Art Search One
Pilar Denha
Art Appreciation
Baker College of Auburn Hills
7-1-2014

Art Search One
The Sacred Realm * Title of the work of art: Assumption * Artist: Tiziano Vecellio also known as Titian * Date: 1518 * Page number from Getlein: p. 42 * Material: Primarily used oil-ground paint * Historical Art Movement: This painting represents the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven body and soul. Titian imagined the way she died and all the angels gathered around her in time of comfort and at the top of the picture there is God welcoming her home. This is considered to be a sacred realm because it is a world we cannot see except through faith. What is interesting about the sacred realm focuses mainly on faith by demonstrating it through abstract ideas. I say that because we really do not know what angels and God look like so when the artist creates that for the viewers to see and have an image in their head. Although this painting is not in a museum, “The Assumption can be seen from the far end of the church, drawing the eye to the sacred space of the altar” (Getlein, 2010, p. 43).
Politics and Social Order * Title of the work of art: Lion Panel * Artist: Jean Marie Chauvet * Date: 30,000 B.C.E. * Page number from Getlein: p. 5 * Material: Cave Art * Historical art movement: I chose this cave art because it is not typically the type of art that I would usually pay any attention too. This piece of art is pictured in chapter one. “Archaeologists have formed some tentative conclusion about how the paintings were doing” (Getlein, 2010, p. 4). A majority of images are red, yellow, and with few black or engraved ones. In the second part, the animals are mostly black, with far fewer engravings and red figures. It is important to know that cave art was something that showed how people lived. Many of the work told stories, mainly with animals. The dominant animals throughout the cave are lions, mammoths, and rhinoceroses. This is because these animals were rarely hunted in the wild. This theme establishes freedom and rulers. Social order throughout history is represented in art.
Stories and Histories * Title of the work of art: Guernica * Artist: Pablo Picasso * Date: May 1st, 1937 * Page number from Getlein: p. 140 * Material: Mural size canvas * Historical art movement: Guernica is one of the paintings that changed the revolution in the art world. “The horror will be revealed to us by the light of a lamp” (Getlein, 2010, p. 140). The painting depicts the scene after the bombing of the Basque town. The painting was completed just a few weeks after the attack had taken place. Picasso wanted to reflect on the tragic nature of war, and the suffering that was imposed on members of the public, especially women and children. The work is viewed as a key antiwar symbol and a reminder of the suffering that had taken place. I believe that Picasso decided to draw this because of the culture that he is from.
Looking Outward: The Here and Now * Title of the work of art: Music Lessons * Artists: Henri Matisse * Date: 1917 * Page number from Getlein: p. 36 * Material: Oil on canvas * Historical art movement: This oil painting describes family being together. It’s a beautiful reminder of knowing that you are never alone. “This picture depicts the pleasure of music, its solidary and intellectual side” (Getlein, 2010, p. 37). This theme is represented in this piece of art by notice what our life is like in this present time, at a certain place, and at a certain time. Matisse once declared that he wanted his art to be one "of balance, of purity and serenity. Looking Inward: The Human Experience * Title of the work of art: Fernando, Manuel, David * Artist: John Sonsini * Date: 2006 * Page number from Getlein: p. 163 * Material: Oil on canvas * Historical art movement: When I think of a human experience, I think of self-portraits, personal and introspective. The way he painted this just shows how confident Sonsini is in his art work. “The heavily loaded brush piling on the paint up in a thick texture is called impasto” (Getlein, 2010, p. 163). His thickly painted portraits of Latino men that he is “remaking the person’s image.” (Beil, 2007).
Invention and Fantasy * Title of the work of art: Unique forms of continuity in space * Artist: Umberto Boccioni * Date: March 1913 * Page number in Getlein: p.487 * Material: Bronze * Historical art movement: Boccioni says “must give life to objects by making their extension in space palpable and systematic” (Getlein, 2010, p.487). This bronze material represents a human figure; he creates an anonymous superhuman figure striding purposefully through space. This is a symbol of vitality and strength, yet its impetuous step rests lightly on the ground as if the opposing air gave the figure wings. This gives emphasis on how natural world looks. An imagined version of reality so to speak.
The Natural World * Title of the work of art: Nude woman having her hair combed * Artist: Edgar Degas * Date: 1886-88 * Page number from Getlein: p.34 * Material: Pastel on paper * Historical art movement: How we see the real world. Being nude is natural to some more than others. It gives some a sense of relief and peace. Edgar has a more naturalistic approach than other artists do. Her body is shaped in a way that most women, a little heavier look instead of the way society portrays most women. The colors are Pastel on light green wove paper, now discolored to warm gray. Art and Art * Title of the work of art: Night street chaos * Artist: Toots Zynsky * Date: 1998 * Page number from Getlein: p. 275 * Material: Fused and thermo formed glass threads * Historical art movement: Zynsky has a style to experience with blowing and molding. What is amazing about this piece is that it is shaped as a bowl but the final work of this glass was when Zynsky pushed her hands into the bowl making it the symmetrical shape that it is. “The only thing they contain is my sort of fantasies and dream” (Getlein, 2010, p. 275).

References
Getlein, M. (2010). Living with art (9th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
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