Terms and People for Test #3

Additions and deletions to this list may be made up to 10:00 pm on Sunday, December 4.

Test #3 takes place during the final exam day and time, Monday, Dec. 5, 12:00 - 1:15, in our classroom.  NO MAKE UP EXAMS.  If  you miss the exam day and time a score of "0" is entered for test #3.  If you arrive late,  your test time is not extended past 1:15.

Kara Walker
Fred Wilson
Marcel Duchamp
Fountain
Andy Warhol
Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel
Silhouette
Zine
Visual Culture
Narrative
Perception
Expression
Artist
Greek Revival
The Antiquities of Athens
Thomas Jefferson
Plato's Cave
Greek view of shadow
Renaissance use of shadow
Dada
Zephaniah Kingsley
Plantation
Response
Observation
Museum
Guernica (a painting by Picasso, under "paintings" category).

Fred Wilson, Mining The Museum

17th Century Cabinet of Curiosity

"The Peale Museum was awunderkammer of the first order, and its famous mastodon skeleton can be seen looming in the shadows behind the curtain.  Peale financed scientific expeditions to collect natural history specimens for his marvelous museum, which was eventually sold to P.T. Barnum and fellow showman Moses Kimbell, who had previously collaborated to exploit "a curiosity supposed to be a mermaid" but which was in fact a clever fake."Charles Wilson Peale, 1822, self-portriat, The Artist in his Museum.  Source link here.

The Louvre Museum.  Website link here.

Link here to read an interview with Wilson at The Hood Museum.

"Beyond the institutional critique he offers, Wilson makes objects speak, in a post-Duchampian way, not so much by creating new thoughts for objects and images (which is what the great Marcel liked to say he was doing), but by revealing the meanings these objects and images already have. But it isn’t all analysis. Wilson now has a language through which truth pushes him beyond analysis." From the article How Objects Get Their Meaning by John Perreault.  Link here to read article.

From the exhibition Legacies: Contemporary Artists Reflect on Slavery.  Link here.

Is This Person An Artist?

The Sistine Chapel.  Painted between 1508 and 1512.  Michelangelo.

Vatican Museums. For more on Sistine Chapel link here.

Marcel Duchamp. Dada.  World War I.  Zurich.  Protest. Anarchists.  

1917.  Cover of first publication. International Dada Archive at The University of Iowa Libraries.  Link here.

Silhouette Narrative Presentations

Thursday, December 1.  Presentations 5:00 -6:30.  Food and drink 6:30 - 7:00.

Meet first floor Keenan at 5:00.  We will begin presentations here.  Each of you will stand next to your completed silhouette and discuss your topic.  The written information and research I am asking you to prepare (see below) will help you put together a verbal presentation.

At 6:30 we will walk over to the Student Center for food and drink.

Due the day of presentation.  All work typed (unless you already completed outline for the article, A Short History of The Shadow, with pencil and paper)
1.) Cover Sheet - Title of your silhouette narrative should appear in large type.  Smaller type, underneath title - Your Name, Silhouette Narrative, Fall 2011, LC ART 218 and HIS 205.  Feel free to include imagery on the cover sheet.
2.) Outline of article, A Short History of The Shadow.
3.) One page response to Kara Walker's work.
4.) Research for your chosen silhouette topic.  First, state your topic and describe what you are visually depicting with the silhouette forms.  Second, introduce events that occurred prior to your chosen topic and discuss how these events influenced the topic you have chosen.  Select at least two events - one event is from Visual Culture course content and the other is from American History course content.  Time Line that you made will help you here.

Silhouette Narrative Installation Schedule, Fall 2011

Russell Maycumber is the woodshop manager for the art department.  Russell will meet each group at the time and location indicated below.  Please arrive on time and help each other install so each group can finish in an hour.

IMPORTANT - Your Silhouette Narrative must be ready to install in the frame.  This means all images are glued/taped to white paper.  If you are not ready to install when meeting with Russell an automatic zero is assigned to you for this project.  No exceptions.

-Most of you will not have to trim the white paper to fit in frame - it should just fold over when installing in the frame.  If a trim is needed, do it when installing with Russell so you are sure not to cut too much off.
-Russell will come prepared with two power drills.
-Each of you are to come prepared with scissors, tape/glue - in case a paper trim is needed or a silhouette form has fallen off.


Friday, November 18, 10:00 to 10:30 - Second Floor (Mitch, Brendan, Jesse), Meet Russell on the second floor in Keenan at 10:00.

Monday, November 21, 1:00 - 2:00 - Third Floor (Danielle, Josh, Kiara, Nicholas, Meghan, Kelsey, Alyssa M., Mary and Sara (4th floor)), Meet Russell on the third floor in Keenan at 1:00.

Tuesday, November 22, 10:00 - 11:00 - Fourth Floor (Jared, Rachel M. Darlene, Maximo), Meet Russell on the fourth floor of Keenan at 10:00.

Tuesday, November 22, 1:00 - 2:00 - First Floor (Sequoia, Rachel C. Marco, Elizabeth, Brenda, Alyssa W. and Kristin (4th floor)), Meet Russell on the fourth floor of Keenan at 1:00.

Kingsley Plantation

Frieze

Parthenon, Greece, 438 B.C.,  marble, Greek Goddess Athena.

The Antiquities of Athens.  Link here. 

Society of Dilettanti, 1732, London, Greek and Roman art, expedition 1751.  

Thomas Jefferson, United States Capitol.

Greek Revival - Thomas Jefferson, late 18th and early 19th centuries, N. Europe and U.S.
Forks of Cypress, Alabama.  Construction complete 1830.

Kingsley Plantation, Visit Nov. 5, 2011

Homework:

Select an article from below.  Write a vocabulary list, an outline for your chosen article and a one page response paper. All work is to be typed.

The articles appear on Jerome S. Handler's website.  If for any reason the article link does not connect you, I have provided the main web page link below.

"This website brings together a selected list of my publications which have appeared since the early 1960’s in widely scattered sources. These publications treat a variety of topics dealing with slavery in Barbados and the Atlantic World as well as some aspects of production activities in modern rural Barbados."  Jerome. S. Handler. Link here.  

2009  (J.S. Handler and K. E. Hayes), Escrava Anastácia: The Iconographic History of a Brazilian Popular Saint.  African Diaspora: Journal of Transnational Africa in a Global World 2: 1-27.

This article describes the transformation of an image depicting an unnamed, enslaved African man wearing a metal facemask, a common form of punishment in colonial Brazil, into the iconic representation of the martyred slave Anastácia/Anastasia, the focus of a growing religious and political movement in Brazil. The authors trace the image to an early 19th century engraving based on a drawing by the Frenchman Jacques Arago. Well over a century later, Arago’s image increasingly became associated with a corpus of myths describing the virtuous suffering and painful death of a female slave named Anastácia. By the 1990s, Arago’s image (and variations of it), now identified as the martyred Anastácia/Anastasia, had proliferated throughout Brazil, an object of devotion for Catholics and practitioners of Umbanda, as well as a symbol of black pride.  Link here for article.

2009  The Middle Passage and the Material Culture of Captive Africans.  Slavery and Abolition 30: 1-26.

Scholars of the Atlantic slave trade have not systematically addressed the question of what material objects or personal belongings captive Africans took aboard the slave ships and what goods they may have acquired on the Middle Passage. This topic has implications for the archaeology of African descendant sites in the New World and the transmission of African material culture. This paper reviews the evidence for clothing, metal, bead, and other jewelry, amulets, tobacco pipes, musical instruments, and gaming materials. In so doing, the paper provides an empirical foundation for the severe limitations placed upon enslaved Africans in transporting their material culture to the New World.  Link here for article.

2009   (J. S. Handler and S. Bergman), Vernacular Houses and Domestic Material Culture on Barbados Sugar Plantations, 1650-1838.  Jl of Caribbean History 43: 1-36.

This paper describes the houses and household furnishings of the enslaved people on Barbadian sugar plantations, and traces the development and changes in architectural forms, including wattle-and-daub, stone, and wooden plank dwellings, over the several centuries of slavery on the island. We also treat the housing policies of plantation owners/managers, and explore possible Afncan and European cultural influences on the Barbadian vernacular housing tradition that emerged during the period of slavery.  Link here for article.

Zines by Robotmangreg

Zine and US History

"Throughout most of the history of the United States, the periodical press has held a prominent position in mainstream American society. Starting with the insurgence of popular magazines in the late 1700s, periodicals have existed almost as long as the United States itself and have established a foothold in the hearts and minds of the American people, maintaining an overwhelming presence in today's culture." -From Fandom to Feminism: An Analysis of the Zine Press by Heath Row. Link here to read the rest of the article.

How To Make A Zine

How To Make A Zine, peanutbutterjammie, You Tube

Artist, Kara Walker

Link here to listen to Kara Walker on ART21.

Image on left - Source is Sikkema Jenkins and Co. Link here.

Zine #1 and Zine #2, Fall 2011

25 copies of each Zine are due Monday, Nov. 28 by 5:00 p.m.


Zine #1 – Observe:

-On two separate occasions, and at two different public locations, observe a group of people.  Record all details of your observation with the written word.

Guidelines for Zine #1:

-Include a front cover.

-Include a back cover.

-Include a Table Of Contents.

-Number pages to correspond with Table Of Contents.

-8 pages total (includes cover and back cover).

-Handwrite and/or type.

-Size 5 ½” x 4 ¼”.  To get this size, fold two sheets of 8 ½” x 11” copy of paper.  You white copy paper. You may add color.

-At least two images should appear in this zine.

-Make sure your name appears on the front cover, lower right or left corner.

Zine #2 – Respond:

Use a response paper from one of the chapters or articles we read for class as the foundation for this zine. 

Guidelines for Zine #2:

-Include a front cover.

-Include a back cover.

-Include a Table Of Contents.

-Number pages to correspond with Table Of Contents.

-8 pages total (includes cover and back cover).

-Handwrite and/or type.

-Size 5 ½” x 4 ¼”.  To get this size, fold two sheets of 8 ½” x 11” copy of paper.  You white copy paper. You may add color.

-At least two images should appear in this zine.  You may draw imagery yourself or cut/paste.  Feel free to use imagery that appears on class blog if needed.

-Make sure your name appears on the front cover, lower right or left corner.

Chapter 12

Captian Cook from England, South Pacific, 1769, merchant and seamen discover and bring back to Europe.  At first regarded as repulsive.

United States, 1869 the railway connects east and west - Circus.

Tattoo Culture:
decoration
rites of passage
marks of social status and rank
symbols of religious devotion
decoration for bravery
marks of fertility (figure of baby on head)
pledges of love
punishment
amulets and talisman
protection as the marks of outcasts and convicts
as children come of age - boys reaching manhood
men when they marry
married women tattooed on hands, feet, thighs, blue lines between lower lip and chin
British soldiers, deserted, "D", Chapter 12
sailors to exotic foreign lands, souvenirs (dragon-China)

Greek and Romans.  Belonging to a religious sect or to an owner (slavery).  Rulers tattooed themselves - ie: ivy leaves to symbolize devotion to Dionysus (Greek god of wine and patron to the royal house).  Roman soldiers also tattooed. 

Found in 1988, in Germany, carbon dated 32,000 years old, thin lines across upper arm.

German mystic Heinrich Suso, 1295-1366, name of Christ tattooed over his heart.    Others - Emperor of Germany, 12th century, cross designs on back of hands.

Holocaust, concentration camps.

PT Barnum brings Prince Constantine to U.S.

Nora Hildebrandt.  German born father is Martin Hildebrandt - started career in 1946, first tatoo shop in America (in NYC). - Civil War, both sides.  Nora exhibits herself beginning 1882, tours with PT Barnum.

Olive Oatman 1851, United States westward expansion

United States, 1947, stereotyped symbols - represented courage, patriotism, defiance of death, longing for family and loved ones left behind.  World War I and II - C.H. Fellowes follow the fleets.

"A table set with a knife, fork, wine, a bunch of roses and a hand grasping a dagger are tattooed on to human skin. The tattooed skin was purchased by one of Henry Wellcome’s collecting agents, Captain Johnston-Saint, in June 1929 from Dr Villette, a Parisian surgeon. Villette worked in military hospitals and collected and preserved hundreds of samples from the autopsies of French soldiers. In the late 1800s, tattoos were often seen as markers of criminal tendencies, or ‘primitiveness’. Medical men tried to interpret common images and symbols. Tattoos were also used as a tool for identification, a practice that continues today."  Source is Science Museum, London, link here. 

Demi Moore, film Scarlett Letter, based off of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, 1850, fiction, set in mid 17th century Puritan Boston.

Egypt.  Circle - eternity, sun, moon.  Vein to heart.  Ownership, engagement ring.  Men begin wearing after WWII.  

feminism |ˈfeməˌnizəm|
noun
the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men.
The issue of rights for women first became prominent during the French and American revolutions in the late 18th century. In Britain it was not until the emergence of the suffragette movement in the late 19th century that there was significant political change. A ‘second wave’ of feminism arose in the 1960s, with an emphasis on unity and sisterhood.
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from French féminisme.

Uterus tattoo as a sign of female power, not hysteria.
Tattoo - comes from the Tahitian "tatu"meaning "to mark something"

Hannah Wilke.  Link here for more images and to read about the artist.

Ana Mendieta.  Link here for more images to read about the artist.

Christian Boltanski.  Link here to see more and read about the artist. 

William Kentridge. Read about the film - read sections "The Face and The Landscape.  Link here.

People and Terms for Test #2, Fall 2011

Terms and People for Test #2. Test #2, Friday, November 4. Final list of people and terms posted at 10:00 pm on Thursday, November 3.

Culture
Michel Foucault
Transparent Man
Semiotics
Allegory
Anthropometry
Physiognomy
Phrenology
fin-de-siecle
daugerrotype
Charcot
Eugenics
Thomas Rice
Jim Crow
Carolus Linneaus
Gilded Age
Anatomical Theatre
Stigmata
Feminist
Suffragist
Apollo Belvedere
Augustine
Jacob Riis
Exotic
Art Nouveau
Moulin Rouge
Nazi Germany

In addition to the above terms and people, be prepared to discuss the work of Wilke, Mendieta, Boltanski and Kentridge.

Anatomical Theatre

Engraving done in 1610 shows exhibits and a dissection taking place. 

Add caption

1751

Dissection Scene Gallery. Link here to see more images.

Junior Mint.

Cabinets of Curiosity

painted by Charles Wilson Peale, 1822