In ancient cultures human form was used primarily to portray the supernatural.

1. "The aim of Art is to present not the outward appearance of things, but their inner significance; for this, not the external manner and detail, constitutes true reality. - Aristotle

2. In ancient cultures human form was used primarily to portray the supernatural.

3. Venus of Willendorf, 20,000 B.C.E.

5. Isis/Aphrodite – 2nd century Egypt

6. Ancient Egypt

7. Egyptian painting from the time of Akhenaton 1353-35 B.C.E.

10. Heracles and Athena. Tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix, 480–470 BC. From Vulci

11. Belvedere Apollo, Greek 5 B.C.E.

13. As civilization grew and people became stable specialists arose as did a ruling or monied class.

14. Fayum Mummy Portraits dating from 1st century B.C.E.

15. Mughal Empire – 1526 – mid 19th century

16. Prince Khurram (Shah Jahan) with his son Dara Shikoh: Leaf from an album made for Emperor Shah Jahan, ca. 1620; Mughal, period of Jahangir (1605–27

19. Two gentlemen engrossed in conversation while two others look on, a Chinese painting on a ceramic tile from a tomb near Luoyang, Henan province, dated to the Eastern Han Dynasty (25–220 AD)

20. Han Dynasty Painting, 206 BCE – 220 AD

21. “Four Generals of Zhongxing” by Southern Song Dynasty artists Liu Songnian (1174-1224).

22. The official Chinese court portrait painting of the empress and wife of Song Dynasty emperor Qinzong (1100 – 1161)

23. Qin Shi Huangdi - "First Emperor of Qin Dynasty"

24. Soon after the French and American revolutions (18th century) the more common man became interested in portraiture. After all, everyone was created equal.

25. sillouette

26. Robert Cornelius, Self Portrait, 1839

27. Vncent van Gogh, Self Portrait, 1889

28. Henri Matisse, Madame Matisse (the Green Stripe), 1905

29. Portraits from the Renaissance Where were you in a past life?

30. Western and Eastern Roman Empires

31. Middle Ages in EuropeApprox 5th century to 15th century • Fall of Roman Empire • Decentralized governments based on isolated kingdoms –no infrastructure or cross cultural exchange - Unsafe to travel distances, people subject to extreme changes (like invaders, weather, disease) - Cultural and educational institutions broke down. Lack of educational opportunities – superstition abounded • Islamic Golden Age – Islamic science and technology more advanced. Islamic expansion underway - Crusades reaction to this expansion – land grab - Catholic Church filled void in the lives of European

33. Mythical King Ninus, mid 13th century

34. Tommaso da Modena (1325-1379)

35. Duccio, Virgin as Queen of Heaven, 1308-11

36. Duccio, Virgin as Queen of Heaven, 1308-11

37. Wilton Diptych, artist unknown, 1377 - 1413

38. Wilton Diptych, artist unknown, 1377 - 1413

39. Masaccio, early 15th century

40. Guiliano da Rimini, Portrait of St. Catherine, early 14th century at Moretti, Firenz

41. Hieronymus Bosch,The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1504

42. The Renaissance Culture • Returning interest in things Greek and Roman including architecture, philosophy, literature and science • Revival of “humanism” – the dignity of mankind • Development of a rich merchant class • Cross-cultural exchanges with many cultures • Still a “man’s world” • Artists move from “craftspeople” togentleman class

43. Piero della Francesca, Portraits-Of-Federico-Da-Montefeltro-And-His-Wife-Battista-Sforza-1465-66

44. Unknown Master Pisanello

45. Botticelli Fra Filippo Lippi

46. ALESSO BALDOVINETTI, Portrait of a Lady in Yellow, 1400s, The National Gallery of Art, London Bronzino, Portrait of  Lucrezia Panciatichi., 1540 Egg tempera vs. oil

47. Masaccio -- Profile Portrait of a Young Man -- Rome, Italy -- 1425 Jan Van Eyck, Portrait of a Man in a Turban possibly a self-portrait, painted 1433

48. Jan Van Eyck

49. Jan Van Eyck

50. Albrecht Dürer