Study guide by Lyka Saavedra

Arts of History

lykasaavedra123 — 2024-09-23 13:40:45 UTC

Art history – the study of art from across the world, and from the ancient to the present day – covers virtually every aspect of human history and experience. This is because it looks at works of art not just as objects, but as a way of understanding the world, and the societies in which they were created.

What is history?

lykasaavedra123 — 2024-09-23 13:44:06 UTC

lykasaavedra123 — 2024-09-23 13:59:40 UTC

Elizabeth Southerden Thompson, also known as Lady Butler, was a British painter who specialized in painting scenes from British military campaigns and battles, including the Crimean War and the Battle of Waterloo.

Roll Call, a painting of the Crimean War, was an instant hit among buyers, and was bought by Queen Elizabeth to be hung in the royal palace. Why is the painting so relevant? It was created by a woman, which was not accepted in the 19th century. Roll Call was one of the best paintings at the Royal Academy; however, she was never officially accepted into the Royal Academy and her masterpiece later fell out of critical favor; this was all because of the simple fact that she was a woman.

In her quiet, dismissive ways, Elizabeth Thompson helped break down barriers for women simply because her talent was too great to be ignored. She was featured as one of the women Malcolm Gladwell calls "Door breakers" in his Podcast titled: The Lady Vanishes.

lykasaavedra123 — 2024-09-23 14:29:15 UTC

LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452 - 1519)
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Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most famous Renaissance artists in the world and is widely recognized as one of the most influential artists of all time. His masterpiece, Mona Lisa, is permanently displayed in the Louvre Museum in France protected behind bulletproof glass. Beyond painting, da Vinci was also a scientist and inventor; he created plenty of drawings of the human body and many modern technologies found in the world today. Simply put, da Vinci was undoubtedly a genius.

lykasaavedra123 — 2024-09-23 14:32:37 UTC

MICHELANGELO (1465 - 1564)

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Michelangelo is one of the most well-known artists of all time. He was a painter, a sculptor and an architect who also happened to write poetry from time to time. Most know him from his iconic painting of the Sistine Chapel or his creation of one of the greatest frescoes of the Renaissance, The Last Judgment, 20 years later.

lykasaavedra123 — 2024-09-23 14:44:56 UTC

Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring, 1665
Johannes Vermeer’s 1665 study of a young woman is startlingly real and startlingly modern, almost as if it were a photograph. This gets into the debate over whether or not Vermeer employed a pre-photographic device called a camera obscura to create the image. Leaving that aside, the sitter is unknown, though it’s been speculated that she might have been Vermeer's maid. He portrays her looking over her shoulder, locking her eyes with the viewer as if attempting to establish an intimate connection across the centuries. Technically speaking, Girl isn’t a portrait, but rather an example of the Dutch genre called a tronie—a headshot meant more as still life of facial features than as an attempt to capture a likeness.

lykasaavedra123 — 2024-09-23 14:50:08 UTC

Starry Night is one of the most recognized pieces of art in the world. It is absolutely everywhere, too. It can be seen on coffee, mugs, t-shirts, towels, magnets, etc. Honestly, it sometimes feels as if the painting’s fame has exceeded that of its creator. It is a magnificent piece of art. That Starry Night resonates with so many people is a testament to how its beauty is timeless and universal.
THE STORY OF STARRY STARRY NIGHT

Vincent van Gogh painted Starry Night in 1889 during his stay at the asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Van Gogh lived well in the hospital; he was allowed more freedoms than any of the other patients. If attended, he could leave the hospital grounds; he was allowed to paint, read, and withdraw into his own room. He was even given a studio. While he suffered from the occasional relapse into paranoia and fits - officially he had been diagnosed with epileptic fits - it seemed his mental health was recovering.