Art History Study Guide

The definition of art is notoriously difficult and is a field of philosophical inquiry as such. The meaning of the word "art" are multiple, sediment and cross each other in the language. Missing uses of the word are present in expressions and help to make the subject more that difficult. However, according to my studies, art is an expression, a symbolic way to communicate. Its key is to make something subject or scientific, for instance: an object that went through certain modification would be consider an art. We have a different type of arts but I will only be focusing on this tree types: prehistoric art, art of the ancient near east and art of ancient Egypt.

One of the most popular pieces of art including St. Ann is that of Leonardo da Vinci. Titian painted the young Mary ascending the steps of the Temple in

A primary objective in measuring productivity is to improve operations either by using fewer inputs to produce the same output, or to produce:

Overview, background: Enlightenment, (Newton & Galileo); Classicism/Romanticism (French & other Revolutions); Impressionism & Post (Industrial Revolution, Darwin), Modernism (WWI, Freud, WWII) Pop & Op (Vietnam, sexual revolution, Watergate); today (technological revolution).

This paper is a formal analysis of the Marble grave stele with a family group relief sculpture. It is a pentelic marble style relief standing at 171.1cm tall carved by a master. It is from the Late Classical period of Greek, Attic which was completed around ca.360 B.C. . I chose to analyze this piece as apposed to the others because I’m mainly attracted to art and sculptures from the Greek era. The overall color used in this relief is ivory with a few cracks and pieces broken off. There is some discoloration which causes the color to come off as slightly light brown for most of the relief. The sculpture appears larger compared to the other sculptures in the art room. It represents a family which includes a man, his wife, and their

Over the years, I have flirted with visual art. It started with pencil drawing, continued as an affair with marker illustration, then a dalliance with lettering, and I now have a relationship with photography. However, my favorite art will never be displayed in museums or galleries. It is not static and immutable. Rather, my chosen medium is fluid, living, volatile. No matter how well rehearsed, it will never be the same again. That’s the beauty of performance art.

Man Ray like many other artists did not care to have his personal life shown in his art. He wanted to be viewed and recognized for his work which included sculptures, paintings, and photography. Man Ray was mostly influenced by Stieglitz's photographs. Man Ray used a similar style to Stieglitz. He captured images that created an unvarnished look at the photos' subject. Man Ray discovered a new way to create his photos; by accident in his work room he discovered how to manipulate objects in his photos on pieces of photosensitive paper.

Art gallery and art museum are two different types of structure. The major difference between them is that the purpose of the art gallery is to go to discover the artist’s work and with an interest in buying their art. So it's basically a small business to promote and sell art.

Gayford, Martin. Michelangelo: his epic life. 5185 ed. Vol. 142. London: Fig Tree, 2013. Web.

“Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down. “- Francis Bacon. However when I learnt more about history of art and the way each movement and happenings in the world inspired artist to make new works, I was able to see much more than just a canvas with random paints and sketches. The interesting part about this concept is that each piece of art could be interpreted in many different ways. In contemporary art there isn’t right and wrong, each of us view and find different meanings and connections with artworks.

History.com Staff. "Michelangelo." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2010. Web. 30 Sept. 2016.By John Goldsmith Phillips Associate Curator of Renaissance and Modern Art. "The Pieta: A Story in Five Parts." Portrait Society Gallery. N.p., 20 Sept. 2015. Web. 30 Sept. 2016.

Art History is the study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts. The history of art, we feel, can sometimes be confused with art criticism. However, Art History is concerned with finding the value of the artistic piece in respect with others in the same category of art or movement, and art criticism is more of an evaluation of art. The art examined best represents the culture during the time period, visions the artist imagined, and history behind an event. It also represents society in a specific area, beliefs the people may have, writing that tells a story, the natural world and environment, conflict between people and areas, and the human body. With these representations, artwork overall represents the life in which we live (d). Each piece has its own genre, design, format and style to it. This makes each piece extremely different, yet pleasing to the eye. They also vary between paintings, sculptures and architecture. These different types also make a variety of artwork to be seen by all people. The art pieces that I chose, Jar, Bottle and Glass by Juan Gris, The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí, and Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, seemed interesting to me and I believe to best represent the context in which they were created, along with the major artistic movements of the time. I went on to research them more thoroughly to better understand the history behind them,

There were many thing to choose from in this chapter that we could go into detail about overall, one wealthy merchant or condottiere discussed for his patronage that fostered the emergence of the Renaissance in the fifteenth-century Italy is Donatello's Equestrian statue of Erasmo Da Narni Gattamelata. This statue is to commemorate the Paduan general and shows so much power in the way the statue was built. On page 607 of our text the statue is of the general on a horse which shows great control, strength, and animal desires. You could say during that time influences how a country may see it as symbolism in a

Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Vitruvian Man (Reti 146). Who was the man behind all of these famous artworks? It was I, Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, a polymath: sculptor, painter, engineer, mathematician, inventor, botanist, architect, anatomist, geologist, writer, and cartographer. I wanted to know everything; the noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding (Riter). Whenever people saw me, they visualized wealth and happiness, but what they overlooked was the factor that molded me into who I am right now. My early life was filled with hardships, sorrow, and intricate obstacles.

1 - Jacques Saunière : Is the curator of the Louvre, he has a great appreaciation for Leonardo Da Vinci's works, especially ' Mona Lisa ' and ' Madonna of the Rocks '. Because of him being a secret member of the Priory of Sion who were charged of protecting the secret of the Sangreal and the descendent of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, he was attacked by Silas and dies in the Louvre, but his death was not in vain.