Art Exam 1

Front 1

"Lion Panel"

Back 1

-Cave Art
-Made in 30,000 B.C.E. in France
-Found in Deep caves where people would not have lived
-Has contour lines that give a real sense of the 3-D aspect
-Uses different values to show light and dark
-Has volume by using lines and shading, which give the appearance of depth and space

Front 2

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Back 2

-Maya Lin
-Aligned on axis with Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial to show importance of soldiers and war to America
-Has an incline and fall to show timeline of war
-Height is to show how overwhelming war is
-Cut into ground "like a wound" and scars the landscape
-The mirror like reflection shows past connection and that you were a part of the sacrifice

Front 3

Starry Night

Back 3

-Van Gogh
-Shows how swiftly perspective can change
-The city is all balanced and calm while the sky is in chaos and in constant motion
-City is either sleeping peacefully, or sleeping on the verge of fire and storm
-either tree or fire; beautiful bright sky or heavens in tormoil; mountains or wave crashing down.

Front 4

Emotor

Back 4

-Hawkinson
-Means that you can never explain all emotions; there are never the same emotions on the face at one time
-shows a statement by being his modern self-portrait
-Always underlying emotions

Front 5

Pieta

Back 5

-Bellini
-Has geometric qualities and also uses different hues to show aesthetic beauty
-Uses triangular shapes throughout Mary's body to b/c triangle is thought to be the most perfect shape
-Vegetation has symbolic power of crucifiction
-Blue robe is used because blue is the most expensive color of paint
-roads are directional lines to wounds

Front 6

Kiss

Back 6

-Rodin
-Made of marble
-Has different characteristics in the the bodies are smooth and the pedestal is rough and worked.
-In some places the bodies almost melt into the pedestal

Front 7

Arnolfini Double Portrait

Back 7

-Jan van Eyck
-a premarriage portrait made for the bankers of the Medici family
-Many symbol: dog- fidelity, candle-prescence of God, no shoes-holy ground, pregnant & red bed-fertility, fruit-fruitfullness
-woman not pregnant, wearing dress appropriate to time
-woman is wearing garment of a virgin- blue gown w/ green overdress

Front 8

Liberty Leading the People

Back 8

-Delacroix
-Largly about socialism
-Exhibits 3 values of French Revolution: Liberty, equality, fraternity
-Liberty= allegorical/divine figure leading french to victory w/ flag in one hand and gun in the other "have to fight for freedom"
-Child beside her represents innocence and shows how important she is being bigger
-Greek goddess made liberty

Front 9

Altar to Chases High School

Back 9

-Boltanski
-Monument to Holocost
-Graduating class (hope of future)
-Blurred faces to give ghostly look
-Boxes symbolize graves or Nazi files
-Light symbolized halos or interrogation lights

Front 10

Raft of Medusa

Back 10

-Gericault
-Gericault made out of own money
-Deep red hue against dull background
-Man in red is the stoic and looks roman- his expression is one of noncaring, thoughtfulness, accepted fate, holding onto past
-Diagonal lines make "pyramid of hope"
-Light directs eyes and gives hope on brink of doom
-small narratives involved in each character

Front 11

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

Back 11

-Seurat
-Uses pointalism=optical visualization
-Mixes other colors so that our eyes do not interpret the different colors at a distance
-Plays with how our eyes blend colors

Front 12

Nocturne in Blue

Back 12

-Whistler
-Uses only complimentary colors (Blue and Orange)
-Uses white to make different values of these hues
-Very calm work because of the blue

Front 13

The Scream

Back 13

-Munch
-Artist conveys fear out of the simple image
-Red/orange=hot colors that give scary apocalyptic-like sky
-Main dude misses out on human characteristics and looks ghostly
-No horizontals, so no stability
-Other people go on as if nothing is wrong
-Only diagonal lines are the bridge and make image into our faces
-Death made munch feel like he lived in a world of the dead & was already dead

Front 14

Executions of the Third of May

Back 14

-Goya
-Uses colors White, yellow, and red
-Man in white=Christlike figure
-Theatrical spotlight used. Should only have limited light from lantern but much more is lit by unseen light

Front 15

Death and Life

Back 15

-Klimt
-has Assymetrical balance showing opposition between life and death
-Life= light-hued sleeping humans on right
-Death= dark, heavy, skeleton, and grave markers
-Death is calling out to woman with eyes open

Front 16

The Burning of the Houses of Parliament

Back 16

-Turner
-Watched it happen from a boat on Thames River
-Gives perspective from opposing side of river
-Red large heavy fire balances with white bridge- assymetrical balance