art history
-I think that we are seeing so many more portraits being painted because the artist have become much better at drawing/painting people they have worked on proportion and the golden ratio
-They have also learned more about the human body in a scientific way--thanks to Leonardo Da Vinci -There were also a lot more rich people to commission paintings of themselves
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Albrecht Durer was very influenced by the perfect human form and the system of proportion and measurements that were very big during the Renaissance. Some medieval aspects of the print are how small the animals in the background are in comparison with Adam and Eve, they seem to be out of proportion of everything else. I think he perfected this skill because it made him very unique as an artist. He was one of the best because he was also scientific about it like Leonardo Da Vinci.
I think that as an artist Leonardo Da Vinci cared the most about realism and perfection the most. A lot of the time he was doing art was for science, so he wanted it to look as realistic as possible. He created the modern science illustration, and so he probably wanted it to be as perfect as it could be. He was very detailed oriented, like when he dissected dead people, he wanted to be able to draw them as correctly as possible.
The wall was originally a royal residence for the king, and it remains in its original state today. The site of rituals and cemeteries. The Great Enclosure was either the queens residence or a temple.
They were organized because the great enclosure is made of rocks that are all the same size and stacked up from the ground and it was built entirely out of curves, no lines or straight angles. Masonry techniques at the time were highly developed and organized. The people that still love here continue to recount their history through song. The Bantu are not always literate in their mother tongue. They used places of worship, and these stone buildings are assume to be used as houses of worship. The Great Mosque of Djenne shows that there are a lot of cultures in this region of Africa, and they are very proud of their culture and history. But sometimes maybe too much so because they will not let current residents change anything so they don't loose their history. This shows how much they care about their "religion" and having a place to worship. Shona People- Located in the great Zimbabwe and started building in the 11th century and ended about 1450 AD, a large center for trading. They farmed millet, sorghum, corn (a staple of their culture), rice, beans, peanuts, and sweet potatoes. They also kept cattle for milk but they were mostly used for barter and to show status. The art they did included ironwork, pottery, and music. They believe in a creator-god Mwari.
Benin Empire- 13th–19th century, starting in the 13th century Prince Oranmiyan of Ife took over rule, they were mostly dependent on agriculture. They produced yams, cassava, corn, millet, beans, and rice and livestock was cattle, sheep and goats, pigs, horses, and poultry. Art included sculptures and ritual objects cast of bronze and carved of ivory. Mali Empire-13th-16th century, were a part of the later gold trade in Ghana, they had chiefs as their rulers, towards the later years it gain political and military strength. Their art was mostly spiritual, but also used for rituals and everyday activities. Asante People- 17th century, they mostly farm plantain, bananas, cassava, yams, and cocoyams for the local area and cacao for exporting. They are a matrilineage people and they a queen mother and a chief. Their art had a lot of gold because they were on the gold coast. Kuba People- 17th-19th century, they farm corn, cassava, millet, peanuts, and beans to be used locally, they grow raffia and oil palms, raise corn to export, and they also hunt and fish. They are a united kingdom ruled by a central Bushongo group. Nature spirits, the spirits of dead kings, and witchcraft are their main religious focuses. Their art used a lot of raffia, and woven textiles and fiber, and lots of beads. They make lots monumental, ornate helmet masks which they are mostly known for. |
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