1. appreciating art from ancient times until the present ART COURSE OVERVIEW www.edu-tainers.com © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

2. Overview The History of Art Learn about the artists’ lives and influences and how they are reflected in their works. Hear the crazy stories you never knew about your favorite pieces! Explore the stylistic elements of different periods, movements and artists, and learn about how art influences our lives and why it is important. The following topics will be broken down into individual sessions which we will explore together! © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP Drawing Hands, M.C. Escher, 1948

3. Ancient World Art Journey to the ancient worlds of China, India, Japan, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome and Egypt Learn about mythology and history Discover examples of architecture, sculpture, and earthenware © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

4. Ancient World Art Laocoön and his Sons, Vatican Museums, Rome Edu-tainers LLLP

5. Hall of the Bulls28,000- 10,000 BCE, Lascaux, France

6. Ancient World Art – Did you know… While excavating a village near Baghdad in 1936, the mysterious 2,000 year old vase at the left was found A German archeologist performed an experiment by filling it with grape juice (as the ancients would have done), and it produced nearly 1 volt of electricity This proves our ancestors had battery technology over 1,800 years ago! It would have been used to electroplate objects with precious metals, such as gold and silver © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

7. Ancient World Art The ancient battery in the Baghdad Museum Edu-tainers LLLP

8. Chinese Art © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP Unearth ancient Chinese sculptures and ceramics Unlock the secrets of the Terracotta Army and its creation Learn about crafting methodology in the Jade Empire

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10. Chinese Art – Did you know… While studying the Terracotta Army, Pablo Wendel, a German graduate student, dressed up like an ancient warrior and hid amongst the statues. "I got to the area where he was supposed to be, looked around and didn't see him - he looked too much like a terracotta warrior," Hong Kong newspapers quoted a Chinese security guard as saying! © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

11. Three GoddessesPhidias, 5th century BC, Greece

12. Italian Renaissance Painting Explore the mind and works of the mastersBotticelli, Michelangelo, Rafael, van Eyck, and da Vinci Learn about the social and religious impacts on Renaissance art Learn about the images and techniques used to create them © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

13. Edu-tainers LLLP Creation of Adam, Michelangelo, ca. 1511

14. Detail, Ghent Altarpiece, Singing AngelsJan Van Eyck 1432 Edu-tainers LLLP

15. The Birth of VenusBotticelli 1486

16. Detail, Sistine MadonnaRaphael 1513-1514

17. Italian Renaissance – Did you know… On August 21, 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisawas stolen right off the wall in the Louvre! Oddly enough, the Mona Lisa wasn't even noticed missing until the following day. Who would steal such a famous painting? Why did they do it? Where was it hidden? © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

18. Edu-tainers LLLP Mona Lisa, da Vinci, ca. 1503-1519

19. Dutch Golden Age Understand everyday life of 17th century Netherlands and how it came to define the style of the Golden Age Meet influential artists of the period, such as Rembrandt, Vermeer and van der Helst © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

20. Edu-tainers LLLP Girl with the Pearl Earring, Vermeer, ca. 1665

21. Self PortraitRembrandt 1660

22. Detail, Justice, from Tomb of William the Silent, Hendrick de Keyser 1614- 1620

23. Dutch Golden Age – Did you know… March 18, 1990, 13 pieces collectively worth $300 million, including the Vermeer painting on the left, were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museumin Boston. A reward of five million dollars is still offered for information leading to the return of this painting! Do you know where it is? © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

24. Edu-tainers LLLP The Concert, Vermeer, 1664

25. Romanticism Recreate the emotional journey of the artists Discover the symbolic reflection of emotions and ideas in landscape Caspar David Friedrich, Albert Bierstadt, and Thomas Cole © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

26. Edu-tainers LLLP Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, Friedrich, 1818

27. Lake with Dead TreesThomas Cole, 1825

28. Romanticism – Did you know… Hudson River School painters helped shape our romantic ideas about the West, often exaggerating landscapes to what they should be rather than what they actually were This painting on the next slide, which hangs in the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., is over 9 feet wide! © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

29. Edu-tainers LLLP Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Bierstadt, 1868

30. Photography Acquire an overview of the development of photography and photographic practices © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

31. Camera Obscurainvented 13-14th centuries

32. Picture of how Camera Obscura was used originally

33. Photography – Did you know… Photography was discovered by accident! The first picture took 8 hours to develop 12 years later, the development process was shortened to 15-20 minutes Subjects had to be given rest breaks to be able to sit still for so long! © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

34. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Compare the realist elements of Impressionism to the abstract influences of Post-Impressionism Impressionists: Degas, Monet, Klee, and Renoir Post-Impressionists: van Gogh, Cézanne, Seurat, and Gauguin © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

35. Edu-tainers LLLP Luncheon of the Boating Party, Renoir, 1880-1881, The Phillips Collection, Washington DC

36. Edu-tainers LLLP The Starry Night, van Gogh, 1889 Museum of Modern Art, New York City

37. Mont Sainte- Victoire, one in series of paintingsCezanne, 1882-1887

38. A Sunday on La Grande JatteGeorges Seurat, 1884-1886

39. Impressionism and Post-ImpressionismDid you know… “Impressionism” comes from Monet’s painting on the next slide entitled “Impression, Sunrise” An art critic used the title to come up with the term “Impressionism” in an attempt to harshly criticize Monet, but it ended up being the name for an entire movement of painters and one of the most important styles in history! Can you see what makes this style unique? © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

40. Edu-tainers LLLP Impression, soleillevant(Impression, Sunrise) Claude Monet, 1872, oil on canvas MuséeMarmottan

41. Expressionism Presents the world in an utterly subjective perspective Understand how personal and environmental factors directly influenced the artists’ work and development Empathize with the artists on a new level © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

42. Edu-tainers LLLP The Scream, Munch, 1893

43. Expressionism – Did you know… Kandinsky, who painted the picture on the next slide, is known to be the first abstract artist in the world! Do you like it? What does it look like to you? Kandinsky’s parents wanted him to be a lawyer...and he was a lawyer until age 30 Now Kandinsky’s paintings hang in the Guggenheim in New York and sell for millions! © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

44. Edu-tainers LLLP On White II, Wassily Kandinsky, 1923

45. Dadaism and Surrealism Experiment with the abstract ideas and subconscious expressions of Dadaism and Surrealism See how and why anti-war sentiments sparked these movements across all media in the early 20th century © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

46. Edu-tainers LLLP Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany, Hannah Höch, 1919 Staatliche Museen, Berlin

47. Edu-tainers LLLP The Persistence of Memory, Dali, 1931, Museum of Modern Art, New York City

48. Dadaism & Surrealism – Did you know The artist of the painting on the next slide started out as a wallpaper designer, but since 2008 he has an entire museum dedicated to his works! What is out of the ordinary in this painting? Do you see how the sky is sunny but the house and trees are dark, like it’s the night? Do you like this painting? © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

49. Edu-tainers LLLP The Empire of Lights, Rene Magritte, 1954

50. Understand the anti-consumerist roots of the Land Art movement and discover examples of this often overlooked art form Land Art and Earthworks © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

51. Land Art and Earthworks – Did you know… This giant spider shown on the next slide made over 2,200 years ago and was only discovered when a plane flew overhead in the 1930s! It is so large (over 1,000 feet across) that archeologists cannot explain how it was made… without help from the air Why and how do you think it was made? Some speculate this and other objects were carved into the desert floor for religious purposes, or to map the stars, or even that they were created by aliens! © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

52. Edu-tainers LLLP Giant Spider, Nazca lines Peruvian Desert

53. Alternative Art Expand your horizons to include art forms that escape traditional classification Appreciate the simplicity of emerging art © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

54. Edu-tainers LLLP Marilyn Diptych, Andy Warhol, 1962

55. Edu-tainers LLLP Sidewalk Chalk Art http://hubpages.com/hub/Amazing_Sidewalk_Chalk_art

56. Alternative Art – Did you know… Claes Oldenburg created this sculpture in 1976 out of “velvety” Corten steel The steel turns a warm reddish brown as it weathers Oldenburg said that he was always “fascinated by values attached to size” This sculpture is nearly 50 feet high! Have you seen it before? Do you know where it is? © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

57. Next time… The Great Pyramid of Giza More on Art of the Ancient World! © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

58. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ART COURSE OVERVIEW www.edu-tainers.com © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP

59. Thank you! ART COURSE OVERVIEW www.edu-tainers.com © 2011 Edu-tainers LLLP