Instructions for Discussion #3
Discussion Prompt for
Discussion #3 (weeks 5-6)
Context in Art ~ After reading
Chapters 5 and 6 discuss what Context means in relation to the Visual Arts.
This should be rooted in the textbook discussion of context.
Give a brief definition and
then discuss one or two works of art from chapters 5 and 6. Tell us about the
work and what context means in relation to the selected work(s) of art.
You should include the image
title, artist, date and medium as well as page #. Please include the image(s)
Review this video for more information on art and context: https://youtu.be/2aUFB9hQncQ
The work of art is identified to have been made in the
past. The brighter color brown is used with its identical contrast in order to
depict the major impact of drawing the picture in that it can show who. In the
foreground is the primary image, and in the middle ground is some faint color
that may predict the environment layout of the individual and may depict the
time. On the hind part of the photo is a scattered type of greenish environment
that can give the major description of the conditions around the place. The
drawings are primarily in the aspect of deriving the change of contrast to the
importance of different aspects in the photo.
In chapter five is the work of art that contains a plate
with the symbol of an armed soldier, a carriage, and horses. The art is a column
of Trajan by Apollodorus of Damascus during the tenth century and is majored
with symbolic significance (Blyth,
1992).. The work of art is, to some point, meant to be symbolic. This
depicts that the drawing is from the perspective of old age during war and
defense tactics. It reveals that, for instance, the soldiers were able to use
the horses with their carriages to different places for war or rush from danger
at different times. The art is made up of one painting and which states that
the art is from a period in which architecture was a bit new and the
individuals used scarce resources in managing their different works of art. As
a means of transport, the carriage behind the horses would be used in ferrying
different equipment needed for the war in far regions and hence its historical
significance to the original community. The symbol is thus to mean the defense
or the team that can be recognized to have been the superior party when dealing
with fight issues and war with other communities.
In chapter six is a work of art that is comprised of a
different contrast image. The art is called emigrants crossing the plains or
the Oregon trail by Albert Bierstadt of the nineteenth century (Emmerson, 2017). In the
foreground of the art are some structures that resemble trees and others that
resemble domestic animals. On the middle ground of the art are symbols of
domestic animals and people on something that resembles a path. On the far or
hind of the image is a steep cliff and where it is detected to have minimal or
no vegetation cover around. There are also the rays of the setting or rising
sun detected. The contrast in this perspective has been identified to identify
the aspect of dry conditions and the essence of people moving across regions of
unsustainability to areas where they can find ecosystem balance. The
differentiated contrast thus shows the difference in the harsh conditions that
may be experienced in such an area and how it could be of reliability or
unreliability to the sustainability of life for humans and plants. The presence
of the bare cliff is a sign of lack or insufficiency of a particular aspect in
a particular area and the use of the particular aspect that is identified in
the society. It is thus essential that the use of the same color in different
works of art in that they are differentiated in terms of contrast or density
means differently, and only those involved in the art can be questionable if
the derivatives are complex.
References
Blyth, P. H. (1992). Apollodorus of Damascus
and the Poliorcetica. Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 33(2),
127-158. https://books.google.co.ke/books?hl=en&lr=&id=NbMwDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=Like+many+works+of+public+art+of+the+Roman+Imperial+era,+the+column+glorifies+not+only+Trajan+(&ots=GBa3rflswa&sig=jBl7AsbwQfLPJXNDD42GfOklTAk&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Emmerson, A. L. (2017). Former Paths and Future
Directions. A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central
Europe, 312. https://books.google.co.ke/books?hl=en&lr=&id=c9neDQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA312&dq=Like+many+works+of+public+art+of+the+Roman+Imperial+era,+the+column+glorifies+not+only+Trajan+(&ots=4NaBN4GaWo&sig=dVGBEID26sS5kai06M-nM7oD9uQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false