ARHI 2300 1st Edition Lecture 30Outline of Last Lecture I. Ghent AlterpieceOutline of Current LectureI. The Fall of Man (Adam and Eve)Current LectureI. The Fall of Man (Adam and Eve), Albrecht Durer, Northern Renaissance, 1504,Engraving (Print) a. The printing press was invented in 1445 in Germanyi. It was originally used to print books/Biblesii. Artists could make copies of their work and sell them1. Artists have to develop a business sense and determine what was marketable iii. Everyday people can now afford artb. Woodcut- does not have as much nuance as engraving i. ex. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Durerc. Engraving- usually in metal; can create greater shading/tonality, and it has a softer effecti. Ex. The Fall of Mand. The Fall of Man was the most popular Durer print i. It did not have a predetermined buyer e. Cross-hatching- make the lines go one way and then another way These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.f. For this engraving, Durer worked out the ideal proportions of the figuresi. Durer is looking back to Greek/Roman times1. Polykleitos- (the ideal man)- artists worked out proportions as far back as 450-440 BCE (Greek Classical)ii. Durer also looked to the Apollo Belvedere (also from Greek Classical time)iii. Leonardo de Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, ca 1490 was also working out the ideal proportions of the human body 1. This was based on the work of Roman architect Vitruvius 1st century BCEg. This engraving takes place before the fall; Adam and Eve are not covering themselvesi. They have not eaten the apple yet h. The four animals relate to the four humors (what was released on mankind after the fall)i. Humors- initially developed by the ancient Greek Hippocratesii. Black bile depression, melancholy (elk)iii. Yellow bile excessive pride, aggression and cruelty (cat)iv. Phlegm lazy (ox)v. Blood lust (rabbit)vi. Animals are asleep until after the fall i. Parrot in tree is associated with wisdom i. a parrot just repeats what it hears… suggests that it is not true wisdomii. Sign by parrot- Latin (says that Durer made this in 1804) j. Artists would put numbers in the corners to say how close to the original each print was i. 1/200 was the best; 200/200 lowered the pricek. People made money by coping Durer’s printsi. Durer was the first artist to bring a lawsuit against someone else for forging his
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