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SEEING AND DESCRIBING ART An Introduction

Introduction to Art for HONRS 202

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SEEING AND DESCRIBING ARTAn Introduction

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The Lamentation GiottoArena Chapel. (1305-1306)

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Arena Chapel, Padua

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The Lamentation of the Dead ChristAndrea Mantegna(c. 1480)

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FORM

SUBJECT MATTER

CONTENT

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FORM - the overall structure of a work

SUBJECT MATTER - what is depicted

CONTENT - what the artwork means

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REPRESENTATIONAL

ABSTRACT

NONOBJECTIVE

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The Kiss, Auguste Rodin (1882) The Kiss, Constantin Brancusi (1916)

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Panel from St. Francis AltarpieceBonaventura Berlinghieri1235Tempera on wood60” x 42”

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Nativity, window in Chartres Cathedral (Notre Dames), France

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No. 61 Rust and Blue, Mark Rothko (1953)

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Tukutuku panels, Maori people, New Zealand

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Naturalistic Abstract

Representational or Nonrepresentational

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FORMAL ELEMENTS

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