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Greetings and good day to everyone,

I have a number of questions and would absolutely be grateful to anyone who can help me with my researh on the following:

1. PAINTING
a) Types & functions of painting (5x5).
b) Name at least 5 famous or notable painters and the work that made them
well known as an artist.

2) SCULPTURE
a) Types, types of relief, process, sizes of sculpture
b) Classification according to function
c) Name at least 5 famous or notable sculptors - local or foreign - and
the work that made them well known as an artist

3) ARCHITECTURE
a) Different architectural styles / designs
b) Name at least 5 famous or notable architects - local or foreign - and
the work that made them famous.
c) Name at least 5 buildings of international fame and the reason/s why
they are famous.


Thank you very much,

Janet
[Tel. # removed. You probably won't want that sitting there forever. - JM]

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Let's start with a simple but obvious one: Girl With Pearl Earring - Vermeer

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Another simple one: The Haywain - Constable

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Look up art history/movements on Wikipedia or in books. And visit museums and galleries.

PBS had some recent programs on Leonardo da Vinci -- he's noted, because, in part, no one had ever looked so intensely at the world before. His anatamy drawings are still used by medical schools today. The modern view of the artist is also heavily influenced by his example. Brunelleschi's Dome is a nice little book that introduces readers to 16th century Italy.

Vincent van Gogh is worth mention. His correspondence is invaluable. And his late start, at the age of 30, and mastery within his ten brief years of painting is an inspiration to any aspiring artist.

Picasso casts a huge shadow, and deserves study. Likewise for Warhol.

My interests run the gamut, though. I enjoy the works of Kahlo, as well as outsider artists like Finster. And I'm a big fan of Ben Matthews. Just this past week I was introduced to the work of Jenny Saville, another artist worth your attention.

In sculpture I like Richard Notkin and Robert Arneson, among others. There's also the sculptor who did giant clothes pins and the like (forget the name at the moment) -- this is an example of abstraction -- by simply changing the size of an object you change the context and, so, the meaning -- there's also general implications about seeing.

In architecture, you might look up Bauhaus, and Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as Frank Gehry. My personal favorite is Louis Kahn (look for the documentary about Kahn entitled, My Architect).

I aplogize for the lack of further detail.

-Bernardo

PS One should realize, too, that there are often parallels in painting, architecture, music, dance, literature, science, philosophy and the like. Minimalism, for example, or Symbolism, or Magic Realism to name a few.

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Choose one artist from each of the past five centuries - that should give you a start. I think we should be interested to know the five you select.