Course Objective(s):
CO2: Identify major artists and their time periods in Western and Non-Western art.
CO3: Interpret art terminology in relationship to works of art.
CO4: Describe major works of art.
Description: Reading and Looking
Reading Masterpieces in Art: Goya and Manet: This assignment is designed to help you master the careful reading of sources about art images and to help you apply the basic mechanics of analyzing and interpreting images appropriately.
In order to participate fully in this week’s discussion, do the following steps.
TOPIC 1.) Examine and discuss in detail Francisco de Goya’s painting, The Third of May, 1808 created in 1815-16. The original painting, which currently hangs in the Prado museum, is very large (about 10 x 14 feet), and it was painted in 1816. It depicts the invasion by the French army into Spain in the early 1800s. Examine your book for other images by Goya, in order to understand his work better. Imagine you are looking at this painting while visiting the Prado Museum in Spain. Consider what the size of the painting means or does for/to the viewer.
Goya Painting
El Tres de Mayo, by Francisco de Goya, from Prado in Google