Specified Identity Biographic Summaries (x3) Flashcards
AO1 (10 cards)
Named specified nature artist, period/movement & message
Albrecht Dürer
High Renaissance
c. 15-16th century
- realist ideals, divinity, naturalism, accuracy & technical virtuosity
What was Durers Style/Techniques?
Realism through, woodcuts, etching/intaglio, grid, engraving,
Key events & links to Portrayal & Success of Durers Nature Depictions?
At 15 he redirected to an apprenticeship with painter Michael Wolgemut (woodcut illustration production for major publications)
Unhappy and arranged marriage to Agnes Frey – who aided the patronage of his work and father was a coppersmith (etching into copper plates inspo)
What did Durers Training include & how did this effect his work?
Early years – Fathers workshop as Goldsmith
Michael Wolgemut – woodcut/dry-point etch
1490 to 1494, Dürer journeyed around, as was the custom of the time, and worked with many different artists to expand his skill and understanding
evident in the variety of techniques and processes with which he produces his artworks.
How did Durers context effect and manifest his artistic expression?
Heavily influecned by the Italian Renaissance: he spent time in italy and as a consequence many of his engraved works reflect their ideals
- Popularisation of woodcuts/cause of success
named specified nature sculptor, period/movement & message
Barbra Hepworth (1903-75)
20th Century
Modernist movement
Post-War
- new and progressive alignment with the experience & principles of modern industrail life in Britian
What was Hepworths style/technique?
Style:
- Abstract & minimalism of biomorphic forms
- subversion of the mimetic approach to art
- Production of more organic and textured forms from direct & intimate reaction with mediums
Techniques:
- works in stone/wood
- lost-wax casting - bronze work
- direct carving
What was Hepworths training? How did it effect her artwork?
- Leeds School of Art & later Royal College of Art
- Travelled to italy to learned direct carving techniques and traditional sculpture
- Cornship landscapes of her studio (from 1939) she worked in for the majority of her career
- Engagement with the natural world was sensory and spatial rather than mimetic
What was Hepworths context at the time and how did this manifest/reflect in her work?
- Lived through both world wars – impacted her ideas of universalism, amalgamation & healing
- Human form and its mutilation from the war
- Abstract and modernist work rose to popularity during 1930s and 40s
Rise of industrialism in Britian, mass production, her work counteracts the change through inimate/unique works - Post-war attitudes emphasised universalism and spiritual connectedness
What were the the key events of Hepworths life, how do these relate to her work?
Born in Yorkshire, majority of life spent in the landscape of St. Ives, Cornwall
Sceneic, dynamic and undulating enviornemnt inspired her works
Death of son who was in the aviation force led her to a deep depression – she travlled to europe for healing
studio in london was destroyed during WWII
died in a fire at her studio
