The role of the artist and the purpose of art changes throughout history. As you analyze the style and purpose of art from each period, try also to discover what the artist might be saying about “The Art of Being Human” and the human condition. Take note of the evolution of the art form as you refer to the following specific terms:
Artist vs. Artisan, Religious Worship, Glorifying the City, To Glorify the Human Form, Political Expression, Individual Expression, Artist as Individual, Realism, Dimension, Central Vanishing Point, Perspective, Portraiture, Emotional Complexity, Chiaroscuro, Brush Strokes, Texture, Language of Color, Subjectivity, Intention & Alteration, Abstraction, Free from Rigid Formalism, Self-Expression, Symbolism.
Classicism - 1000 B.C. - 150A.D.
Poseidon - pg. 124
Athenian Statue - pg. 125
Laocoon - pg. 126
Venus de Milo - pg. 15
Medieval Art - 500 A.D. - 14th Century
12th Century Madonna & Child - pg. 128
Early Renaissance - 13th - 14th Century
Giotto Fresco - pg. 129
Renaissance - 15th - 16th Century
Raphael The Alba Madonna - pg. 138
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa - Color Plate 1
Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper - Color Plate 6
Michelangelo & Donatello David Sculptures - pg. 131
Michelangelo Pietas - pg. 135
Perfect Realism - 17th Century Dutch Masters
Goya Third of May - pg. 142
Goya Saturn Devouring His Children - Color Plate 12
Rembrandt Self Portrait - pg. 140
Rembrandt Sacrifice of Isaac - Color Plate 41
Ruben Venus and Adonis - Color Plate 31
Brueghel The Garden of Eden - Color Plate 40
Impressionism - 19th Century
Manet Olympia - Color Plate 37
Manet Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe - Color Plate 42
Cassatt Mother & Child Against a Green Background – Color Plate 15
Monet Impression: Sunrise - Color Plate 13
Morisot The Psyche – Color Plate 14
Post Impressionism - 19th - 20th Centuries
Van Gogh The Starry Night - Color Plate 16
Van Gogh Sunflowers - pg. 146
Seurat A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte - Color Plate 32
Abstractionism - 19th - 20th Centuries
Kandinsky Composition VII - Color Plate 8
Duchamp Nude Descending a Staircase - pg. 116
Bearden Mississippi Monday - Color Plate 2
Chagall Job in Despair - Color Plate 29
Cubism - 20th Century
Braque The Musician – Color Plate 17
Picasso Seated Bather - Color Plate 18
Picasso Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Color Plate 20
Picasso Guernica - pg. 151
Surrealism - 20th Century
Dali Invention of the Monsters - Color Plate 19
Dali Persistence of Memory - pg. 154
Kahlo Self-Portrait – Color Plate 39
Douglas Invincible Music – pg. 157
Superrealism - 20th Century
O’Keeffe Purple Petunias - Color Plate 22
Gorman Navajo Dawn - Color Plate 23
Hanson Supermarket Lady – pg. 158
Pop Art – 20th Century
Warhol Marilyn Monroe - Color Plate 25
Oldenburg Soft Toilet – pg. 161