ART APPRECIATION

INSTRUCTOR: VERONICA B. CUNANAN

MEMBERS :
LYKA M. ARGUELLES

APRIL O. SABILLA

LOREA JOANNA M. EBARDONI

JAYMAR M. BALDRES
 RENAISSANCE
• The period from the 14th century to the 17th century in
Europe is popularly called Renaissance, and it marked
are birth or revival of classical learning and wisdom.
The wave of renaissance touched upon many areas of
European civilization, particularly the areas of art,
religion, literature, and politics. Renaissance marked an
increased awareness of nature, a revival in learning
which was all present in the medieval period but
became prominent in the 15th and 16th century.
Renaissance art was all about the presentation of an
individual view of a man. The period of the Renaissance
saw some glorious works of many legendary artists,
which are still revered today.
Here are some of the
most important and
famous paintings of
the Renaissance.
 Mona Lisa
The painting Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci is
one of the most famous and recognized
paintings in history. Unarguably it is the most
discussed painting because of the enigmatic
smile. There have been many discussions about
the smile of Mona Lisa, whether she is smiling
or not. The major feature of this painting is that
Da Vinci has painted here yes in such away that
even when you change the angle of the view,
the eyes of Mona Lisa seems to always follow
you. The painting is done in oil on wood and is
presently under the owner ship of the
Government of France. Mona Lisa is exhibited in
Louvre, Paris and it belongs to the public, which
means that it can not be bought or sold.
 Primavera
The word means spring in Italian.
Primavera is a painting of Sandro Botticelli
whose original name was Alessandro di
Mariano Filipepi. The painting is also
known as 'Allegory of Spring’. It is believed
that Botticelli is created this piece of art
around 1482 and is said to be one of the
prime examples of Renaissance art. Many
have attempted to interpret the painting
and many have come up with explanations.
Some say it is a mythical allegory while
some say it is about the change of seas on
into spring. This painting is popular
because of the use of color and different
explanations attached to it. Primavera is
believed to be the most controversial
painting in the world.
 19th CENTURY
In 1839 a new means of visual representation was announced to a startled
world: photography. Although the medium was immediately and
enthusiastically embraced by the public at large, photographers themselves
spent the ensuing decades experimenting with techniques and debating the
nature of this new invention. The works in this section suggest the range of
questions addressed by these earliest practitioners. Was photography best
understood as an art or a science? What subjects should photographs depict,
what purpose should they serve, and what should they look like? Should
photographers work within the aesthetics established in other arts, such as
painting, or explore characteristics that seemed unique to the medium? This
first generation of photographers became part scientists as they mastered a
baffling array of new processes and learned how to handle their equipment
and material. Yet they also grappled with aesthetic issues, such as how to
convey the tone, texture, and detail of multicolored reality in a monochrome
medium. They often explored the same subjects that had fascinated artists for
centuries — portraits, landscapes, genre scenes, and still lifes — but they also
discovered and exploited the distinctive ways in which the camera frames and
presents the world.
THE 19TH CENTURY: THE
INVENTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY
 A scene in York: York
minster from lop
lane

A British polymath equally adept in astronomy,

chemistry, Egyptology, physics, and
philosophy, Talbot spent years inventing a
photographic process that created paper
negatives, which were then used to make
positive prints—the conceptual basis of nearly
all photography until the digital age.
Calotypes, as he came to call them, are softer
in effect than daguerreotypes, the other
process announced in 1839. Though steeped
in the sciences, Talbot understood the ability
of his invention to make striking works of art.
Here the partially obstructed view of the
cathedral rising from the confines of the city
gives a sense of discovery, of having just
turned the corner and encountered this scene.
 THE LETTER
Working together in Boston, the portrait
photographers Southworth and Hawes aimed
to capture the character of their subjects
using the daguerreotype process. Invented in
France and one of the two photographic
processes introduced to the public in early
1839, the daguerreotype is made by exposing
a silver-coated copper plate to light and then
treating it with chemicals to bring out the
image. The heyday of the technique was the
1840s and 1850s, when it was used primarily
for making portraits. The daguerreotype’s
long exposure time usually resulted in frontal,
frozen postures and stern facial expressions;
this picture’s pyramidal composition and
strong sentiments of friendship and
companionship are characteristic of
Southworth and Hawes’s innovative approach.
 BAROQUE
Relating to or denoting a style of European
architecture, music, and art of the 17th and
18th centuries that followed mannerism and
is characterized by ornate detail. In
architecture the period is exemplified by the
palace of Versailles and by the work of
Bernini in Italy. Major composers include
Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel; Caravaggio and
Rubens are important baroque artists.
David with the Head of Goliath

This painting, now in the

Galleria Borghese in Rome,
Italy, shows the biblical hero
David triumphantly holding
the severed head of his
nemesis Goliath. Inky
blackness cloaks the
subjects.
Basket of Flowers

This still life drapes

cream-tinted flowers
with a starkly dark
background. It hangs
at the Uffizi Gallery in
Florence, Italy.
 MIDDLE AGES
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or
medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th
to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the Post-
classical period of global history. It began with the
fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned
into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery.
The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three
traditional divisions of Western history: classical
antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern
period. The medieval period is itself subdivided
into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages.
 Madonna and Child

The Madonna and Child or The Virgin and

Child is often the name of a work of art
which shows the Virgin Mary and the
Child Jesus. The word Madonna means
"My Lady" in Italian. Artworks of the
Christ Child and his mother Mary are part
of the Roman Catholic tradition in many
parts of the world including Italy, Spain,
Portugal, France, South America and the
Philippines. Paintings known as icons are
also an important tradition of the
Orthodox Church and often show the
Mary and the Christ Child. They are found
particularly in Eastern Europe, Russia,
Egypt, the Middle East and India.
 Chartres Cathedral

Partly built starting in 1145, and

then reconstructed over a 26-year
period after the fire of 1194,
Chartres Cathedral marks the high
point of French Gothic art. The
vast nave, in pure ogival style, the
porches adorned with fine
sculptures from the middle of the
12th century, and the magnificent
12th- and 13th-century stained-
glass windows, all in remarkable
condition, combine to make it a
masterpiece.
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