Interpretation II

What word is missing?

"[T]oday... genuine dramatists [ ] continue to work in airless rooms or in the museum of the past; for them too 'the scene becomes a tribunal!' [...] The stage becomes the conscience of the age?"

Friedrich Wolf, "Art is A Weapon!" (CR 63)

mAnifestoRT?

Jackson Pollock, in action
The Pollock Manifesto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrVE-WQBcYQ

What counts as Art? post below. Include reference to one of the materials from the Reader.

Alberti I

Paul Klee, Structural II (1934)

Select one of the paintings posted and review it according to Alberti's criteria for painting. First, decide how you understand Alberti's criteria. Then, talk about the painting and the ways that it appeals to its viewers.

Alberti II

Jan van Eyck, The Betrothal of Arnolfini (1434)

Select one of the paintings posted and review it according to Alberti's criteria for painting. First, decide how you understand Alberti's criteria. Then, talk about the painting and the ways that it appeals to its viewers.

Alberti III

Hieronymous Bosch, detail from Garden of Earthly Delights (1504)

Select one of the paintings posted and review it according to Alberti's criteria for painting. First, decide how you understand Alberti's criteria. Then, talk about the painting and the ways that it appeals to its viewers.

Funny:
http://michellesmentalclutter.blogspot.com/2007/05/hieronymus-bosch-action-figures.html

More Information:
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bosch/delight/

Celibate dilletante talks about Painting

Leon Basista Alberti, portrait

searchable Web Gallery of Art website--find images of art from 1100-1850:
http://www.wga.hu/

Link to "Women in Art" by Philip Scott Johnson. 500 years of Female Portraits in Western Art History:
http://videos.emule.com/play/women-in-art-(nUDIoN-_Hxs