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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.