Oliveros, Danah A. (Beed I) Lesson 8
Oliveros, Danah A. (Beed I) Lesson 8
2. Discuss how Mannerism art became an offshoot of works from the Renaissance.
As the Renaissance ended, artists stated directly copying subjects from existing works of
art. Most artworks during this period displayed distorted figures, two dimensional spaces,
discordant hues and colors and lack of defined focal point.
Activity:
1. For me I pick Cupid, for a Roman Art Style. Cupid, is an ancient Roman God of love in all its
varieties, the counterpart of the Greek God Eros and the equivalent of Amor in Latin poetry. He
often appeared as a winged infant carrying a bow and a quiver of arrows whose wounds
inspired love or passion in his every victim.
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1. What do you think the most important contributions of contemporary art as a period and the
numerous movements under it in the lives of men today?