Week.13- Joon.s. Lee: Standard of a Beauty

I just gathered some images which have name of Venus and put together to compare the changes a standard of a beauty from the past. As I mentioned, the name of all women figures are venus except for first woman who wears deep red silky dress. She is a famous actress in Korea and now she is working at  popular women underwear brand "Venus" as a main model. In Korea, most people no doubt of her body line is a trend of a beauty now. Not only Korean, but also other country people may agree with the standard of beauty. Personally, I think most of visual objective standard must be pretty same regardless of country, race or culture even in the very past time. So, that's the main point I am just asking a question to our ancestor about artworks about a woman made in the past. Why did they make sculpture like willendolf? Why did they paint body shape of venus like a aunty a next door?  

Week 12: Mackenzie: The Garden of Earthly Delights

Viewing The Garden of Earthly Delights is both an overwhelming and exciting experience. There is so much to look at that each individual viewer focuses on not only different panels of the triptych but different scenes/objects within each panel--possibly explaining why there are so many different interpretations of what exactly each panel signifies. The significance of the left panel seems pretty obvious and seems to start off the left-to-right chronological "reading" of the triptych. The left panel simply depicts God presenting Eve to Adam, starting off a series of events. The central panel displays a chaotic array of nudes engaging in various acts and seems to have a lot of energy and sexual charge. The right panel is a representation of hell and perhaps the consequences of whatever occurred in the time between when Eve was presented to Adam and the actual depiction of hell. This is what sparks the most controversy between various critics of this piece. Some argue that the middle panel represents sin because it is what leads from the presentation of Eve to Adam directly of hell--therefore it must signify a sort of warning against committing sins. Anyone who knows the biblical story of the Garden of Eden would say that the central panel represents the forbidden fruit and when Eve tasted the forbidden fruit, leading to original sin. The central panel is the focus of the triptych, as it gives it it's name--The Garden of Earthly Delights. The chaos of the central panel is appealing to me. The various figures seem to be engaging in whatever activities they want--there are no rules. I think this seems dangerous and fun and exciting. It is as if all of the figures are not afraid of whatever consequences must come their way. They seem to be unaware that their interactions could possibly be sinful and inappropriate, leading to the right column of hell. There is a sort of naivety and innocence in all of the figures--whether human or animal--that seems joyous and free-spirited. Whether the figures are more sexual or just carefree and playing in the water, they all seem to be enjoying themselves. Some interpret this central column as a celebration of a life lived without the realization that consequences exist, and others seem to think it represents the tasting of the forbidden fruit. I think that the final, conclusive message is that whether you taste the "forbidden fruit" (whatever that might be) or whether you live your life without a sense of right/wrong, there are consequences and a price to pay (as depicted in the right column). However, if this is the case and the message of the central column is true, I prefer the interpretation that those figures in the central column are living a carefree, joyous and somewhat dangerous lifestyle (since they are not concerned with rules or consequences). I think this interpretation of the central column seems more fun and less ominous, although the final message is the same. 

Week 12 Daphne- " The garden of early delights."

When i first reviewed this picture my eyes could not stop wondering around because there is so much going on at once! This portrait is known as a " triptych" because it has 3 folds. The more and more I gazed at the triptych, i could not figure out why it had to be so complex and "busy". It appears that the left panel depicts the story of adam and eve while the middle panel is focusing on the idea of nudity which seems to be the main idea/focus after adam and eve commit their first sin- the eating of the forbidden fruit. I also noticed that there is some interaction with humans and animals throughout the triptych. The right panel seems to show the consequences after eating the apple. I believe that the figures to the right symbolizing demonds, insinuating that man has fallen short of God's promise to eternal paradise. When first looking at the triptych i was overwhelmed and unsure of what i should have been focusing on, but after breaking it down section by section it was all clear and easier to understand the overall message or theme.

Week 12: The Garden of Earthly Delights (Lindley Wren)

There is a lot of imagery going on in this depiction of lively figures--both animals and people. The picture is very animated as each person and animal in the image seems to be demonstrating some form of movement. The importance of nature is noted as a result of the vast greenery, bodies of water, mountains, and sky.. It is as if the image is embracing creation and the idea of life. Each character--both animal and human--is brightly noted due to (for the most part) it's bright ivory color and once again, the depiction of movement. The entire image suggests a closeness in community and the notion that every creation serves a role or holds a certain place in the greater society. 

Week 12: Jenny: The Garden of Earthly Delights

The Garden of Earthly Delights is a very eccentric piece of artwork. The first thing that caught my attention is the human devoured by a clam carried by another naked figure as if it is a coffin. I do not understand how this would fit in the middle panel which is supposed to depict earthly pleasures. Another thing i noticed in the middle panel is that the animals seem to be overpowering the naked figures. For instance, the head of the owl is resting on the shoulders of the two figures and they are feeding it with apples, which is the forbidden fruit. On the bottom of the panel, there are dark figures that seem out of place and should be placed in the left panel. Over all, I find this painting confusing with too many details that seem out of the ordinary.

WEEK 12 DECARLIS . aka I Love Pasta!

It makes sense that The Garden of Earthly Delights is Bosch's most well-known piece of art. It's grand scale allows for an in depth integration of detailing in both its content and method of construction. From the exterior to the interior Bosch has constructed the peace in such a way where from an observer's perspective he makes apparent the idea of chronology in his representation of ideas.
On the outside, when the two side panels are closed we see an encased world. This world is void of life both literally and figuratively. When we think of the idea of time it is very possible that Bosch's placement of this sort of globe-like and desolate world takes place before the scenes followed by it on the interior panels. Since its not on the back of the triptych we can eliminate any Armageddon scenarios that Bosch may be alluding to.
When we open the piece we see a depiction of Adam and Eve on the left. By the way Eve's hand is holding God's it is possible that this is her first time meeting Adam. The center panel is particularly interesting in that is appears to be where the vividness and soul of the piece originates. It is not likely that Bosch attempted to make it appear as though a humongous orgy was taking place. Nonetheless, those were my first thoughts when peering eyes on it. If nothing else it is surly a celebration of some sort.
The last panel on the right brings together all the scenes. The depiction of damnation here reverberates the idea of chronological order and the idea of bringing things full circle.
Overall the piece may ultimately serve as a premonition: a kind warning of what life can turn into...

Week 12: Sasha Young: The Garden of Earthly Delights

There are many interesting themes present in Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights. One theme that stood out to me was the harmony, or arguably lack thereof, between humans and animals. Nearly every figure in the piece is interacting with an animal in some way, whether it be riding one, like the wild boars and horses, holding one, like the man holding a fish in the lower right, or even petting one, like the man that is seemingly petting a fish in the lower center.
Another thing about the relationship between humans and animals is that in some instances the animals are depicted as being giant, like the mallard duck and birds in the middle left. I think this greatness in size might represent the power struggle between humans and animals. Although we as humans are usually the more powerful force, we as humans are also somewhat dependant on animals for food and materials, which gives them a certain power over us.

Week 12: Rashi: The Garden of Earthly Delights

When first viewing the Garden of Earthly Delights it is a lot to take in. The mind does not know where to focus because there is just too much going on. When the eye finally settles down it finds its self on the left side of the triptych. The left panel has the least going on, in the foreground is Adam and Eve with God and in the background is just landscape along with some animals. The colors are very vibrant, the artist uses a good combination of opposite colors from the color wheel. Against the bright green/yellow grass he places a reddish pink fountain. The repetition of that color is found in God's robe. For me the repetition of that same color pulls the eye along in the triptych to the middle panel where there are way too many things going on in the foreground but in the background the reddish pink color is repeated in four different buildings. Each of the buildings are placed horizontally to the right of the last leading ones eye onto the last panel of the triptych where the color scheme is no where near the last two. It is all dark, more of the use of browns and earthy tones then the vibrant greens. Even among the dark colors one finds that same red color in the center of the panel which brings an eye to a stop because there is no more of that color. In the end that same reddish pink color had the eye going in a semi circle starting at God, moving up toward the fountain across the middle panel and lastly ending on the right most panel to stop. I think its interesting how artists place objects with a certain color scheme in certain areas of a painting to keep the viewers eye moving.

WEEK 12- Nick

Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights is easily the most complex triptych that we have explored in class. Not only is it artistically stimulating, it is also a great tool to study the culture of the time. The complexity really shows the importance of religion in that time. The interior is very strange in the fact that the right panel feels very distant thematically from the other two panels. While the left panel looks like the Garden of Eden and depicts Adam of Eve, the middle panel shows a cornucopia of sexuality. This feels like an extension of the left panel especially with several nude figures picking apples from a tree and the skyline remaining constant between the two. The right panel, in my opinion, is the most interesting as it invokes feelings of destruction and malice. While it probably represents hell, it also could serve as an extension of the center panel if the people from the garden continue in their promiscuity. I also found it odd that there was a harp in the panel as well as large ears. Another reason why it could be the garden in the future is that the skyline matches even if the colors and images are drastically different.

Week 12: Jill: The Garden of Earthly Delights

Created by Hieronymus Bosch, the triptych entitled "The Garden of Earthly Delights" tells the artist's negative opinion of Earth's and mankind's history. The story starts when the triptych is closed. Together, the two panels depict Earth upon creation - or at least before God has created humans and animals to live on it. Earth is empty except for vegetation, and, overall, the colors are very bland (especially when compared to the triptych's inside). There is a small figure in the upper left corner which is probably meant to be God himself. Once the triptych is opened, three different panels, each chronologically telling of a different time, are visible. The first panel (on the left) shows the moment when Eve is presented to Adam by God. This represents the period before humanity has given into temptation and sin. At this time, Earth is probably in the season of spring or summer. The colors are bright, and the atmosphere seems peaceful and serene. All of the beings are happy and/or taking part in the circle of life. The next panel (the larger center piece) is painted in the same colors, but, at once, one can tell that the mood is quite different. There is much crowding and what looks like chaos. The scene is not just full of humans and animals but many fanciful beings and objects (Ex: larger than life fruits and animals). Men and women, without shame, are cavorting wildly and engaging in different types of sexual acts together. They also look to be taking advantage of the surrounding animals by riding and crawling on them. This panel represents giving in to Earth's temptations. The last panel (on the right) is very different from the two panels to its left, symbolically and visually. Dark and dreary, this panel represents the repercussion of man's sins: eternal damnation, or Hell. Among many other images, we see demons, infernos, torture, corpses. Overall, the scene communicates man's agony and shame. All of the panels put together, we see peace in the beginning before the Original Sin, chaos and decadence in the middle when man has given in to temptation, and, after this temporary delight, the painful consequences towards the end. Serving a purpose. Bosch's triptych, then and now, acts as a deterrent against sinful behavior. 

Week 12:Sam, Seung-Hwan Kim, the garden of earthly delights

One of the most famous paintings of Bosch, the Garden of Earthly Delights is not only very intersting but also difficult to interpret. His triptych consists of three panels, creation, fall, and punishment. These three panels are closely related each other. On the left panel, with a very bright color, Bosch depicted paradise at the time of Genesis. And he also depicted the creation of human being and animals is described on the first panel. An old man on the panel who probably corresponts to God is holding Eve's hand. There is no sin but there is a close and positive relationship between God and human. Moreover, in relation with animals, human takes higher position than animals within the relation with God. However, as moving the attention to the right, mankind falls into the sin and seeks for "earthly delights," sex, which leads their position to under animals. On the centen panel, humans commit sin. Bosch depicted people who ride horses, unprotected sex, are making love with animal, and hold a large strawberry. All these behaviors represent sin, "earthly delights." The position of mankind, again, lowered to the same position as animals. The last but not least panel descrebes the hell as a punishment of sin that humans commit. Overall, the color of the panel is dark and the red. Views hardly find the brightness, which they easily found on the first two panels. The entire atmosphere is very gloomy and pessimistic. On the center of the penel, a monster with human figure has a half- cut body and allows us to see inside. The inside of the body looks like a pub where people drink and a place of "earthly delights." As a punishment of their sin, people are suffering from very disgusting environment. Finally, animals took over humans' position as we see the scene that rats rape women and a pig is smiling while taking a nun's veil.

Week 12: Kathryn: The Garden of Earthly Delights

The Garden of Earthly Delights is considered to be Hieronymus Bosch's most well-known work of art. Honestly, I find the whole triptych rather confusing. It is hard to tell exactly what is going on and how the three panels relate to each other. Overall, I do feel like it is a representation of the Creation, but that seems to primarily take place on the far left. As it moves to the right, the paintings become darker, literally with light and figuratively with the subject matter. It seems almost like a story. The far left represents the beginning of the Creation. This is clear through the depiction of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The far right represents the fall of mankind. In essence, the triptych can be read from left to right as events in chronological order. 

Sarah Webb: The Garden of Earthly Delights

A spectacular and richly detailed triptych, The Garden of Earthly Delights depicts the biblical story of the Earth's creations, and man's eventual damnation.  With the scenes running from left to right, the first panel shows God with Adam and Eve, whom he has just created.  There is a deep sense of peace and serenity amongst the lush green landscape and exotic creatures.  The scene, however, turns chaotic as the viewer's attention moves to the middle panel, characterized by a flurry of ornamental fruits and flowers with a mass of life-sized birds and entwined naked bodies.  This represents man's deviance from God and the turn towards carnal pleasure and sin.  The consequence of this action is revealed on the far right panel, where Bosch portrays human suffering in hell.  The naked figures now look contorted with pain, quite opposite from the fluid, flowing and lively bodies in the previous panel.  This final panel is set against a background of fire and destruction, characterizing hell as a dark place of eternal punishment.  

Week.12- Joon.s. Lee: The garden of earthy delights.

Through the garden of earthly delight, I could find various kind of features that consists of painter's multiplicity of imagination. First of all, I couldn't believe a kind of splendid color variations that have ever seen any artworks before in that period.  Because I learned oil painting before, I know well that it is really hard to control and mix up with many colors, and  creating a unrealistic existence from imagination using with oil painting need to not only brilliant ideas but also very detail, even special ability to express oneself. In this painting, three parts of panel shows different kind of story using fantastic coloring and unbelievable imagination. First panel is pretty easy to approach to get a main story "adam and eve",god and apple tree around them. Through atmospheric perspective, it shows a distance between main field and background pretty well. At the middle of first panel, pink-toned big spiral somethings on the water seems to a symbol of peace and also looks like a fountain but the painter put a unrealistic, even lifelike thing on it because I feel like a kind of face something is smiling with triangular shaped mouth at the top of round(bottom) and the bottom of spiral. Anyway, I think painter mignt be want to describe the very beginning of earth so there are only few single one of each animals. For the second panel, I think that is a kind of prolongation of first panel with many themes like hunting, harmony, celebration and human prosperity. However, this panel looks too much busy because of over features with humans and animals. Personally, I guess that painter seemed to depict his ideal like "we are the one" regardless of race or subject (human or animal) and put it together in one panel. By contrast with early two panels, the last panel is totally different than others. The panel just expose very directly about negative life or the end of moral gangrene. Very dark background that consist of irregular explosions from buildings at the top of panel and confusion in direction of crowd seems to give hint to people the end of life from middle panel in a sense. Moreover, some of knives painting feel even frightened. In a word, these three panels are compressed level of human life depend on control and these are an advanced warning to people who are living in todays.    

Week 12: Maureen: Garden of Earthly Delights

The left panel of the triptych is rather serene if taken on its own. This other worldly environment depicts God presenting Eve to Adam. Adam is relaxing on hillside near
pool. Various animals, real and imaginary, are interacting in this surreal landscape.
The garden of Eden, while humans are still innocent.
In the center panel, humans have fallen from innocence, fallen from God's graces. The panel depicts chaos. While still a surreal landscape, there is no serenety. It all appears to be a jumble of various activities. Humans riding animals in a circle around a pool of women in the middle of the panel. Several exceptionally large berries are being eaten throughout, in addition to a number of larger than life, or these humans, birds. These must be symbolic for something. I don't know about the birds.
The right panel surely must be hell. Various depictions of suffering. Musical instruments used for torture. Oversized animals devoring humans/souls. Abstract images of items like knives coming out of ears, skulls hanging humans by poles or spears. Where the left panel is serene and peacefull this is grotesque and tramatic.
Perhaps Bosch was attempting to portray how living by God's laws would lead to serenity, while living a life of earthly delights(sin) would lead to endless suffering. It is unlikely that the images he used in these panels simply represented what they appeared to be.
Interesting that several of the images we've looked at remind me more of Dali's work. Does that say something about the medieval mind or about Dali's?

Week 12: Molly: The Garden of Earthly Delights

I think Bosch's triptych is very interesting. On the left panel is Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. They enjoy a natural relationship with nature. Adam sits on the green grass and the animals carry on around him without disturbing him. In the central panel, human relationships to animals and human relationships to nature descend into chaos. I think it is a massive orgy. As people experience more pleasure and delight (as the title suggests) men and women descend into the raw, animalistic natural world. I think the right panel depicts hell. People are punished for their sins and receive the consequences for their actions. I think it can be read from left to right as humans are formed in God's grace in Eden, then turn away from God toward pleasure on earth, and finally end in hell as punishment. It may have served as a warning for people to turn back to God in order to prevent yourself from going to hell.

Week 11: Ara Pacis

My friend is studying aboard in Rome and I found out she went to visit the Ara Pacis, which was one of the artworks on the midterm.

Week.10- Joon.s. Lee: Fresco in Japan

The name of this painting is "Takamatsu" fresco found in Japan. Such as "Fresco in Arena", this painting also have religious coloring based on fresco. In terms of this painting, most of Asia believed in Buddhism so coloring of this painting basically came from buddhism. However, Takamstsu didn't depict directly about Buddha's greatest life unlike life of Christ in Fresco Arena. they just seemed to show people's part of daily life but using splendid color (symbol of Buddhism) for traditional dress or accessories of figures.      

Week 10 Seung-Hwan Kim: Cleaning of the frescoes

In Thursday's lecture, professor Howe mentioned about the "Lamentation," with a slide. She said the picture of the fresco is bad because it is taken before cleaning. Here, I found an interestiong article about cleaning of the fresco, Michelangelo's "Last Judgment." During my trip to Rome this summer, a Vatical city tour guide informed that the Japanese broadcasting NHK invested $90 million to cleaning the dust on the masterpiece. Professor Howe's lecture reminds me of the tour guide's comment. "In 1989 Mr. Colalucci and his team completed the extensive cleaning of the ceiling frescoes, which were done 25 years earlier than the "Last Judgment" and depict the biblical narrative of the creation and Adam and Eve. The cleaning stunned art historians and restorers alike for its revelation of the artist's use of stunningly bright colors, but it shocked others who feared the work had been permanently disfigured."
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400EED9143EF93AA35757C0A962958260