Art 1020 1nd Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture I Printmaking Outline of Current Lecture II Painting Current Lecture Painting Subject of fine arts Application of pigment to surface o Spiritual motif and teachings Western Christian era Eastern Buddhist religious narratives Giorgio Vasari the art of painting La pittura o Personification of painting o Cultural arrival of painting as a fine art no longer copying skill Atremisia Gentileschi Self portrait allegory of painting Representation of nature through the artists imagination Multicolor garment craft skill Effects of color Woman artistic genius Pigment powdered color Binder holds color particles together different binders have different effects transparent or opaque Solvent thinner for application Ground surface primer 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 Visual arts have didactic function To teach religious ideals To elevate the mind To urge the contemplation of salvation Chimabue Madonna enthroned Giotto Madonna and child enthroned Leads tribe into renaissance Types of painting Encaustic using wax o Used in classical Greece o Powdered pigment colors in hot wax binder Gave off a luminosity Faiyum Egypt Roman province in Egypt Funeral portrait Jasper johns Three flags Fresco water based done on plaster o Style adapted for wall paintings Still life with eggs and flushes Michelangelo The Libyan sibyl o 12 old testament prophets alternating w 2 sibyl o turns to close her book of pagan prophecy Sistine chapel Tempera o Water pigment egg yolk Birth of Venus Oil painting o Can be easily blended subtle changes of light realistic affects o Different hardness Watercolor o Pigment suspended in water o Quick drying o Transparent opaque Egg tempra great detail and luminosity Glaze on surface creates beautiful depth and luminosity Trompe Vanitas 1600 s school of painting Wealth short lived the spoils of material life contemplation of spiritual life 1990 s revisitation of Vanitas style Realistic still life detailed study of realism and reflected light Oil acrylic staining Hellen Frankenthaler Morris Lewis Mural painting Acrylic surface is relatively immune to climate Collage painting Process of pasting or gluing the fragments of material or paper onto a 2 D surface o Romare Bearden the dove Inspired by Ralph Elisons novel Jeff Wall Canadian photographer Inspired by Ralph Elisons novel Robert Rauschenberg Abstract expressionist made pop up art CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS Richter Georgia O Keeffe o Pastel and bright color paintings Diego Rivera o Sugar cane Winslow Homer Jacob Lawrence