Lecture 6 Flashcards
This is more functional or utilitarian than pictures and sculptures
Architecture
Form follows function
main principle in architecture
purpose or use of the building
function
shape, size, color, texture, space, proportion
form
who developed the skyscraper
sullivan
this sought to integrate architecture with the natural landscape
prairie style
this addressed the urban need to provide offices and apartment blocks on relatively small areas of land
skyscrapers
sabungan
recreational type
sari-sari store
commercial type
kapilya
religious type
watchtowers and lighthouses
military or defense types
feminine beauty in terms of shape was function
venus of willendorf
oldest surviving three-dimensional depiction of human body
venus of willendorf
how old is venus of willendorf
8, 000 to 10, 000 years
who painted adam and eve (1526)
lucas cranach
style of adam and eve
high renaissance art
figures of feminine beauty in the past have arisen from supreme value that early humans placed on
fertility and reproduction to ensure the survival of the tribe
this color symbolizes fertility and the capacity for reproduction
green
the action is the art
action theory
the artwork is not the painting, it is the moment that the artist is doing it
action theory
he began as a regionalist and turned to surrealism
jackson pollock
he used a drip technique to produce his most celebrated pictures, in which he engaged his whole body in the act of painting
drip technique
when i am in my painting, i’m not aware of what i’m doing… because the painting has a life of its own
jackson pollock
