zhejiang university of media and communications

1、Zhejiang University of Media and Communications西方藝術(shù)鑒賞 西方藝術(shù)鑒賞Lecture Notes for Art AppreciationText Book: Artist and AudienceInstructor: Dr. Zhang HuaCourse Outline:1. Introduction to the World of Art: discuss different r

2、oles in the Art World played by the following members: artists, patrons, critics, art historians, museums and audience. 2. Subjects of art: figures/portraits, landscape, still life, religious art, abstract art, calligr

3、aphy. 3. Elements of art: line, color, shape/form, value, mass, space, time, movement, texture, perspective; Elements of architecture: post-and-lintel, arch/vault, cantilever, bearing wall, skeleton, frame, materials,

4、line, repetition, balance, scale, proportion, context, space, climate. A Comparative Study: Elements of music, dance, theatre and literature. 4. Principles of design: unity, variety, balance, rhythm, emphasis, proportio

5、n, and harmony.5. The media of the visual arts: a) the graphic media—drawing (the sketch, the study, and the finished drawing), printmaking (relief prints, woodcut, linocut, intaglio prints, lithography, and serigraph

6、y), photography, computer arts, cinema, video, virtual reality; b) painting—fresco, watercolor, oil, tempera, acrylics, gouache; c) sculpture— relief and round, construction, site-specific and environmental sculpture.

7、Comparison: the media of literature, music, and dance, and theatre 6. Architecture and applied design: a) styles and structures (ancient architecture, Classical architecture, Gothic, Renaissance, city planning, and Mode

8、rn architecture); b) art design (the architectural interior, Bauhaus, furniture, textiles and clothing, ceramics, glass, and metal).7. Styles of Art: a) Ancient styles (the stone age, Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Maya); b)

9、 Classical styles (Greece, Hellenistic art, the Roman Empire); c) Middle Ages (Byzantine art, the Celtic and Carolingian periods, Romanesque and Gothic styles, Islamic art, African art, Buddhist art, Japanese art);d) Th

10、e Renaissance (Italy, Northern Europe, the Baroque, and Rococo); e) Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism;f) Post-Impressionism and Modernism (Cubism, Expressionism, Surrealism, and Non- objective art,