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Introduction
Gateways to Art:
Understanding the Visual Arts
Fourth Edition
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
Artwork: Eduardo Kobra,
Etnias
What is Art?
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Discuss following four works that
relate to water – different meanings
and styles
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INTRODUCTION
Katsushika Hokusai,
Maple Leaves on a River
Work no longer survives, if it ever
did
Hokusai is said to have dipped a
chicken’s feet in red paint and let it
run across paper he had painted
blue
Communicates sensation of leaves
and the flow of a river
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
Artwork: Marcia Smilack,
Cello Music
0.0.2 Marcia Smilack, Cello Music, 1992. Photograph, 12¾ × 24″. Collection of the artist
INTRODUCTION
Marcia Smilack,
Cello Music
Captures essence of movement
Photo of water evokes the sound
of a cello
Synesthesia: stimulation in one
sense causes experience in a
different sense
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
Artwork: Thomas Cole,
The Oxbow
0.0.3 Thomas Cole, View from Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, 1836. Oil on canvas, 4′3½″ ×
6′4″. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
INTRODUCTION
Thomas Cole,
The Oxbow
Cole founded the Hudson River
School – Romantic Americans
reflect pride in national expansion
The Sublime, awe in power of
nature (storm passed)
Smallness of man, artist shown in
lower center
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Artwork: Hans Haake,
Condensation Cube
0.0.4 Hans Haacke, Condensation Cube, 1963–65. Clear acrylic, distilled water, and climate in area of display, 12 × 12 × 12″
INTRODUCTION
Hans Haacke,
Condensation Cube
Work of art and science experiment
Physical properties of water affected
by surroundings
Box is a metaphor for museum
building and the water represents the
the art inside the museum
Conceptually: emphasizes fragility of
art to environmental conditions
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
INTRODUCTION
sometimes prints
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
INTRODUCTION
audience
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
Artwork: Harriet Powers,
Bible Quilt
0.0.5 Harriet Powers, Bible Quilt, 1885–86. Cotton, 75 × 89″. National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C.
INTRODUCTION
Harriet Powers,
Bible Quilt
Quilting considered craft in Europe
since Middle Ages, made by women
Quilting popular artform in first
centuries of U.S.
Harriet Powers born enslaved; sold
quilts to support her family when
they were free
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
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Harriet Powers,
Bible Quilt (cont.)
Eleven panels show biblical stories
Adam and Eve with serpent (upper
left)
Satan and seven stars (upper right)
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
Artwork: Frederic Lord
Leighton, Flaming June
0.0.6 Frederic Lord Leighton, Flaming June, 1895. Oil on canvas, 47½ × 47½″. Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
INTRODUCTION
Where Is Art?
Art can be found in many places
(e.g. a book, a logo, on your
computer screen)
Public spaces (museums, parks,
places of worship, public
buildings)
In use (tea bowls, masks,
reliquaries, etc.)
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
INTRODUCTION
cultural events
Provenance: studying the history
Benin bronzes
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
Artwork: Louvre Museum,
Paris, France.
0.0.8 Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Glass pyramid designed by Ieoh Ming Pei, 1998
INTRODUCTION
Louvre Museum,
Paris, France
Originally a fortress, then a palace
King’s collection became the
French people’s after the French
Revolution (1789-99)
Many works at the Louvre were
acquired during Napoleonic Wars
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
Portal Artwork: Metope of a
Lapith and centaur in combat,
Parthenon
3.1.25 Metope of a Lapith and centaur in combat, from the south side of the Parthenon, designed by Pheidias, c. 445 BCE.
Marble, height 52⅝″. British Museum, London, England
Artwork: Hon’ami Koetsu,
Tea Bowl
0.0.9 Hon’ami Koetsu, Tea bowl (called Mount Fuji), Edo period, early 17th century. Raku ware, height 3⅜″.
Sakai Collection, Tokyo, Japan
INTRODUCTION
Hon’ami Koetsu,
Tea bowl
In Japan, ceramic tea bowls were
highly esteemed for their beauty
Part of tea ceremony
Designed to inspire contemplation
Subtle texture and color
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
Artwork: The Virgin of
Guadalupe
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
Artwork: Judith Leyster,
Self-Portrait
Judith Leyster,
Self-Portrait
Artist’s pose and style mimics the
violin player in the painting
Made to demonstrate her skill for
acceptance as a master painter
into the Saint Luke’s Guild of
Haarlem
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
INTRODUCTION
Judith Leyster,
Self-Portrait (cont.)
Male artists far outnumbered
female artists until the 20th century
For centuries Leyster’s paintings
were attributed to her husband and
other male painters
In 1893, the Louvre noticed her
monogram signature
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
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Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
Artwork: da Vinci, Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci,
Mona Lisa
Made in an era and in a culture that
valued individual ingenuity
Mysterious smile, gaze, and
landscape
Portrait not simply a likeness: a
meditation on the human soul
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
Portal Artwork: Van Gogh,
Starry Night
3.8.19 Vincent van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889. Oil on canvas, 29 × 36½″. MoMA, New York
INTRODUCTION
0.0.13 Photograph of Parker Curry looking at Amy Sherald’s Portrait of Michelle Obama, 2018.
INTRODUCTION
Bansky,
Love is in the Bin
Banksy’s work was sold at
Sotheby’s auction for $1.4 million
After it was purchased, it began to
slide through the bottom of the
frame shredding itself
The audience was shocked but
now it is considered a work of
Performance Art
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INTRODUCTION
Bansky,
Love is in the Bin (cont.)
Banksy had hidden a shredder in
the frame
The destruction of his work was to
criticize the commercialism of the
art market
The value of the shredded artwork
is now double that of its purchase
price
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
Artwork: Loongkoonan,
Bush Tucker Nyikina Country
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
Artwork: Loongkoonan at
work in her studio
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
Artwork: George Floyd mural
0.0.18 Xena Goldman, Cadex Herrera, and Greta McLain, with Niko Alexander and Pablo Hernandez, George Floyd, 2020.
Mural, 20 × 6.5 ft. Minneapolis, Minnesota
INTRODUCTION
0.0.19 Keith Haring, Ignorance = Fear, 1989. Poster, 24 × 43 ¼″. Keith Haring Foundation
INTRODUCTION
Keith Haring,
Ignorance=Fear
Posters hung in New York City
Haring defended the rights of
LGBTQ+, who were often blamed
for the AIDS epidemic
Many incorrectly thought the HIV
virus (that causes AIDS) could only
be caught through homosexual
behavior or drug use
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
INTRODUCTION
Keith Haring,
Ignorance=Fear (cont.)
Poster shows three figures with
x’s: one covers its eyes, one
covers its ears, one covers its
mouth
Promotes people educating
themselves about the disease
Criticism of those who saw the
disease as divine punishment
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
Artwork: Ai Weiwei,
Remembering
Ai Weiwei,
Remembering
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei uses art to
criticize Chinese Communist Party
He has been imprisoned and
beaten by Chinese government
He is currently exiled from China
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Ai Weiwei,
Remembering (2)
An earthquake in 2008 killed 49,000
people and left 4.8m homeless, but
the Chinese government tried to
hide that it happened
Over 5,000 children died and Ai
Weiwei gathered their names and
posted them on his blog
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Ai Weiwei,
Remembering (3)
The artwork memorializes the
children and is made of blue,
yellow and red backpacks
It reads, ”She lived happily for
seven years in this world,” which a
mother said to Ai Weiwei about her
daughter who died in the
earthquake
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
Artwork: Mona Hatoum,
Present Tense
Mona Hatoum,
Present Tense
Made of 2,200 blocks of a kind of
soap integral to economics of the
Palestinians
Borders made of red glass beads
identify the territories given to
Palestinians in 1993 Oslo Accords
Soap, which can be washed away,
symbolizes fragility of borders
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Mona Hatoum,
Present Tense (cont.)
“Present” refers to:
Stating of information
Degree of anxiety
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Studying Art
Art is a powerful form of language
There are many ways to interpret a
work of art
Content: the meaning or message
By learning to see, we experience
new sensations and ideas
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Studying Art:
Subject Matter
Subject matter
May be visually apparent
artist
Told to us by critics and scholars
Studying Art:
Subject Matter (cont.)
Continuum of Abstraction
Representational: depicts
recognizable subject matter
Abstraction: degree to which
representational work is
distorted or simplified
Non-objective: depicts subject
Michelangelo, Pietà
Representational
Recognizable as a woman
holding an adult man in her lap
Do not need to understand the
meaning to be representational
Content: Pietà is Mary mourning
0.0.23 Eva Hesse, Untitled (Rope Piece), 1969–70. Latex, rope, string, and wire, dimensions variable.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
INTRODUCTION
Eva Hesse,
Untitled (Rope Piece)
Non-objective
Unrecognizable subject matter
Subjective: individual viewer
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Portal Artwork: Aaron Douglas,
Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery
Through Reconstruction
3.9.24 Aaron Douglas, Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery Through Reconstruction, 1934. Oil on canvas, 57¾ × 108¼″.
The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York
Artwork: Allan Houser,
Reverie
1.10.12a Diego de
Silva y Velázquez,
Las Meninas, c. 1656.
Oil on canvas, 10′5¼″
× 9′¾″. Museo
Nacional del Prado,
Madrid, Spain
INTRODUCTION
Studying Art:
Context
Researching an artwork’s context
can help us understand it more fully,
even when it is non-objective
Context includes:
Society that produced the artwork
Eva Hesse,
Untitled (Rope Piece) (cont.)
Hesse diagnosed with brain tumor
Ropes look like insides of human
body, such as intestines or veins
Used latex in the work, which feels
like skin and used in doctor gloves
She described this work as
representing chaos of life and death;
died year this was made
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Studying Art:
Formal Analysis
Examining arrangement of visual
elements and principles of a work
helps to analyze its content
A Formal Analysis of Las Meninas
by Diego Velázquez can be found
in Chapter 1.10 Engaging with
Form and Content, p.70-71
A video with a formal analysis of
Las Meninas is on the video slides
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Studying Art:
Formal Analysis (cont.)
Elements (the vocabulary of art):
color, form, line, mass, shape,
space, texture, time and motion,
value, volume
Principles (the grammar of art):
balance, contrast, emphasis, focal
point, pattern, proportion, rhythm,
scale, unity, variety
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Fourth Edition, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, and M. Kathryn Shields
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Organization of
Gateways to Art
Part 1: Fundamentals. Elements
and principles and formal analysis
Part 2: Media and Processes
Part 3: History and Context
Part 4: Themes
All works of art can be studied
through any of these four lenses.
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To learn more about understanding the visual arts, explore these videos and panoramas:
Video:
Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas
Video:
Video:
The Master Sculptors of Benin and Ife
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Video:
Vincent van Gogh in His Own Words
Video:
Video:
Teahouse at the Asian Art Museum
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Panorama:
The Louvre (inner courtyard),
Paris, France
Video:
Michelangelo, Sculpture
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Introductory Chapter
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