ART HISTORY UNIT 1 (Renaissance/baroque)

KIMONO with landscape and poem. Embroidered and dyed silk gauze. East Asia. -silk gauze: material, breathable and sheerness, worn during summer. -the seasons are represented differently -spring flowers -summer wisteria (long flowers) -fall maple elaves -winter pine trees -FRONT and back there are words -front: celebrating old age, ... back: offspring of cranes...flourishing in their long lives -the writing serves as an artistic visual as well, with longated characters and strokes -OBI, left over right, a bow.

BUT its blue and has like landscape drawings on it

PORTRAIT OF LADY GUAN, 1700, ink and color on silk -woman portrait of Lady Guan -crated after she passed away, used for ancestor worship -ANCESTOR WORSHIP: traditions of worshipping long dead ancestors -hung next to portrait of Lady Guan's husband -for descenders pay homage to ancestors but also to show status as well -BIG size of 84 x 44 inch -she is important -wearing court dress, (bestows pristine on her living desentage) patterned blue robe with trimmed fur, wearing an ornate hat trimmed with pearl and precious gem on the hat. As well as the necklace and six earrings. -SIX EARRINGS: identifies her as an elite Aristocrat and ethnic identity. Created during Qing dynasty, it identifies her origin and status, as they typically wore six earrings rather than one not from mainland china, but shes from Manchuria - men were not allowed to look at her face, so the male family members had to describe how she looked, hence the generic look to her face -blue pattern and impression on the carpet, draws attention to the fact that she is not alive anymore, so the mechanics of the background and perspective is not accurate on purpose -HUSBAND: Shi Wehnying -two are clearly connected visually, same carpet, similar dress under the layer he is wearing

But its a woman and like shes wearing blue robes with blue carpet

GUTAI GROUP , atsuko tanaka, electric dress -GUTAI GROUP: exploring the boundaries of art in the 20th century, lot of performance and installation work -a performance piece, not just artwork.

Dress yah Jan miss her

-rejection of rococo, because associates rococo with French aristocracy, the rich -deep thoughts, science, philosphy -john locke and issac newton -start of scientifc method -locke: gov't should protect and support the people of basic human rights, gov't should be overthrown if it doesn't -waning of aristocracy and the church into the rights of people -start of industrial revolution 1750-1790

ENLIGHTENMENT

HOKUSAI, five beautiful women. Ink and color on silk. East Asia. -IN ORDER: -elite warrior family at the very top (painted in iris, holds a pen and paper clearly about to write something) -wealthy merchant (shiborI) -Shibori type garment arranging flowers -lady in waiting (floral) floral painted garments with a hat, hat worn by court ladies -Courtsean (peacock and obi) High clas courtesan, complex head covering, obi at front to tye it easier. -middle aged woman LMAO HIROSHIGE work, style called YKIYO-E (floating world) -disconnect with the world, idea that everything is impermanent in life, everything is fleeting and changing, this idea meant that people would take pleasure in pleasure district, partake in food and drinks, movie theater, etc, because nothing is permanent, why not. - THIS WORK: foreground: close tree, famous tree called the sleeping dragon plum, very old tree. So old the branches would underlay downwards and upwards like a dragon, famous or producing double blossom, a rare trait. The figures in the back, this whole scene is taking place during early spring time. A sense of chronology of this event.

Except its like five women in like a scroll format yeah

THEME : TEXTURE, the surface quality, smooth? rough? -rise of printmaking, etching, woodblock prints -emphasis on fine detail an realism, high amounts of realistic detail, not idealized or beautiful, making it convincingly real as possible -decline of religious commissions 1490-1527

HIGH NORTHERN RENAISSANCE

emphasis on beauty, harmony, and naturalism -influence of classical antiquity -rise of middle class, more patrons -transition of oil (fresco to oil) artist as geniuses. 1490-1527

HIGH RENAISSANCE ITALY

JAMA (male robe) with poppies, 1650 cotton and gold leaf, from india -cotton and wool, embodies tradition of Mughal traidition -MALE ROBE, gathering a lot of fabric around the waist, tied to the waist, a full skirt and sleeves all the way down -invented by MUGHAL emperor, using fashion as a symbol of elite status and marker of taste, pants worn underneath waist of the garment, a lot of gathered area to show many material this individual can afford as well as the sleeves gathered up, symbol of ability to purchase excess materials -brings a sense of present in the room that's hard to ignore SOUTH ASIA

Indian robe

THEME: SUBJECT, who is depicted -more fluid, less naturalistic, lyrical -more experimentation with colors and forms -intentionally complex, for sophisticated patrons " -turning away from high renaissance from Italy(1527-1600)

LATE RENAISSANCE AND MANNERISM

-THEME: VOLUME (is it 2D/3D? what is its depth) -new classic -art and cultural movement -resurgence of classical antiquity -recreation against rococo, contemporary to enlightenment -reason, order, proportion, harmony -influenced by ancient ideas (politics), push back against monarchy, emphasis on democracy and civic duty -JOHANN JOACHIM. Preserving art, emphasized on ancient greek art 1750-1850

NEOCLACISSM

-THEME ATTRIBUTES: what the figure is wearing or carrying -dutch golden age, seen as height of painting in the Netherlands -less religious art in holland wealthy merchant class 1600-1700

NORTHERN BAROQUE

Tagasode ("Whose sleeves?") ink, color, gold, and silver on paper. East Asia. 1600-1970 -room partition, folding screen -luminougold background made out of wood - the rack is holding -painted, embroidered, dyed kimonos, range of different skills, wide range of lovely garments owned by woman with great sophistication and taste -title: whose sleeves: comes from love poetry, with the idea where a woman is no longer alive, however she left her garments including her sleeves. In the memory of her, her lingering presence is more enticing that the presence herself -conversation between the painted garments on the screen and the physical garment hanging over the screen.

Not exactly the same

THEME: COLOR linked to French Monarchs -rosy, intimate view of the world -loose strokes, playful themes, pastel -curves, ornaments, asymmetry in architecture 1700-1800

ROCOCO

THEME: MEDIA, HOW WAS THE WORK MADE WITH WHAT MATERIALS -mughal rule after the 1600s. -art an important tool of the mughal court, but power wanes because of british colonialism -decline of buddhism, rise of hinduism and islam -much change, SYNCRETISM: results from various influeces coming together, meaning MELDING OF VARIOUS TWO PREEXISTING CULTURAL TRADITIONS, RELIGION, ETC. -buddhism declined after mughal's control 1600-1940

SOUTH ASIA

-light THEME -BAROQUE ---> barraoco (irregular pearl) - drama, movement, stark contrast, bold colors, emotion, -importance of art by catholic church to counteract the reformation, many new saints -change in religion, try to attract more followers, rely art for conversion -change in science 1600-1700

SOUTHERN BAROQUE: