Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource [Complete Collection Of Lessons],
2020
East Tennessee State University
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource [Complete Collection Of Lessons], Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This course explores the world’s visual arts, focusing on the development of visual awareness, assessment, and appreciation by examining a variety of styles from various periods and cultures while emphasizing the development of a common visual language. The materials are meant to foster a broader understanding of the role of visual art in human culture and experience from the prehistoric through the contemporary. This is an Open Educational Resource (OER), an openly licensed educational material designed to replace a traditional textbook.
Lesson 01: Introduction To Art Appreciation,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 01: Introduction To Art Appreciation, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lesson covers the elements and principles of art. Elements of art are the physical parts of the work, including line, shape, form, space, texture, value, color, and time. Principles of art are the ways in which those parts are arranged, including unity/variety, balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, rhythm, and pattern.
Lesson 03: Prehistory - Our Connection To The History Of Humankind Before Text,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 03: Prehistory - Our Connection To The History Of Humankind Before Text, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lesson covers prehistoric art from the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages. It focuses on cave art (Pech-Merle, Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc, Lascaux) and carved figures (Woman of Willendorf) from the Paleolithic period and megalithic architecture (Stonehenge) from the Neolithic period.
Lesson 04: Death And Mourning In The Prehistoric And Ancient World,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 04: Death And Mourning In The Prehistoric And Ancient World, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lesson covers death and mourning in the prehistoric and ancient world by discussing related art and architecture including, but not limited to, Varna Necropolis, The Flood Tablet / The Gilgamesh Tablet, Ziggurat in Uruk, Royal Tombs of Ur, Great Pyramids of Giza, Tomb of King Tutankhamun, and Book of the Dead of Hunefer.
Lesson 10: The Northern Renaissance And Arnolfini Double Portrait,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 10: The Northern Renaissance And Arnolfini Double Portrait, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lesson covers artworks created during the Northern Renaissance with a focus on Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Double Portrait.
Lesson 02: Elements And Principles,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 02: Elements And Principles, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lesson covers the elements and principles of art. Elements of art are the physical parts of the work, including line, shape, form, space, texture, value, color, and time. Principles of art are the ways in which those parts are arranged, including unity/variety, balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, rhythm, and pattern.
Lesson 08: The Renaissance,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 08: The Renaissance, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lesson covers artworks created during the Renaissance in Europe. It begins with a preface on artworks created prior to the Renaissance that focused on Christian ideology and iconography. Artists discussed include Botticelli, Donatello, Michelangelo, Bernini, and Leonardo da Vinci.
Lesson 06: Divine Architecture,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 06: Divine Architecture, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lesson covers divine architecture including the Ancient Greek Parthenon, Ancient Roman Pantheon, Byzantine Hagia Sophia, and Gothic Chartres Cathedral.
Lesson 05: Ideal Beauty In The Ancient World,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 05: Ideal Beauty In The Ancient World, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lesson covers ideal beauty in the ancient world by discussing related art and architecture from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
Lesson 07: The History Of Blue,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 07: The History Of Blue, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lesson covers the history of Lapis Lazuli and Tyrian Purple in art and architecture.
Lesson 11: Bosch And Other Scenes Of The Apocalypse,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 11: Bosch And Other Scenes Of The Apocalypse, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lesson covers artworks of scenes from the apocalypse with a focus on Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights.
Lesson 09: Michelangelo- From High Renaissance To Mannerism,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 09: Michelangelo- From High Renaissance To Mannerism, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lesson covers artworks created between the High Renaissance and Mannerism with a focus on Michelangelo.
Lesson 17 Part 1: Reactions To The Modern World-Introduction And Impressionism,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 17 Part 1: Reactions To The Modern World-Introduction And Impressionism, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lessons covers the difference between impressionism and expressionism. Impressionism is represented through artworks by Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Mary Cassatt, and Edgar Degas.
Lesson 15: Fragonard Through The French Revolution,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 15: Fragonard Through The French Revolution, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lessons covers Rococo artworks by Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun and Neoclassical artworks by Jacques Louis David.
Lesson 18: On The Dada Of Art Versus The Dada Of War,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 18: On The Dada Of Art Versus The Dada Of War, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lesson covers Dada with a focus on artists Hugo Ball, Marcel Duchamp, Hannah Höch and surrealism with a focus on artists Meret Oppenheim, Man Ray, Salvador Dali.
Lesson 14: Judith And The Heroines Of Baroque Art,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 14: Judith And The Heroines Of Baroque Art, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lesson covers Baroque artworks by Michelangelo da Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Gianlorenzo Bernini.
Lesson 12: Hans Holbein And Kerry James Marshall,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 12: Hans Holbein And Kerry James Marshall, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lesson connects Han Holbein’s The Ambassadors to Kerry James Marshall’s School of Beauty.
Lesson 19: The Unraveling - Abstraction In The Modern Era,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 19: The Unraveling - Abstraction In The Modern Era, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lesson covers cubism, abstract expressionism, and minimalism. Cubism is discussed with artworks by Pablo Picasso, abstract expressionism by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko, and minimalism by Donald Judd.
Lesson 23: The Postmodern Body In Art,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 23: The Postmodern Body In Art, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lesson covers postmodern art that incorporates the body by artists Marina Abramović, Gonzalez-Torres, Nick Cave, and Wangechi Mutu.
Lesson 20: Soup Cans! Consumerism! Balloon Dogs! - From Andy Warhol To Jeff Koons,
2020
East Tennessee State University
Lesson 20: Soup Cans! Consumerism! Balloon Dogs! - From Andy Warhol To Jeff Koons, Marie Porterfield
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource
This lesson covers pop art by Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, and Jeff Koons.
