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Chapter 5 Reading Guide
5.3 Socio-cultural Contexts
5.3.1 – Historical Context |
What is a still life? What is genre painting? |
What are major, cultural events that impacted painting in late 15th and early 16th century in the Netherlands? |
What can the historical context let us know about 15h/16th century still life painting? |
5.3.2 – Social Context |
Lilly Martin Spencer, Conversation Piece |
5.3.3 – Personal or Creative Narrative Context |
Charles Demuth, The Figure 5 in Gold |
Georgia O’Keeffe, Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue, 1931 |
5.3.4 – Political Context |
Pear Blossoms, Qian Xuan, 1290, China Bamboo and Rocks, Li Kan (1318), China |
Francisco Goya, “The Disasters of War”, 82 etchings, Y no hai Remedio, |
5.3.5 – Scientific Context |
What is the Gold Ratio? |
Leonardo Da Vinci: investigation of human anatomy |
What were some of the impacts the invention of photography have? |
5.4 Symbolism and Iconography
5.4.1 – Changes in Meaning of Symbols and Iconography |
What is symbolism? |
What is a symbol? |
What is iconography? |
What can a cross symbolize? |
What can a swastika represent? |
5.4.2 – Symbolism, Iconography, and Visual Literacy |
What is visual literacy? |
What impact does visual literacy have on your understanding of images? |
Ritual Vase from Warka, 3200 – 3000 BCE, present-day Iraq |
5.4.3 – Symbolism and Iconography in Mythology and Storytelling |
Chapter 6 Reading Guide – Connecting Art to Our Lives
6.3 Aesthetics
What are aesthetics?
What is Kant’s “judgement of taste”?
What characterized the period of Romanticism?
Who was a famous Romantic painter in the early 19th century?
What characterized Dewey’s belief of the aesthetic experience?
6.4 Expression (Philosophical, Political, Religious, Personal)
What is a philosophy-based form of expression?
How are political statements made through artistic expression?
How can personal beliefs be reflected through artistic expression?
6.5 Unification/Exclusion
How can art unify and exclude?
6.6 Communication
How did art serve as a form of communication that taught through symbolism and images (vs. words)?
6.7 Protest and Shock
How can art be a means to protest?
6.8 Celebration and Commemoration
How can art be used to highlight a particular event?
6.9 Worship
How can art be used for religious purposes?
6.10 Information, Education, and Inspiration
How can art be used to inform, educate and inspire?