art and the human experience

ART 101: Introduction to Art

Art and the Human Experience

James Greene | Visiting Assistant Professor | 1110 CAC | [email protected]


Dante’s

Divine Comedy


Art & the Human Experience: DANTE’S DIVINE COMEDY


Sandro BotticelliPortrait of Dante Alighieri

Tempera of canvas

c. 1495


Dante Lost in the“Dark Wood”

From Inferno

Engraving byGustave Dore

1857


Gustave Dore, Dante and Virgil Among the Heretics, from Inferno, engraving, 1890.


Gustave DoreDante Among the Proud

From Purgatorio

Engraving1868


Gustave DoreRings of Glowing Souls

From Paradiso

Engraving

c. 1868


William Blake, Inferno, Canto 1 Dante Running from the Three Beasts is Rescued By Virgil , ink and watercolor on paper, 1821


Sandow Birk, Dante and Virgil Contemplate the Inferno, oil on panel, 2005


Dante’s Inferno (2010) still from video game by Visceral (EA) Games


15th Century

Northern Europe

(Burgundy & Flanders)


Art & the Human Experience: 15TH CENTURY: The Burgundian Netherlands

Robert Campin, The Merode Altarpiece (open) tempera and oil on wood, Center panel approx. 25” x 15”, c. 1425-1428.

Jan Van EyckGiovanni Arnolfini and His Bride

Tempera and oil on wood

32” x 23 ½”

1434


Martin SchongaurSt. Anthony Tormented by Demons

Engraving

c. 1470-75

Art & the Human Experience: 15TH CENTURY: Germany


15th Century

Italy


Art & the Human Experience: 15TH CENTURY ITALY: The Early Renaissance

Donatello St. Mark

Marble,Approx. 7’ 9” high

Or San Michele,Florence

1411-1413


Donatello, DavidBronze, 62 ¼” high

1428-1432


Filippo Brunellesci,

Dome of the Florence Cathedral

1420-1436


Brunellesci, diagram of device used to demonstrate one-point linear perspective, c. 1425.


Masaccio, Tribute Money, fresco, 8’ 1” x 19’ 7”. Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, c. 1427.


Masaccio Holy Trinity

Fresco,21’ x 10’ 5”

Santa Maria Novella,Florence

1428


Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, tempera on canvas, approx. 5’8” x 9’1” c. 1482.Galleria delgi Uffizi, Florence, Italy.

Art & Cultural Mythology: ANCIENT GREECE –Hellenistic Period

Venus Pudica(Modest Venus)

Greek

Late 1st Century BC


Masaccio Expulsion From The

Garden of Eden

Santa Maria del Carmine,

Florence,

c. 1425


Perugino, Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to St. Peter, fresco, 1481-1483,11’ 5 ½” x 18’ 8 ½” Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome.


16th Century

Italy


Leonardo da VinciVirgin of the Rocks

Oil on wood

Approx. 6’3” x 3’7”1485

Art & the Human Experience: 16TH CENTURY ITALY: The High Renaissance


Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper , Fresco, (oil and tempera on plaster) 29’ 10” x 13’ 9”Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, 1495-1498.


Leonardo da VinciMona Lisa

Oil on wood30” x 21”

c. 1503-1505


RaphaelMadonna of the Meadow

Oil on panel

42” x 30”

1505-1506


Raphael, Philosophy, (School of Athens) fresco, 19’ x 27’, Vatican Palace, Rome, 1509-1511


MichelangeloPieta

Marble,5’ 8” high

1498-1500


MichelangeloPieta

(detail)

Marble,5’ 8” high

1498-1500

Michelangelo David

Marble14’ 3” high

1501-1504


Michelangelo David

(detail)

Marble14’ 3” high

1501-1504


Interior of theSistine Chapel

(view facing east)

The Vatican, Rome


Michelangelo, ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, fresco, approx. 128’ x 45’, 1508-1512



Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, fresco, approx 18’ 8” x 9’ 2”


MichelangeloThe Flood

(detail)

Sistine Chapel ceiling

Fresco

1508-1512

MichelangeloThe Last Judgment

Fresco on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel,

The Vatican, Rome.

1534-1541



Mannerism


BronzinoVenus, Cupid, Folly and Time

(The Exposure of Luxury)

Oil on wood panel61” x 56 ¾”

1546

Art & the Human Experience: 16TH CENTURY ITALY: Mannerism

TitianMadonna of the Pesaro Family

Oil on canvas

Approx. 16’ x 9’

Santa Maria del Frari, Venice

1519-1526

Art & the Human Experience: 16TH CENTURY VENICE: The High Renaissance and Mannerism

Titian, Venus of Urbino, oil on canvas, approx. 48” x 66” Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, 1538.

Art & the Human Experience: 16TH CENTURY VENICE: The High Renaissance and Mannerism

Hans Holbein The Younger, The French AmbassadorsOil and tempera on wood, 1533

Art & the Human Experience: 16TH CENTURY GERMANY: Mannerism


Baroque Art

In Italy


Gianlorenzo Bernini, re-design of the piazza of St. Peters (aerial view) 1656-1667

Art & the Human Experience: BAROQUE ART in ITLAY

Gianlorenzo Bernini, baldacchino, Saint Peter’s, Rome Gilded bronze, approx. 100’ high, 1624-1633.


Gianlorenzo BerniniDavid

Marbleapprox. 5’ 7” high

1623.


Gianlorenzo BerniniInterior of the Cornaro Chapel

Santa Maria della Vittoria,Rome,

1645-1652.


Gianlorenzo BerniniSaint Teresa in Ecstasy

Santa Maria della Vittoria,Rome,

Marble, Height of group 11’ 6”

1645-1652.


Gianlorenzo BerniniSaint Teresa in Ecstasy

(detail)


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