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AP ART HISTORY MS. RIZZI 1 Introduc,on     Bingham,  Washington  Crossing  the  Delaware   Leutze,  Washington  Crossing  the  Delaware     ·  Historically  inaccurate   ·  Washington  was  asleep  at  the  bo:om  of  the  boat  at  the  ,me   ·  The  boats  are  the  wrong  type   ·  Many  of  the  uniforms  are  not  what  was  worn   ·  The  flag  was  not  sewn  by  Betsy  Ross  yet   ·  No  icebergs  in  the  water   ·  Washington  could  not  have  been  on  a  horse   ·  Very  heroic  portraits   ·  Sun  parts  from  behind  Washington  in  the  Leutze   ·  Symbolism  and  patrio,sm   ·  Pain,ngs  are  an  affront  to  history,  but  not  an  affront  to  art     h:p://www2.chrysler.org/collec,ons/OBJECT_edit.asp?id=37325&page=1   h:p://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/viewOne.asp?dep=2&viewMode=1&item=97.34     2 Introduc,on   Greenough,  George   Washington   •  Ancient   Roman   or   Greek   god   •  Extremely   classical   and   heroic  body   •  Extends   his   hand   with   a   sword  in  it   •  Magnanimous  in  victory   •  Wearing  ancient  garb     3 Introduc,on   Mills,  Washington  Monument,   Washington  D.C.   •  Egyp,an  obelisk   •  Symbols  of  death   •  Egyp,an  imagery  of   permanence  and  memory  a‘er   death   •  A  monument  to  Washington,   but  no  image  of  him  is  present   4 Prehistoric  Art Lascaux  Caves   Venus  of  Willendorf   •  650  pain,ngs,  mostly  animals,  only  one  of   a  human   •  Only  four  inches  tall   •  Some  pain,ngs  hundreds  of  feet  from  the   •  Fer,lity  symbol   entrance  to  the  cave   •  Exaggerated  breasts,   •  Bison,  horses,  aurochs,  stags,  etc.   belly  bu:on   •  Many  animals  “killed”   •  Pregnant?   •  Nega,ve  hand  prints   •  Hair  covers  most  of  head   •  Bodies  in  profile,  horns  turned  to  front   •  Small  arms  rest  on   •  Emphasis  on  large  meat  areas  of  body   breasts   •  Short  legs   •  No  feet   •  Overlap  of  bodies   •  May  have  had  painted   features   •  Heavy  black  outlines   •  Limited  color  pale:e   •  Uncertain  if  a  narra,ve  is  intended   h:p://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/ lascaux/en/           5 Prehistoric  Architecture   Stonehenge     •  Post  and  lintel   •  Megaliths  are  21  to  24  feet  tall,   including   height   of   lintel,   and   buried  four  feet  in  the  ground   •  Cromlech   •  Solar  and  lunar  orienta,on   •  Stones   dragged   from   far   away   to  this  site   •  Circle   of   megaliths   embrace   structure,  enclosing  it   •  Inside   circle   of   megaliths   is   a   larger   horseshoe-­‐shaped   group   of   megaliths   which   frame   an   “altar  stone”   6 Prehistoric  Architecture   Stonehenge  (con’t.)   •  Horseshoe   shaped   stones   face   midsummer   sunrise   over   Heel   Stone   •  “Altar   Stone”   is   a   green   sandstone  taken  from  a  mine  in   Wales,  over  200  miles  away   •  Heaviest  stones  50  tons  apiece   hauled  by  sledges     •  Tools   for   building:   ropes,   levers,  rollers,  axes   •  Built  in  several  phases  over   hundreds  of  years  on  a  sacred   site  on  Salisbury  Plain   7 Sumerian  Art Statue?es  from  Tell  Asmar   •  Short  compact  statues   •  Arms  folded  in  front   •  Inscrip,on  on  back  “Always   praying”   •  Huge  eyes  with  giant  pupils   •  Men  have  long  flowing  beards   that  ripple  down  chest   •  Compact  statues   •  Arms  cut  away  at  side   •  Wear  kilts   8 Sumerian  Art Standard  of  Ur   Soundbox  of  a  Lyre   •  Hierarchy  of  Scale   •  A:ached  to  a  lyre,  found  in  a   •  Narra,ve  in  art   Sumerian  royal  grave   •  King  inspects  defeated  enemies   •  Animals  ac,ng  as  people  in   •  Horses  placed  behind  each  other   ceremonies   to  suggest  depth   •  Separate  scenes?  Or  scenes  from   •  Enemies  nude  to  suggest  defeat   the  same  story?   and  debasement   h:p://www.metmuseum.org/ •  Repe,,on  of  forms   special/First_Ci,es/ h:p:// firstci,es_stop5.htm   www.thebri,shmuseum.ac.uk/   compass/ixbin/goto?id=obj1740       9 Sumerian  Art       Ziggurat  at  Ur     •  Mud-­‐brick  construc,on   •  Solid,  no  interior   •  Large  ceremonial  staircases   •  Temple  at  top  now  missing   •  Func,oned  as  religious  site  and   center  of  civic  pride   •  Holes  in  surface  used  to  show   flags   •  Oriented  by  the  points  of  the   compass     •  Painted  surface   10

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Tools for building: ropes, levers, rollers, axes Large ceremonial staircases. • Temple at top now .. of bodies in space hмp://rubens.anu.edu.au/laserdisk/ Deep cu ng into stone to create shadows .. Done in porphyry, a purple.
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