Hello all: Just like what I mentioned in our class before, your homework during the weekend is to choose your favorite artist for your group presentation. Each group is required to write 10 to 15 pages paper in Word format and present the most important part together with artwork images in PowerPoint during and outside […]
Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of Early Renaissance. During his lifetime he was one of the most acclaimed painters in Italy. Leonardo Davinci was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and one of three most famous Renaissance artists. Michelangelo Buonarroti was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance, and one of three […]
Neoclassicism is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theater, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the “classical” art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome. The main Neoclassical movement coincided with the 18th century Age of Enlightenment, and continued into the early 19th century, latterly competing […]
Drop off artwork (up to 4 pieces) in the University Art Gallery Friday, Feb 21. 9am-4pm Saturday, Feb 22, 1-4pm Monday, Feb 24, 9am–6pm Pick up declined artwork: Wednesday, Feb 26, 9am-6pm Exhibit Info Exhibit runs March 4 – April 15 Public Talk by the Juror, ceramicist Tommy Frank: Tuesday, February 25, 6:00pm in OP […]
Rococo (rə’koʊkoʊ), or “Late Baroque”, is an 18th-century artistic movement and visual art style, which affected several aspects of the arts including painting, sculpture, architecture, interior design, and decoration art. The Rococo developed in the early part of the 18th century in Paris, France as a reaction against the grandeur, symmetry and strict regulations of […]
The Birth of Baroque Masters of Baroque The Baroque (bəˈroʊk) is a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, architecture, literature, dance, and music. The style began around 1600 in Rome, Italy and spread to most of Europe. Artists […]
