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Final Project Outline/Background

Jan Steen
Merry Company on a Terrace
Ca. 1670
Metropolitan Museum of Art

 


Attributed to the Master of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
Hercules and Achelous
Approx. mid-17th century
Metropolitan Museum of Art

 


Jean Cornu
Venus Giving Arms to Aeneas
1704
Metropolitan Museum of Art

 


Domenichino
The Lamentation
1603
Metropolitan Museum of Art

 


Adriaen Brouwer
The Smokers
Ca. 1636
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Something that is noteworthy within all the artworks above is the exaggerations of the postures and facials expressions of the subjects used to covey drama and strong emotions within the viewer. The way the subjects are “moving” in the works makes for well-intended illustration of theatrical drama. In addition, the use of the contrast of light and dark color brings attention to the certain parts or characters. These key components are most prominent in the chosen artworks as well as the majority of Baroque art.

Outline/Background

Final Project Choice #1- Write a Paper Assignment (750-1000 Words)

Topic: The evolution of realistic art. (1400s – 1800s)

Over history in art, realism has influenced the way art is done. The addition of more natural methods into art has made it more life-like and it helps the viewer to be more amazed and engaged.

Thesis: In art history realism has influenced the way art is perceived by people evolving to a more natural and realistic art rather than exaggerated dimensions and unnatural work of art.

Below is the different works of art I will be using for this Final Project:

 

 The Dead Christ, by Andrea Mantegna c.1480

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Plato, Aristotle and other ancient philosophers and mathematicians depicted in Raphael’s School of Athens, fresco, 1509-1511

Raphael, School of Athens, fresco, 1509-1511 (Stanza della Segnatura, Papal Palace, Vatican)

 

Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom, The Return to Amsterdam of the Second Expedition to the East Indies, 1599

Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom, The Return to Amsterdam of the Second Expedition to the East Indies, 1599, oil on canvas (Rijksmuseum)

A Burial at Ornans (1849-50) by Gustave CourbetGustave Courbet: A Burial at Ornans (1849-50)

Final Project Outline / Background

Thesis: Greek and Roman art creates a central focus on the human experience through the showcase of the human body itself. Through various Greek and Roman art, you are able to see the aesthetics and natural beauty shown through sculptures of humans. This encompasses the stance of humanism through the appreciation of the human body.

Title: The Greek Slave

Artist: Hiriam Powers

Date: 1843

Brooklyn museum

The Greek Slave is a female nude that expresses all the struggles that this person endured through her lifetime. You are able to see the slave bounded by chains with a sort of blank expression showing the acceptance of her life and problems that she has experienced.

 

Title: Marble relief with Herakles carrying the Erymanthian Boar

Artist: Unknown

Date: 27 B.C.-A.D. 68

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This marble relief showcases Herakles successfully capturing a boar that rests on his shoulders. Through the showcase of Herakles’muscular toned body, you can see the appreciation of the role and duty of Herakles as a hunter and warrior.

 

Title: Kouros

Artist: Unknown

Date: 590-580 B.C.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Kouros is a free standing sculpture of a male nude. Through the stiffness and position of the body, you are able to tell that this person was of a high rank. The figure being nude also expresses the appreciation of the human body.

 

Title: Bronze Statue of the emperor Trebonianus Gallus

Artist: Unknown

Date: A.D. 251-253

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The statue of emperor Trebonianus Gallus reveals a nude male of extremely high class. Although different from many ideal body figures, this oversized statue reveals the appreciation of the human body as the expression and stance by the emperor shows power.

 

Title: Marble Statue of Youth

Artist: Unknown

Date: 1st century A.D.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Marble Statue of Youth is a clear representation of humanism through the visuals of the human body. The statue represents the victory of the male and just like many other Greek and Roman sculptures, the statue is a nude with an ideal body of a male athlete.

Final Project Outline

For the final assignment, I will be doing the first option, which is the paper proposal.

Thesis statement:

The focus in art shifted from Gods in Egyptian art to humans in Greek & Roman art. This is known as Humanism. The Greeks & Romans believed that humans should be celebrated equal to or even more so than the Gods in their artwork. 

The three works of art I will be discussing include:

The Brooklyn Museum

Meretseger

EGYPTIAN, CLASSICAL, ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ART Old Kingdom to 18th Dynasty

ca. 1479–1400 B.C.E.

 

From the side:

I will be using this to show the emphasis that was made on the Gods in Egyptian artwork. This goddess, whose name means “she who loves silence,” has a woman head and a cobra’s body. An animal with a human head is a common thing Egyptians did in art. Some background information is that as a local deity, Meretseger guarded the Valley of the Kings, where monarchs were entombed, and the village of craftsmen who worked there. Though a dangerous animal, her purpose was to protect the workers in the valley, and also sometimes to punish people who did wrong things. Gods were the focus in the art pieces showing superiority over human beings. This is seen in the artwork because Meretseger is not portrayed as a human being.  This shows that the gods were special because they were portrayed in a different kind of appearance compared to humans and were the focus in Egyptian art.

 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET)

Marble statue of a kouros (youth)

Ancient Greece, Attic

ca. 590–580 B.C

This sculpture shows how humans became the center in art. This is one of the earliest marble statues of a human figure carved in Attica. Ideas were still taken from history. For example, the rigid stance, with the left leg forward and arms at the side was from Egyptian art. The statue marked the grave of a young Athenian aristocrat.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET)

Marble statue of Hermes

Roman

1st or 2nd century A.D.

The Greeks had a major influence on Roman art. This sculpture depicts a built, muscular man standing in a more confident pose in nudity. I will use this to show how humans were the core in Romanian art.