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Chapter 5 Reading Guide
5.3 Socio-cultural Contexts
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5.3.1 - Historical Context |
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What is a still life? What is genre painting? |
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What are major, cultural events that impacted painting in late 15th and early 16th century in the Netherlands? |
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What can the historical context let us know about 15h/16th century still life painting? |
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5.3.2 - Social Context |
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Lilly Martin Spencer, Conversation Piece |
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5.3.3 - Personal or Creative Narrative Context |
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Charles Demuth, The Figure 5 in Gold |
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Georgia O’Keeffe, Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue, 1931 |
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5.3.4 - Political Context |
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Pear Blossoms, Qian Xuan, 1290, China Bamboo and Rocks, Li Kan (1318), China |
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Francisco Goya, “The Disasters of War”, 82 etchings, Y no hai Remedio, |
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5.3.5 - Scientific Context |
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What is the Gold Ratio? |
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Leonardo Da Vinci: investigation of human anatomy |
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What were some of the impacts the invention of photography have? |
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5.4 Symbolism and Iconography
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5.4.1 - Changes in Meaning of Symbols and Iconography |
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What is symbolism? |
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What is a symbol? |
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What is iconography? |
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What can a cross symbolize? |
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What can a swastika represent? |
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5.4.2 - Symbolism, Iconography, and Visual Literacy |
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What is visual literacy? |
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What impact does visual literacy have on your understanding of images? |
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Ritual Vase from Warka, 3200 - 3000 BCE, present-day Iraq |
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5.4.3 - Symbolism and Iconography in Mythology and Storytelling |
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