf), from Willendorf, Austria, ca. 28,000–25,000 BCE. Limestone,

Aphrodite

Leonardo

Pollock

Daguerre

Rothko

Nadar

Shiva Nataraj

Indian Stupa

Taj Mahal

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Gabon Face Mask 19 -20th Century

Frida Kahlo Mexican 20th century

Bearden

Ethiopia 17th Century

Pahari painting India

Muybridge British 19th Century

Nadar French 19th Century