Tuesday 29 July 2014

Images of Women in Art History & today: Gr11VA Theory


Sandro Botticelli - La nascita di Venere - Google Art Project - edited.jpg
ArtistSandro Botticelli
Yearc. 1486
Typetempera on canvas
Dimensions172.5 cm × 278.9 cm (67.9 in × 109.6 in)
LocationUffiziFlorence
The Birth of Venus image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Venus_(Botticelli)

Link to PPT on historical depiction of Women in Art



iomage from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/6093122/Titian-wheeler-dealer-who-created-a-goddess.html (this article is an interesting read)


Task 1: Collect images of women based on the guidelines on Mrs Moore's blog:  women-through-ages-introduction link

Link to Mrs Moore's Gender Issues Image folder

Link to Sturgess Gender Image folder

Task 2:Link to Perspective notes

Discuss how Titian has used illusions of Space in this image.

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