Fichas
Understanding Art
Fichas del conjunto (4)
- 1—Gustav Klimt
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
1912
Oil on Canvas
*Stolen by Nazis, sold for $135 million in 2006
Lecture Topic Value of Art 01/12/2015 - 2—Journey of the Sun God Re, detail from the inner coffin of Nespawershefi
990-969 BCE
Plastered and Painted Wood
Example of ~Hierarchy of Scale~ ; Art and Religion; Rebirth / Afterlife; Importance of River;
01/12/2015
- 3—William G Wall
Fort Edward
1820
~Aquatint~
Nationalism; Conquest; Colonialism
Art and Community? Rulers?
01/12/2015
- 4—Louise Nevelson
White Vertical Water
Painted Wood
Invokes a sensation; no specific space, a personal experience rather than religious or political
Art as Expression?
01/12/2015