Overview
Read the linked articles and answer the following questions. Answers should be 1-2 complete sentences.
Introduction to Art Historical Analysis Links to an external site.
1. The linked article above begins with three main questions for art historical inquiry. What are they?
2. In Art as a Physical Object, what is the value in understanding what material the work of art is made from?
3. What is the main job of art conservators?
4. When doing a visual (formal) analysis, what aspects of the artwork are analyzed?
5. Why is the formal analysis method considered to be subjective?
6. What is "style?"
7. What do art historians want to discover when they analyze art as a cultural artifact?
8. What is iconography?
9. Art historians consider the motivations of the people that made the artwork - one of these is the artist. Who else is responsible for the creation of the artwork?
10. Today, art historians ask traditional questions but also new ones inspired by social developments? List three of those developments.
Common Questions About DatesLinks to an external site.
11. Who developed the calendar we use today?
12. Why do some people use BCE/CE instead of BC/AD?
13. What does "circa" mean?
14. Why is 2019 in the 21st century?