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Art History for Artists, Animators and Gamers
In the expression “creative thinking”, the keyword is not creativity; the keyword is thinking. With the help of great philosophers, you will rediscover the art of thinking.
Notes on 2 Lectures I Watched in This Course:
Artists and their Contexts Throughout History
The Importance of Artist Communities and Networks
2 People I Have Learned About in this Course:
Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825)
Preeminent Neoclassical French painter moved from Rococo frivolity to classical austerity
  • became active supporter of French Revolution and friend of Robespierre
  • was effectively a dictator of the arts under the French Republic (1792-1804)
Piero della Francesca (1415-1492)
Early Renaissance painter whose painting was characterized by its serene humanism, its use of geometric forms and perspective
  • also a mathematician and geometer, but appreciated today for his art
  • his most famous work is the cycle of frescoes "The Legend of the True Cross" in the church of San Francesco in the Tuscan town of Arezzo
2 Vocabulary Words I Learned in this Course:
métier, n. [may-tee-AY] any activity that is pursued as a trade or profession, a calling ⇒ "It caused me to think anew about the different ways artists look at art based on their métier."
orthogonal, adj. relating to or composed of right angles ⇒ "He used the convergence of othagonal lines to create the illusion of depth."