AHOD Blog Update: 2021-2022 School Year
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
AP Art History: White Temple and Ziggurat-- #12
Thursday, July 22, 2021
White Temple and Ziggurat
This ancient site is in Uruk, modern Warka in Iraq. The first image is a re-imagination of what archeologist suspect the temple looked like originally. Click here for what a ziggurat is!!
Bio of the work:
Title: White Temple and Ziggurat
Date: 3500-3000 BCE
Medium: Mud bricks
Location: Uruk, modern Warka, Iraq
Analysis:
The Sumerian city state of Uruk was, like Sumer at large, a theocracy, meaning the leader was also a religious figure or god. Because of the large ziggurat, the temple has no direct access and only the king or religious leaders would be allowed on the platform. The White Temple is a prime example of bent access, meaning that the corners are on the cardinal directions. Due to bent-access and the large ziggurat, while a ceremony was taking place, the figures could be seen from the city below circling the temple. Many other ancient temples and ziggurats, especially Mesopotamian ones, were to the sky god, Anu.
Art History Terms to Know: Ziggurat
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
A ziggurat is a platform structure to hold a temple with its origins in ancient Mesopotamia. These structures are often compared to cut off pyramids with sloping sides. In most case, ziggurats had small shrines at the top. The most famous example is The White Temple and Ziggurat.
Art History Terms to Know: Triptychs
Monday, July 19, 2021
A triptych is a Greek word meaning "three-fold". In art, a triptych is a series of three separate panels, usually hinged together. For a work to be a triptych, it must 1) have three, obvious parts and 2) have a progression of plot or the story must develop across the panels. The idea of a triptych was born in the Christian Middle Ages and was continued!
Guide to Art History: Cincinnati, OH
Friday, July 16, 2021
Right now, I am planning a trip to Cincinnati, so why not make a "Guide to Art History"?
Cincinnati Art Museum:
The Cincinnati Art Museum is the main art museum in the city. The hours are strange-- Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. and Thursday from 11 a.m.–8 p.m. Right now, only from July 9, 2021–October 3, 2021, they have an amazing exhibition about the Monuments Men (click to learn more about them here) Besides this wonderful exhibition, this museum has such a diverse permanent collection.
The Taft Museum of Art:
While this museum is only open Friday-Sunday, it's collection is wonderful! The Taft Museum has works by artists including Turner, Rembrandt, so many more.
Contemporary Arts Center:
This museum's ever changing collection is always wonderful! The Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati is a space for the preforming and visual arts.
AP Art History: The Tête à Tête, from Marriage a la Mode -- #98
Monday, July 12, 2021
The Tête à Tête, from Marriage a la Mode by William Hogarth
William Hogarth's The Tête à Tête, from Marriage a la Mode series is a very interesting and detail dense piece of art. The lavish interior scene is simple too much for the viewer's eye to take in all at once, leaving them studying it for minutes.
Bio of the work:
Title: The Tête à Tête, from Marriage a la Mode series
Date: 1743
Medium: oil on canvas
Museum: National Gallery- London
Analysis:
Hogarth was known for narrative scenes, mostly becoming series such as Marriage a la Mode. Marriage a la Mode is a series of six works, and The Tête à Tête is only one. Much like Fragonard's The Swing, Hogarth mocks English aristocracy and does so by presenting it in a highly satirical way. Every figure in Hogarth's masterpiece is expressing an emotion, and they are all different. Hogarth tells a story with his series. The fathers of the two partners were looking to better their names by climbing the ranks of society. These two figures were in an arranged marriage, thus mocking the ineffective and fruitless marriage deals of the English high class.
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/william-hogarth-marriage-a-la-mode-2-the-tete-a-tete
Happy Birthday Art History: On Display!
Thursday, July 8, 2021
It is so hard to believe that one year ago I decided to start this blog (along with the Instagram account)-- Art History: On Display! On July 8, 2020, I wrote the first post on AHOD, Art Movements: The Italian Baroque.
To celebrate this birthday, please share this website or the Instagram! Get the word out! Also leave me a comment below about new ideas for the upcoming year or what is going well! Thank you so much for being here!! -- AHOD
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