Art & Music + Special Area: The Stuff that Dreams Are Remade Of Flashcards
what did butter sculpting originate from?
banquet art
Renaissance & Baroque periods
earliest reference to butter art
1536
Bartolomeo Scappi’s sculptures - elephant, tableau of Hercules fighting a lion
Caroline Shawk Brooks
an American sculptor born in 1840
gained fame for her butter sculptures
Caroline’s butter sculpture was cased in….
ice
what traditional tools did Caroline usually use for her butter sculptures
butter paddles
broom straws
“camel’s hair pencil”
how did Caroline’s traditional tools help her?
They allowed her to craft extremely detailed sculptures
One of Caroline Brooks’ most notable sculptures in her 1873 creation
“Dreaming Lolanthe”
depicts Lolanthe, a blind princess from the drama, ‘King Rene’s daughter’
Dreaming Lolanthe - exhibition place & number of visitors
Cincinnati
over 2000 visitors
additional sculptures of Lolanthe
1876 -> a bas-relief (shallow) for the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia
full size sculpture of Lolanthe, shipped to Paris for the 1879 World’s Fair
what materials did Erika Iris Simmons use
old books
cassette tapes
cards
magazines
effect of Simmons’ use of older materials
brings nostalgia
themes of renewal
Erika Simmons - Ghost in the Machine
famous celebrities portrayed using magnetic ribbons from cassette tapes
figures portrayed in “Ghose in the Machine”
Marilyn Monroe
Bob Dylan
Robert De Niro
Simmons’ choice of cassette tapes
connection with the figure
(e.g: actors - portrayed with film tapes)
MISSA - date
1992 - 2012
MISSA - description
piece consisting of 100 army boots
created with mono- filament & metal grid
where was MISSA displayed
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal collection
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
MISSA - title’s origin
Latin - “To be sent”
MISSA - message
army boots uniformly arranged -> soldiers are treated as identical entities
portrays them as puppets of the totalitarian regime
dehumanizing aspects of war
photogrammetry
technique involving thousands of photos digitally combined in 3D
earliest rock art - date
133 - 433 AD
why might we only know small portions of rock art
pigments can disappear
rocks may crumble
what might aid in the discovery of ancient stencil art?
digital manipulation of images
(e.g: Reflectance Transformation Imaging)
RTI - achievements
discovered an engraved Bison in El Castillo
seeing through calcium deposits to uncover unseen art
Leang Timpuseng cave - location
Maros Pankep, Suwalesi, Indonesia
Leang Timpuseng cave - discoveries
second oldest cave paintings were discovered
art inside Leang Timpesung - date
37,900 BC
OLDEST cave painting in the world
El Castillo paintings - 39,000 BC
Leang Timpuseng cave - techniques used
Uranium decay technique
(using Uranium & thorium)
Leang Timpuseng cave - discovered date & finder
July 1857
Alfred Wallace
Leang Timpuseng cave - significance of the paintings
initial belief that humans lacked art skilled before leaving Africa was proven wrong
Charles Darwin - job
naturalist of the ship HMS beagle
most significant stop of Darwin’s journey
Galapagos Island, Ecuador
What did Darwin do to the birds for later research?
He was unfamiliar with the birds, so he killed and preserved them for later.
When did Darwin return to England?
1836
Who did Darwin colarborate with?
John Gould
How many birds did Gould identify
14 birds
12 of them were entirely new
main question- what was a particularly noteworthy adaptation for each species of finches?
their different beak
additional: it was concluded that those birds were native to the Galapagos Islands
follow up question - what did the birds’ different beaks support?
the theory of evolution
what views did Jean-Baptiste Lamarck have?
emerging species
argued that species could spontaneously appear
Who was Erasmus Darwin?
Charles Darwin’s grandfather, who had previously proposed the theory of evolution
+ Charles Darwin used his observations to substantiate his grandfather’s ideas
Lascaux IV - date and location
1940
Southern France
When and why were carves of Lacaux IV get sealed off?
1963
due to carbon dioxide and sweat of visitors
What did the French government do to preserve Lascaux VI’s ancient artworks?
It invested 64 million euros to create a near perfect replica of the cave.
Story behind Lascaux IV’s discovery
four teenagers and a dog were exploring a forest, the dog fell down a hole
+ this hole is also crafted for the replica for an “authentic” experience
process of viewing Lascaux IV
- viewing outside on top of the underground museum
- Walking down into the cave entrance
contents of Lascaux IV replica
over 600 paintings
1000 engravings
Who is Jean-Pierre Chadelle?
an archeologist, who used to give tours for the original cave
uses a laser light to point out important details
the director of Lascaux IV’s replica
Giullaume Colombo
What does prehistorian Jean Clottes suggest about the paintings in Lascaux IV?
The animals depicted would have represented spiritual symbols rather than those that were eaten.
Process involved in the construction of Lascaux IV’s replica
tracing the art on the wall, pixel by pixel using 3D digital scanning
interactive experience of Lascaux IV
personalized tablets in multiple languages
pyramid in Detroit - who and when
engineer E.S Wheeler
1908
What was Wheeler’s attempt to construct a Detroit pyramid like?
comedic, unserious, yet optimistic
based on imagination and speculation rather than facts
prosed location for Wheeler’s pyramid
Cadillac’s Village
12-acre site in Detroit
hypothetical working hours for Wheeler’s pyramid (according to himself)
24 million days
if one fifth of the population (16 million) participated, it would be built in a day and a half
How many pyramids could 300 million people construct, according to Wheeler?
2.5 pyramids
Eiffella - description, who?
a playful tribute and scaled down replica of the Eiffel Tower
Phillipe Maindron
Eiffella - location, size
Paris
1/10th of the original, 32m tall
Eiffella- date
April 1 to 10, 2023
(was almost seen as an April fools joke, yet demonstrated Maindron’s appreciation for the original)
Eiffel Tower - date
construction started in 1887
ended at 1889 (just in time for the Paris Exposition)
archaeologist Andrew Goldman
Introduced VR tech to his classes
delivered lectures about Pompeii through VR
Lithodomos
VR experience creator for tourists
what notion did Goldman’s interactive courses challenge?
that Pompeii was a small town
the founder of Lithodomos
Simon Young
What future does Goldfish envision?
where powerful VR technology in smartphones become natural in classrooms
Goldman’s favorite example for a lesson
teaching students about the Colosseum, assigning courseworks based on various viewpoints
effects of Goldfish’s Colosseum coursework
increases historical accuracy, while shedding light on the lives of the less-fortunate
When did Moldigliani arrive in Paris after the second world war
1919
VR experience hosted by the Tate Art Museum
recreates Moldigilani’s studio, where he spent time from 1919 to 1920
why was it challenging to recreate Moldigilani’s studio?
there were no existing photos from the 1910’s
what was the recreation of Moldigilani’s studio based on?
First hand accounts
actual empty space
notable pieces of Moldigilani
Self Portrait
Jeanne Hébuterne (1919)
The Opening of the Diet 1863 - description
the center of National Museum of Finland’s new exhibit
painting by R.W Ekman
What does The Opening of the Diet 1863 allow viewers to do?
interact with the Emperor & representatives from various social classes
visit the Hall of Mirrors in the former imperial palace
Zoan Oy
the largest Finnish VR studio
created virtual experience to transport visitors to a crucial moment in Finland’s legislative history
Period when Finland was the duchy of Russia, while maintaining a degree of independence
