The Figure in Art History

Mrs. Moore Art I/II

Objectives:

• Students will recognize the progression of proportions in the human figure through history of art

• Students will compare the various depictions of the human figure through art history

Venus of Willendorfc. 24,000-22,000 BC

P R E H I S T O R I C

Fertility

E G Y P T I A N Unchanged

G R E E K

Contrapposto8 Heads

R O M A N

Realism

LEONARDO DaVINCI

MICHELANGELO

Italian R E N A I S S A N C E

Foreshortening

M A N N E R I S M

ParagianinoAmmanatiElongation

Renoir

IMPRESSIONISM Degas

Everyday

Life

M O D E R N I S M

Picasso

Henry Moore

Egon Schiele

Experimentation

CitationsThe images and information in this PowerPoint Presentation derived from the ppt. “The Figure in Art Through History: A Mirror of Cultural Ideas.”

• Slide 3http://witcombe.sbc.edu/willendorf/images/willendorfa.jpg

• Slide 4 http://www.bres.boothbay.k12.me.us/wq/breichard/Magazine/images/Egyptian%20Sculpture • Slide 5

http://faculty.evansville.edu/rl29/art105/img/greek_spearbearer.jpg http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/Images/109images/greek_archaic_classical/sculpture/kouros_kroisos.jpg http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/Images/109images/greek_archaic_classical/sculpture/kritiosboy.jpg

• Slide 6 http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~ekondrat/portae.jpeg

• Slide 7 http://faculty.evansville.edu/rl29/art105/img/michelangelo_lastjudge.jpg http://www.exrx.net/Images/daVinci.jpg

• Slide 8 http://faculty.evansville.edu/rl29/art105/img/parmagianino_longneck.jpg http://www.hermanstudios.com/quiz%202/nymph.jpg

• Slide 9 http://www.eyeconart.net/history/Impressionism/DegasBath2.jpg http://www.svcc.cc.il.us/academics/classes/murray/hum210/renoir.jpg

• Slide 10 http://www.xtec.es/~jarrimad/contemp/moore01.jpg

http://www.studioprogetto.net/incubatoio16/2/schiele.jpg http://ml.hss.cmu.edu/ml/Polyglot/Polyglot_Fall_2001_edition/picasso_demoiselles.jpeg

PowerPoint Quiz – TeacherWeb.com/MN/UMDEduc5413/MrsMoore