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    HUM034

    Art Appreciation

    Lecture 5:
    Art History (Part 1)
    The Discipline of Art History
    History
    “Record and interpretation of
    past human actions,
    particularly social and political
    actions.”
    Art
    “Part of the
    present—as
    something people
    can see and
    touch.”

    Tangible artwork is
    a
    “persisting
    effect.”
    A central aim of art history is to
    determine the original context
    of artworks.

    The Art of Painting by Johannes Vermeer (1666)


    Questions Art Historians Ask
    Questions Art Historians Ask:
    1. How old is it?
    • Chronology
    • Physical evidence
    • Documentary Evidence
    • Internal Evidence
    • Stylistic Evidence
    Questions Art Historians Ask:
    1. How old is it?

    • Chronology
    Questions Art Historians Ask:
    1. How old is it?

    • Physical evidence
    Questions Art Historians Ask:
    1. How old is it?

    • Documentary Evidence
    Questions Art Historians Ask:
    1. How old is it?

    • Internal Evidence
    Questions Art Historians Ask:
    1. How old is it?

    • Stylistic Evidence
    Questions Art Historians Ask:
    2. What is its style?
    • Period Style
    • Regional Style
    • Personal Style
    Questions Art Historians Ask:
    2. What is its style?

    • Period Style
    Questions Art Historians Ask:
    2. What is its style?

    • Regional Style
    Questions Art Historians Ask:
    2. What is its style?

    • Personal Style
    Questions Art Historians Ask:
    3. What is its subject?
    • Iconography
    • Attributes
    • Personifications
    Questions Art Historians Ask:
    3. What is its subject?

    • Iconography – the “writing


    of images”. Includes study
    of symbols.
    Questions Art Historians Ask:
    3. What is its subject?

    • Attributes – identifiable
    features
    Questions Art Historians Ask:
    3. What is its subject?

    • Personifications – abstract
    ideas codified in human
    form.
    Questions Art Historians Ask:

    4. Who made it?


    and
    5. Who paid for it?
    Reference:
    Kleiner, F. (2012). Gardner’s Art through the Ages: A Concise History of
    Western Art. 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Wadsworth.
    Images Sources:
    • https://www.edexlive.com/opinion/2019/mar/02/should-justice-be-retributive-5428.html
    • https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/arts/design/picasso-painting-sothebys-69-million.html
    • https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/picasso-weeping-woman-t05010
    • https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1026839
    • https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/hokusai-great-wave-ukiyo-e-woodblock/index.html
    • https://jref.com/articles/haniwa.192/
    • https://www.nationalmuseum.gov.ph/nationalmuseumbeta/Collections/Archaeo/Manunggul.html
    • Source: https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/egyptian-hieroglyphs-language-gods-002990
    • https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/ay/c8ay00871j/unauth#!divAbstract
    • Source: https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/2017/05/15/1700186/original-noli-me-tangere-other-rare-books-go-
    digital
    • https://phys.org/news/2019-10-egypt-archeologists-uncover-ancient-coffins.html
    • https://depositphotos.com/
    • Kleiner, F. (2012). Gardner’s Art through the Ages: A Concise History of Western Art. 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Wadsworth. (p. 5)

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