Sample curated show
- 1. ANNOUNCING: LIGHT A CURATED EXHIBITION L. Blake L. Blake L. Blake Sample for Final Project in Art 102 Summer 2013 West Los Angeles College
- 2. Why Curate an Exhibition for an online Art History II course? for an online Art History II course? n Sunlight, firelight, the light of spirit and even neon light are subjects and media in the history of art. n In this Curated Exhibition we look at how several artists use the element of light. n We consider the symbolism of light and how the historical period and culture affects the artistic expression.
- 3. Early in European art, light was used symbolically to create the aura of holiness. Influenced by Masaccio, Fra Angelico expressed his reverence for God in a series of frescoes on the walls of his convent. The light coming over Angel Gabriel’s shoulder glows diagonally onto the kneeling Mary emphasizing this important moment. Annunciation, by Fra Angelico, 1440-41 Fresco, San Marco Convent, Florence, Italy
- 4. Light in landscapes creates drama in The Romantic Period Albert Bierstadt Sunrise, Yosemie Valley Oil on canvas, 36” x 52” Joseph Mallord WilliamTurner The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken Up 1838,oil on canvas, 35” x 49” The Romantic era championed the sublime and natural wildness and man’s relative smallness in relation to it.
- 5. Light carries mystery and surprises. If we focus on the yellowish sun in the Breugel, we miss Icarus who is drowning in the water as his wings were melted by the very same sun. In the Fragonard, the soft misty light is far enough in the background to keep the seductive lady and her lover in the shadows. Pieter Breugel the Elder Landscape with the Fall of Icarus c.1555, oil on panel, 2’5” x 3’8” Breugel ‘s passion for landscape reflects his era: 16th century global exploration, and the Humanist approach of Petrarch. Fragonard The Swing 1766, oil on canvas, 35” x 32” This seductive painting refers to the leisure class in Paris of the 18th century.
- 6. Light painted with texture, turmoil, and fire. Claude Monet J.W Turner El Greco
- 7. by Henry Tanner 1898, 4’9” x 5’11” oil on canvas Light symbolically “replaces” the Angel Gabriel in this Annunciation . Since he was a “Realist” he wouldn’t paint an angel!
- 8. DAN FLAVIN UNTITLED (in Honor of Harold Joachim), 1977. Fluorescent light fixtures, 8 ft square across the corner. “Flavin describes this work as a “corner installation...intended to be beautiful, to produce color the color mix of a lovely illusion...” Art Across Time, 4th ed. page 927 Much of the Art of the later 20th century and early 21st investigates new technologies and media.