Thursday, January 27, 2011

Your themes

Hi everyone--here are some of the themes you class came up with on the first day of class. Although you're not in groups yet, it would be a good exercise to start thinking about art exhibitions that show how these ideas have been expressed visually. Look through your textbook and find at least one work of art that you think deals with these themes. Post your answers by Friday (Feb. 4) and we'll discuss them in class then.

Intimacy
Horses
The male body
Travel
Silence
Sports
20th-century female artists
Trees with detailed branches
Gender roles
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6 comments:

  1. Rebekah AinsworthFebruary 3, 2011 at 8:13 PM

    umberto boccioni, unique forms of continuity in space, 1913

    I thought that this piece could be used as an example of travel, the male body, sports and gender roles. I really like the way he is traveling/running in such a fluid movement. As for 'sports' it looks almost like a time-lapse of a picture of someone running in a cross country race. I also find it interesting that it is not clear whether it is supposed to be female or male.

    Becky Ainsworth

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  2. Scott PaskerianFebruary 3, 2011 at 10:24 PM

    male body: Gianlorenzo Bernini, David 1623, sculpture
    horses:Donatello, Gattamelata, Piazza Del Santo, Italy, 1445-1453
    Travel: Claude Monet, Saint-Lazare Train Station, 1877

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2011 at 11:38 PM

    Intimacy:

    Gustav Klimt, The Kiss, 1907-1908, oil on canvas

    Horses:

    Eadweard Muybridge, Horse Galloping, 1878, calotype print

    The male body:

    Michelangelo Buonarroti, Creation of Adam, fresco

    Travel:

    Annibale Carracci, Flight into Egypt, 1603-1604, oil on canvas

    Silence:

    Jean-Auguste-Dominique, Grande Odalisque, 1814, oil on canvas

    Sports:

    Eugene Delacroix, Tiger Hunt, 1854,oil on Canvas

    20th-century female artists:

    Frido Kahlo, The Two Fridas, 1939, oil on canvas

    Trees with detailed branches:

    Caspar David Friedrich, Abbey in the Oak Forest, 1810, oil on canvas

    Gender roles:

    Jacque-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784, oil on canvas

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  4. NvazquezFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    Intimacy - Gustav Klimt, The Kiss, 1908

    Silence - Grant Wood, American Gothic, 1930

    Gender roles - Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Grande Odalisque, 1806

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  5. hbarrFebruary 8, 2011 at 11:06 AM

    silence-Jacques Louis David, Death of Marat, 1793

    gender roles-Francisco Goya, Family of Charles IV, 1800

    horses-Anthony Van Dyck, Charles I Dismounted, 1635

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  6. samanthastriblingFebruary 17, 2011 at 5:56 PM

    The Male Body-- Caravaggio, "Entombment" (1603)

    Intimacy-- Kathe Kollwitz, "Woman With Dead Child" (1903)

    Gender Roles-- Duane Hanson, "Supermarket Shopper" (1970)

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