Lecture 4 Flashcards
Author of Dialogues
Plato
Who is the student of Socrates
Plato
What are Plat’s two ideas of art
Art is imitation and Art is dangerous
According to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
Artists just copy the thing in the “world of becoming”
What are the three levels of Plato’s imitationism?
Idea, Matter, Art
Who wrote: We will define painting, sculpture and dance as the imitation of beautiful nature conveyed through colors, through relief, and through attitudes. And music and poetry are the imitation of beautiful nature conveyed through sounds, or through measured discourse.”
Batteux
Definition of painting sculpture based on imitationism
Imitation of the appearances of people, things, or events
Definition of music based on imitationism
Imitation of the sound of the universe
Definition of dance based on imitationism
Movements of animals, nature or things
Definition of literature based on imitationism
Imitation of life through language
Definition of drama based on imitationism
Imitation of life through action and dialogue
What is art according to representationism
Art is an image, an appearance, a copy, a reproduction of things, people, objects, or event
This means changing the physical appearance of nature, like a natural marble that turns into a sculpture by carving and cutting
Physical Alteration
This means enhancing the appearance of nature, like a forest that becomes a garden by arranging and trimming the plants, or a woman beautifying herself by putting cosmetics on her face
Selective modification
This means copying nature according to the choice of the artist, but the resulting image is still recognizable
Perceptual Interpretation
Who is the real woman behind the painting of a woman
Dora Maar
What style of art is painting of a woman
Cubist Style
What art style is Mattise?
Fauvist
The more the art resembles the nature, the more it becomes beautiful
Exact representation
“Art is putting mirror up to the nature”
Shakespeare
Art is a window to nature
Leonardo da Vinci
Term for trick the eye
TROMPE L’OEIL
Who painted grapes so realistically that birds pecked at them
Zeuxis
Who painted the image of a curtain realistically
Parrhasius