Tuesday, June 15, 2021Caspar David Friedrich 1774-1840 German Known for his landscapes and depictions of Gothic Ruins Popular work — The Wanderer Above a Sea of Fog Francisco Goya 1746-1828 Spanish Began his career as a portraitist for high society in Madrid Made court painter to Charles IV of Spain Became profoundly deaf, and introspective…
Friday, July 23, 2021Explore the works of The Chinese Ming Dynasty that were created roughly during the time frame of the Renaissance in Europe Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Ming Dynasty at the MIA (Includes a video lecture by the curator) Art for Educators – Ming Dynasty Hunan Museum –…
Friday, July 23, 2021Mexico Frida Kahlo Famed Mexican Surrealist Painter Mexican Mural Movement Diego Rivera https://www.fbuch.com/diego.htm https://www.riveramural.com/ David Alfaro Siqueiros https://www.adanigallery.com/Siqueiros/main.html https://www.wfu.edu/history/StudentWork/fysprojects/kmason/DvASiq.htm Jose Clement Orozco https://www.wfu.edu/history/StudentWork/fysprojects/kmason/Orozco.htm https://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/collections/overview/americas/mesoamerica/murals/ https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/jose-clemente-orozco/gallery-paintings-by-orozco/84/ Columbia Fernando Botero https://www.boterosa.org/ Argentina Flavia da Rin DMP Gallery Antonio Segui Cuba Wilfredo Lam https://www.matta-art.com/lam/lam.htm https://www.spaightwoodgalleries.com/Pages/Lam.html
Friday, July 23, 2021Contemporary African Art NOTE- Africa is a HUGE continent. We don’t lump the art of Sibera with the art of Korea, just because they are both part of Asia. Don’t lump different cultures, tribes and countries together just because they are on the African continent. Africa is a rich and culturally diverse…
Thursday, May 23, 2019Non-Western Art The world is a vast and wonderful place with a variety of cultural experiences in the arts that are now available to the western cultural explorer. There is, of course, too much for this course to adequately cover. Expand your familiarity with a small sampling of Non-Western traditions in the…
Friday, June 25, 2021Performance Art It’s not theatre — or is it? The best I can do for this unique art form is to describe to you my first experience with performance art. Marina Abramovic – the grandmother of performance art Laurie Anderson (American) b. 1947 American Popular Work — O Superman – original O…
Friday, June 25, 2021 Post Modern Overview (1960-2000) Required link above Post ModernismTranscript (PDF) Postmodernism represents a dual approach A break from the preceding modern style of the early 20th century It is a quest for non-traditional approaches Postmodernism contains many different ways to question traditional approaches It is not a unified style It turns…
Friday, June 25, 2021Instructor’s Note – It is increasingly difficult to say when one era begins, and when another ends. I know that life looks much different now than when I was a child growing up in the 1960’s. It was a big deal when my mother asked for permission to wear a pantsuit to…
Tuesday, November 3, 2020So many different styles, so little time! Introduction Mid Modern Transcript (PDF) Abstract Expressionism Abstract sculpture Assemblages — Found art Pop Art Op Art Minimal Art Photorealism Conceptual Art
Friday, June 25, 2021Politics WW2 WW2 Transcript (PDF) 1939 Germany invades Poland 1940 May — France and Britain declare war on Germany 1940 June — Germany gains control of France 1940 August/September Germany bombs England 1940 Japan invades French Indochina (Vietnam) 1941 December Japan bombs Pearl Harbor — USA 1941 — US declares war on…