The architectural facade you see above is the Palazzo Rucellai, located in Florence Italy. It was designed by architect Leon Battista Alberti in 1445. Today, you can see many buildings with facades very similar to this. The design elements you can see in this building facade are very geometrical, parallel window and colum designs. This type of facade is copied in many places today.
In this chapter it was interesting to see how much of the art was influenced by biblical ideals and meanings. So much of the art portrays scenes taking place within the church, or scenes from the bible. Today, many people still paint stylistically scenes from the bible, so the influence from the old European art still influences some art mediums today.
The first image is from Guillaume de Tyr's Histoire d'Outremer, and is a linear perspective illustration of the Temple of Jerusalem being rebuilt. The interesting thing about linear perspective is that it's not how actual perspective SHOULD be drawn, but rather exactly how the human eye sees this. You can see how this "person" would view this happening. It all looks rather out of shape and incorrect.
The second is The Scream, by Edvard Munch. This is an expressionist painting, and it's actually one of my personal favorites. You can planely see that the figure is scared of something, but what is it scared of? Could it be a monster? or could it be something deeper such as the figure being scared of a political law? Paintings like this really interest me. Who knows what artists can be expressing?
The third image above is called "Black Square," and was done by Kazimir Malevich. This Oil on Canvas painting is done in the abstract art form. I really like this type of art, because it almost has NOTHING to do with the outside world. It can be just really simple things like just simple black square. Who knows what the artist was trying to convey. It makes one think. I personally love abstract paintings like this, sculptures aswell. I really like trying to "puzzle" out what the artist was trying to convey.
Well, those are some of my favorite types of art forms, I'm looking forward to this class!
