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 HUM 101

ART APPRECIATION
 WHAT IS ART APPRECIATION?
APPRECIATION OF THE VISUAL ARTS GOES BEYOND STARING AT A PAINTING
HANGING ON THE WALL OF A MUSEUM—ART IS IN EVERYTHING AND EVERYWHERE
YOU LOOK. OPENING YOUR EYES TO THE WORLD OF ART IS ESSENTIAL IN
UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD AROUND YOU. ART IS MORE THAN PRETENTIOUS
MUSEUMS; ONLY A FEW ENTER AND COMPREHEND. INSTEAD, ART APPRECIATION IS:

• GAINING THE KNOWLEDGE TO UNDERSTAND THE ART.

• ACQUIRE THE ART METHODS AND MATERIALS TO DISCUSS ART VERBALLY OR BY
THE WRITTEN WORD.
• ABILITY TO IDENTIFY THE MOVEMENTS FROM ANCIENT CULTURES TO TODAY'S
CONTEMPORARY ART.
LEARNING HOW TO APPRECIATE ART IS A NECESSARY CULTURAL FOUNDATION
ENABLING PEOPLE TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE ART, ART FORMS, AND HOW CULTURES
USED ART. ALL IT TAKES TO UNDERSTAND THE ART IS JUST TO LOOK!

ART APPRECIATION CENTERS ON THE ABILITY TO VIEW ART THROUGHOUT HISTORY,

FOCUSING ON THE CULTURES AND THE PEOPLE, AND HOW ART DEVELOPED IN THE
SPECIFIC PERIODS. IT IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND ART WITHOUT
UNDERSTANDING THE CULTURE, THEIR USE OF MATERIALS, AND A SENSE OF
BEAUTY. ART IS CONVEYED BY THE SIMPLE ACT OF CREATING ART FOR ART'S SAKE.
EVERY PERSON IS BORN WITH THE INNATE DESIRE TO CREATE ART, AND SIMILAR TO
OTHER PROFESSIONS, TRAINING IS ESSENTIAL IN HONING SKILLS TO PRODUCE ART.
ART EDUCATION BROADENS A PERSON'S COMPREHENSION, DEVELOPMENT, AND
VISIONS OF ART. ART BRINGS AN UNDERSTANDING OF DIVERSITY, HOW PEOPLE
LIVED IN THE PAST, AND CONNECTS THE ISSUES CONCERNING CONTEMPORARY
LIFE AND ART TODAY.
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD IS SIMILARLY THE HISTORY OF ART,
CONTINUALLY INTERTWINED. FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS, AS HUMANS
ROAMED THE EARTH, EVOLUTION, AND ENVIRONMENT SHAPED
MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES DEPENDING ON LOCATION, WEATHER,
NATURAL RESOURCES, AND FOOD. THESE CULTURES FORMED THE
FOUNDATION OF ALL ART TODAY. ART APPRECIATION ANALYZES ART
USING THE METHODS AND MATERIALS, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO
MAKE CONNECTIONS TO THE CONTEXT OF ART AND THE
INTERACTIONS OF SOCIETIES.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND THE ART WITHOUT
UNDERSTANDING THE CULTURE.
ART OF DIFFERENT ERAS, MOVEMENTS, STYLES
AND TECHNIQUES
 THE VISUAL ELEMENTS OF ART
The visual elements of art are line,
LINE shape, tone, color, pattern, texture and
SHAPE form. A knowledge of how they are
used in art will help you to understand
TONE
how artworks are created. You can
COLOR learn how to analyse an artwork by
PATTERN breaking it down to its component
parts, so that you may appreciate the
TEXTURE skill and imagination that the artist has
FORM used in composing it.
 PATTERN BY GREAT ARTIST
Each lesson in our series on
PAINTINGS BY GIOTTO
paintings by great artists explores
REMBRANDT the life of the artist through their
CLAUDE MONET most famous paintings. We look
VINCENT VAN GOGH at their social and historical
FRIDA KAHLO
background, the sources of their
inspiration, the development of
FRANCIS BACON
their technique, and why they
CHUCK CLOSE deserve the recognition as one of
the greatest artists of their time.
 ARTS MOVEMENTS
IMPRESSIONISM Art movements are convenient
POST-IMPRESSIONISM terms for classifying artists of a
CUBISM certain period or style. They are
simply historical titles which are
FAUVISM
usually dubbed retrospectively by
EXPRESSIONISM art critics or historians and their
DADAISM titles are often witty or sarcastic
SURREALISM nicknames pulled from a review.
POP ART
 ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART INTRODUCTION
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART NATURALISM
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART HUMANISM
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART FRESCO PAINTING
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART TEMPERA PAINTING Mannerism in the art of Michelangelo
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART OIL PAINTING
The Italian Renaissance was a 'rebirth'
of Classical values in art, literature and
philosophy. It was a period of artistic
development in Western Art that
stretched from the revival of Naturalism
in the art of Giotto at the end of the
13th century to the expressive forms of
at the start of the 16th century.
 ART HISTORY TIMELINES
ART HISTORY TIMELINES (330 -1975)
WESTERN ART TIMELINE 1 (330 -1600)
WESTERN ART TIMELINE 2 (1600-1880)
MODERN ART TIMELINE 1 (1870-1931)
MODERN ART TIMELINE 2 (1916-1975)
Our art history timelines help you
to more fully appreciate the work
of any artist or art movement by
understanding its position in the
history of art. As most new
artwork is a reaction against or
development of a previous style
in the timeline, it is enlightening
to know the artistic context in
which it was created.
 STILL LIFE ARTISTS
Still life is the drawing and
painting of items such as fruit,
WILLEM KALF
flowers and household objects,
HARMEN STEENWYCK
which are usually arranged on a
CHARDIN
table top or shelf. Over the
JUAN GRIS
centuries artists have chosen to
HENRI MATISSE
paint still life objects for their
GIORGIO MORANDI
symbolism, abstract qualities or
simply their visual beauty.
 ANIMALS IN ART
Animals in art have always been a
popular subject. They are often
ALBRECHT DÜRER depicted for their natural beauty
and majesty, or as mythical or
GEORGE STUBBS
symbolic beasts. Sometimes they
FRANZ MARC are portrayed as the hunter's
PABLO PICASSO prey, prize livestock, or more
sentimentally as domestic pets.
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