Art I Sketchbook AssignmentsFirst eight weeks:  The Ancient World.  

1W1- Paleolithic – Old Stone Age (20,000 B.C. – 8,000 B.C.)

Cave Drawings, Stone Tools, Images of Animals used to have power over animals, Man was chiefly a hunter and a nomadic food gatherer

1W2- Neolithic – New Stone Age (8,000 B.C.)

Beginning of societies, Stonehenge, Pottery and basketry are developed, beginning of agriculture and the domestication of animals

1W3- Egyptian – (3,000 B.C. – 800 B.C.)

Strong belief in the afterlife, art is built for permanence and is usually massive, pyramids, pharaohs (Three major periods – Old kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom)

1W4- Archaic Greek – late 7th to late 5th century B.C.

Stiff, rigid figures, archaic smile-beginning of human expression, Kouros – Nude male figure of athlete, Kore – Clothed female figure

1W5- Classical Greek – (450 B.C. – 300 B.C.)

Idealism, the figure of the hero-athlete is often depicted, contrapposto (counterposed-all of the body’s weight is on one leg), acropolis (hill upon which many famous Greek temples are located), Parthenon (Temple dedicated to Athena Parthenos,

1W6- Classical Greek – (450 B.C. – 300 B.C.)

Idealism, the figure of the hero-athlete is often depicted, contrapposto (counterposed-all of the body’s weight is on one leg), acropolis (hill upon which many famous Greek temples are located), Parthenon (Temple dedicated to Athena Parthenos,

1W7-Color experimentation – Be creative

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Second Eight Weeks-The Middle Ages

2W1- Early Christian and Byzantine (300 A.D. – 1000 A.D.)

Fall of the Roman Empire – A.D. 476

Dark Ages in Europe begin

Mosaics –Icons –Illuminated manuscripts –calligraphy. The book of Kells is best known.

2W2- Romanesque (1000 – 1150 A.D.)

Return to the rounded arches of the Roman Empire. Leaning Tower of Pisa is a good example.Growth of the urban middle class. Guilds are formed.

2W3- Gothic (1200-1300)

Spirituality and Mysticism

Age of the great cathedrals – rose windows – pointed arches

2W4- The Renaissance (1300 – 1500)

The word renaissance means “Rebirth”

There was a rebirth of interest in the classics

IndividualismMichelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci were the two greatest artists of the period, although there were many others

2W5-Baroque (1500-1700)Many famous artists emerged including Peter Paul Rubens, El Greco, Frans Hals, Velasquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Poussin and Caravaggio

2W6- A style referring to 18th

century France. It is characterized by charming, colourful costumes and gracious movements and generally dealt with the life at the French

2W7-Draw a Reflective surface from direct observation

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court.Famous artists of the period were Watteau, Fragonard and BoucherPeriod ends with the execution of Marie Antionette and King Louis XVI when the French Revolution starts

Third Eight Weeks-The Modern World

3W1- Neoclassissism and Romanticism (1780-1850) Neoclassissical is any style which resembles the ancient classical Greek or Roman manner of painting or sculpture. Romanticism emphasized rejection against society and rebellion. It dealt with the themes of power, violence, and the study of emotion.

3W2-Impressionism (1850-1880)

Dealt with the effect of light on colorPainted outdoors rapidly with large brushesThis art movement received its name from Claude Monet’s painting “Impression Sunrise”

Major artists were Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, Pissarro and Sisley.

3W3- Post Impressionism (1880-1900)A general term referring to a period in the development of modern painting-rather than an actual movement.

Van Gogh Cezanne – “Father of Modern Art”

GauguinRodinToulouse-Lautrec

3W4- AbstractionArt based on objects in the real world where the usual form of the object is changedRecognizable references to the actual object may be slightBegan in early part of the 20th centuryKandinsky (1866-1944) was one of the major artists

3W5- Fauvism Introduced in Paris in early 1900’sCharacterized by areas of brilliant contrasting color and simplified shapes.The name “les fauves” is French for the wild beastsThe leader of the Fauves was Henri Matisse (1869-1954)Other important artists of the period include Rouault (1871-1958), Vlaminck (1876-1958), and others.After World War I, this movement became less powerful.

3W6- German ExpressionismType of art which distorts forms & colors to show emotionDeveloped around and after WWI in Germany and other parts of Europe.Based on depressing and violent themesThe emotion produced was what the artists wished to show, not what could be actually seen.Important artists: Munch (1863-1944) who painted The Scream & Franz Marc (Blue Horses)

3W7- Suspended Object, be Creative in your interpretation of this….

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Fourth Eight Weeks-The 20th Century & Beyond

4W1- Cubism (1900-1930)Artists reduced the form of an object to simplified geometric elements which include spheres, cylinders, rectangles, etc.Important artists of the period were Picasso (1881-1973), and

4W2- Surrealism (1920-present)Derived from Dada (the anti-style style) & cubism.Based upon the dream world, the irrational and the fantastic.The movement took 2 directions, one representation

4W3- Abstract ExpressionismOriginated in AmericaCharacterized by spontaneous action, exploitation of the accident and strong color value patterns.Large canvases give more

4W4- Pop Art Developed in the late 1950’s in the U.S.Based on visual cliches and subject matter of mass media.Important artists include Andy Warhol (1930) and Roy Lichenstein (1923)

Braque (1882-1963). There were several others.The Ladies of Avignon (1907) by Picasso introduced the movement.

al and one abstract.Rene Magritte (1898-1967) typifies representationalJoan Miro (1893) is typical of abstract Other surrealists were Klee and Dali

impactArtists include Jackson Pollack (1912-1956) Franz Kline (1910-1962)Sometimes called Action Painting

4W5- OP Art (Optical Art)Two dimensional art that uses line or shapes of contrasting colors to create optical illusions. Important artists: Bridgett Riley and Vasarely

4W6- Minimal Art Style of 20th Century sculpture and painting restricted to visual elementsProduces relatively simple geometric shapes.

4W7- PhotorealismStrong revival of realist painting in the 1960’s and 70’sPainting that tries to imitate photography

Conceptual ArtAn idea – the artist basically sells an idea.

Installations, Landscape Art, Performance Art and many other things are now considered art.

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On one of your independent pages, please discuss the idea of what art is in the 21st century, and where you think it might go from here.