Nature and Man in Art
BELIEFS shape art
The GIVENS shape art
Art is Us Lecture 1
What does this painting tell us?
Describe this scene.
The significance of reality
& the Law of Frontality
EGYPTIAN ART
Formal
Stylized
Inhibited
Tradition-bound
Preoccupied by
life after death
Post & Lintel Architecture
Minoan Palace of Knossos, Crete
A culture in which their
art and architecture
respond to nature through
magic and ritual.
A mythical relationship with
the bull and the dictates of
nature.
Minoan
Minoan Snake Goddess Minoan Bull
Mycenaean Gold Cellature: Contrasting views of reality.
Lion Gate
Who built it?
What does the sculpture represent?
Mycenaean
Greek Geometric Minoan Octopus Vase
What do these artifacts tell us about their respective cultures?
Greek Archaic Greek Classic
The TransitionA new view of man
and his place in this
World.
To be continued…