Assignment 1 - Introduction to art history analysis Professor Simmons PDF

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Introduction to art history analysis
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Introduction to art history analysis 1. The linked article above begins with three main questions for art historical inquiry. What are they? The three main question of the article are Why does a work of art look the way it does? Who made it and why? What does it mean? 2. In Art as a Physical Object, what is the value in understanding what material the work of art is made from? understanding the material the work of art is made from is important because as a historian it can be used in conservation.As an artist different materials have different effects and different ways of manipulated. 3. What is the main job of art conservators? The job of an art conservator is to use advanced technology that can show objects that are not visible to the human eye and analysis materials. 4. When doing a visual (formal) analysis, what aspects of the artwork are analyzed? When doing a visual analysis the main aspects to notice on the artwork is form such as format , composition , viewpoint, scale, and describing visible qualities. 5. Why is the formal analysis method considered to be subjective? Formal analysis is considered to be subjective because it is an exercise and means of analyzing visual experience. 6. What is "style?" Style is used to determine the origin of a work of art and formal characteristics. 7. What do art historians want to discover when they analyze art as a cultural artifact? When Art historian analyze cultural artifacts they discover who , why , and how it functioned 8. What is iconography?

Iconography is interpretation of its meaning . 9. Art historians consider the motivations of the people that made the artwork - one of these is the artist. Who else is responsible for the creation of the artwork? Another person that is responsible for the creation of the artwork is to serve some purpose besides being there. 10. Today, art historians ask traditional questions but also new ones inspired by social developments? List three of those developments. The four developments of social development is feminism, globalism, multiculturalism, and

identity politics.

Common Questions About Dates (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. 11. Who developed the calendar we use today? The person that developed the calendar today is Gregorian calendar and was instituted by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. 12. Why do some people use BCE/CE instead of BC/AD? Some people use BCE/CE because it is know more and not to refer to christians . 13. What does "circa" mean? Circa is in latin and means around or approximately . 14. Why is 2019 in the 21st century? 2019 is in the 21st century because it is referring to the 2000's ....