StoryWorlds | Timeline Assignment Part 3 – ART

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TIMELINE ASSIGNMENT

STORYWORLDS

3 CONTEXTS

  • HERITAGE (CROATIAN HISTORY)
  • SOCIAL CULTURE (HISTORY OF FILM)
  • INSPIRATION (RENAISSANCE, FEMINIST ART)

 

INSPIRATION

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE / FEMINIST ART

Referenced in Visual

  • La Primavera’ Sandro Botticelli 1470
  • Madonna and Child with Six Angels’ Sandro Botticelli 1500
  • Untitled (Not Stupid Enough)’ Barbara Kruger 1997
  • Lipstick Bathroom’ Camille Grey 1973 (Part of WomanHouse Exhibition)

 

HISTORY OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART (1300-1600)

 

14th Century – Trecento 

1267 Birth of Giotto

1348 Black Death spreads through Europe, 25-50% of the population are infected

1386 Birth of Donatello

1389 Birth of Cosimo de Medici, the first of the Medici political dynasty in Florence

 

15th Century – Quattrocento

1401 Birth of Massacio

1420-36 Brunelleschi creates the Dome of Florence Cathedral

1428 Death of Massacio

1431 Birth of Mantegna and Bellini

1446 Birth of Botticelli

1449 Birth of Lorenzo de Medici, Cosimo’s son and later, a sponsor of Botticelli and Michaelangelo

1450 Donatello creates his sculpture David

1452 Birth of Leonardo da Vinci

1466 Death of Donatello

1469 Lorenzo de Medici takes power in Florence

1475 Birth of Michaelangelo

1483 The opening of the Sistine Chapel

1488 Death of Verocchio, Botticelli paints The Birth of Venus

1490 Birth of Titian

1488 Michaelangelo is apprenticed to Ghirlandaio

1495 Leonardo paints The Last Supper

 

16th Century – Cinquecento 

1505 Leonardo paints the Mona Lisa

1506 Death of Mantegna

1508 Michaelangelo begins working on the Sistine Chapel

1510 Death of Botticelli, Raphael paints School of Athens, Michaelangelo paints Creation of Adam

1518 Leonardo paints his portrait of Leo X

1519 Death of Leonardo da Vinci

1520 Death of Raphael

1564 Death of Michaelangelo

1576 Death of Titian

 

 

HISTORY OF THE FEMINIST ART MOVEMENT (1960-1990)

1960 Feminist Art Movement begins

1964 Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece challenges violence against and the sexualisation of women

1970 Prominent feminist artists Judy Chicago begins her education of women in the art industry with the opening of her art school

1971 Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? an essay by Linda Nochlin, was published in ARTnews, a publication formerly showcasing essays from only a male POV

1972 The A.I.R studio is founded, the first of its kind to showcase solely art made by women, Judy Chicago’s Womanhouse exhibition is debuted to the public, combining works from over 20 female artists, each inhabiting a room of a house with their art. 10’000 visitors arrive to see the exhibition

1973 Feminist Studio Workshop is created by Judy Chicago, Arlene Raven and Sheila Levrant de Bretteville in LA

1979 Judy Chicago debuts Dinner Party, widely known as the first ‘epic’ feminist art, she aimed to give women ‘a seat at the table’ by creating a table showcasing 999 prominent female figures of history

1985 The Guerrilla Girls are formed, a group of anonymous woman artists who performed out-of-box exhibitions and demonstrations to protest the patriarchy within the art world

1989 The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist was posted by the Guerrilla girls, a sarcastic and satirical list of all the ‘good’ reasons to be a female artist, challenging the idea that a far larger percentage of works in galleries are made by men

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

HISTORY OF RENAISSANCE ART

Art History Timeline. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.dummies.com/education/art-appreciation/art-history-timeline/

Early Italian Renaissance the history of artistic achievement. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from https://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Italian-renaissance.html

Early Renaissance Art (Italy) (1400-1490). (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/early-renaissance.htm

Early Renaissance Art (Italy) (1400-1490). (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/early-renaissance.htm

History.com Staff. (2010). Renaissance Art. Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.history.com/topics/renaissance-art

Renaissance Timeline. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from https://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Renaissance-Timeline.html

Italian Renaissance Art (1400–1600). (2016, January 16). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://arthistoryteachingresources.org/lessons/italian-renaissance-art-1400-1600/

 

HISTORY OF FEMINIST ART

The Feminist Art Movement timeline. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-feminist-art-movement

Feminism & Art. (2016, December 22). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://arthistoryteachingresources.org/lessons/feminism-art/

Feminism & Feminist Art. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/feminist/

Feminist Art Movement, Artists and Major Works. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.theartstory.org/movement-feminist-art.htm

T. (n.d.). Feminist art – Art Term. Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/f/feminist-art

StoryWorlds | Timeline Assignment Part 2 – SOCIAL CULTURE

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TIMELINE ASSIGNMENT

STORYWORLDS

3 CONTEXTS

  • HERITAGE (CROATIAN HISTORY)
  • SOCIAL CULTURE (HISTORY OF FILM)
  • INSPIRATION (RENAISSANCE, FEMINIST ART)

 

SOCIAL CULTURE

MOVIES/MUSIC/BOOKS

Referenced in Visual: 

  • ‘My Own Private Idaho’ Gus Van Sant 1991
  • ‘Trixie Belden’ Kathryn Kenny 1948-1986
  • ‘Romeo + Juliet’ Baz Luhrmann 1996
  • Stevie Knicks photographed by Unknown 1976
  • The Wild Thornberrys’ 1998-2004
  • The Great Gatsby’ F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925
  • Lord of the Flies’ William Golding 1954
  • Stand By Me’ Rob Reiner 1986
  • ‘The Folk of the Faraway Tree’ Enid Blyton 1946

 

HISTORY OF FILM 

1824 Invention of Thaumatrope (Introduces ‘persistence of vision’ concept)

1832 Invention of Fantascope

1839 Introduction of Celluloid Film

1861 Invention of Kinematoscope

1888 Introduction of the first portable Kodak film camera (using film on wooden rollers)

1895 Auguste and Louis Lumière invent the Cinèmatograph (combination camera and projector) and host the first private screening

1899 Movie theatre in Philadelphia is the first of it’s kind

1900 Production companies begin to create feature films for widespread audiences

1903 The first Western ‘The Great Train Robbery’ by Edwin S. Porter debuts

1910 Thomas Edison invents the Kinetophone, allowing audio in film

1911 D. W. Griffith’s ‘Enoch Arden’ becomes the first ever feature length film

1915 D. W. Griffith’s ‘The Birth of a Nation’ introduces several narrative devices, such as the flashback and the close-up

1924 Walt Disney creates his first cartoon ‘Alice’s Wonderland’

1925 Ben Hur’ becomes the most expensive film made with a budget of $3.95 million USD

1928 Walt Disney’s Galloping Gaucho and Steamboat Willie become the first cartoons with sound, also the inaugural Academy Awards are held at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood

1934 ‘It Happened One Night’ starring Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable wins 3 Academy Awards

1935 Technicolour film is introduced

1937 Walt Disney’s first feature length film ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarves’ debuts to box office success

1939 ‘Gone With the Wind’ premieres, going on to become one of the most profitable films of all time at $192 million USD

1946 The inaugural Cannes Film Festival is held in France

1952 Premiere of the first feature length 3d film ‘Bwana Devil’ 

1953 Wide-Screen techniques such as CinemaScope are developed to counteract the popularity of television seen first in ‘The Robe’

1960 The premiere of Alfred Hitchcocks ‘Psycho’ cements it as one of the most famous psychological thrillers ever made

1961 Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ starring Audrey Hepburn debuts, winning multiple Oscars and becoming an instant classic

1965 ‘Sound of Music’ premieres and continues to be one of the most popular movie musicals of all time

1968 Motion picture rating systems are implemented to police the viewing of certain films

1976 The first use of Steadicam is seen in ‘Rocky’

1977 The first instalment of the ‘Star Wars’ franchise is released

1994 Steven Spielberg wins the Academy Award for best director with ‘Schindler’s List’

1997 Titanic’ Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet premieres, and, for 12 years, remained the highest grossing film ever made with $1.843 billion USD made internationally

1998 Titanic’ wins a record 11 Academy Awards

2001 The category of Best Animated Feature is introduced to the Academy Awards. ‘Shrek’ directed by New Zealander Andrew Adamson, takes it home

2006 The Walt Disney co. acquires Pixar Animations

2007 Home video giant ‘Netflix’ launches an online presence, creating the first site where customers can legally stream movies straight to their personal devices, in only 3 years, the company would garner 20 million subscribers

2009 Avatar’ directed by James Cameron premieres, quickly becoming the highest grossing movie of all time grossing $2.7 billion USD worldwide

2014 Netflix releases their first feature length, original film ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend’ on the platform, prompting a great change in the film industry in regards to format and projection

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

HISTORY OF FILM 

In Film | September 20th, 2011 8 Comments. (n.d.). The Birth of Film: 11

Firsts in Cinema. Retrieved November 16, 2017, from http://www.openculture.com/2011/09/the_birth_of_film_11_firsts_in_cinema.html

Dixon, W. W. (2008). A short history of film. London: I. B. Tauris.

Film History Milestones. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2017, from http://www.filmsite.org/milestones.html

Film History Timeline. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2017, from http://www.softschools.com/timelines/film_history_timeline/436/

Movie Timeline. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2017, from https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/movies-and-videos/movie-timeline

 

 

StoryWorlds | Timeline Assignment Part 1 – HERITAGE

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TIMELINE ASSIGNMENT

STORYWORLDS

3 CONTEXTS

  • HERITAGE (CROATIAN HISTORY)
  • SOCIAL CULTURE (HISTORY OF FILM)
  • INSPIRATION (RENAISSANCE, FEMINIST ART)

 

HERITAGE 

CROATIA AND MY FAMILY

Referenced in Visual 

  • Maté Vučić (My Great-Granddad) photographed in Croatia Date Unknown
  • Photographed in Whangarei 1950
  • Building in Dubrovnik (where my family are from)

 

HISTORY OF CROATIA

Family History

400BC Greek colonies founded on the islands of the Adriatic Sea

925 King Tomislav crowned first King of Croatia, establishing the Croatian Kingdom

1102 Croatia enters union with Hungary after the death of the last King Peter Svavic

1382 Dubrovnik buys it’s independence from the Hungarian King

1526 Ottoman’s win the battle of Mohacs, beginning their rise to power in Croatia

1847 Croatian becomes an official language, replacing the prior-used Latin

1895 My Granddad Maté Vučić is born in Dubrovnik in December

1918 The Austro-Hungarian empire is abolished after the end of WW1 and the Kingdom of Serbs is established (later named Yugoslavia) with Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia

1941 Nazi Germany invades and attacks Serbs and Jews, Croatia takes in Bosnia and western Serbia to become a ‘Greater Croatia’

1942/47 My Great-Grandfather migrates to New Zealand, marries my Great-Grandmother Alvaretta and gives birth to Neville and Petar Vucich (my Grandfather and Great-Uncle)

1945 Croatia becomes a republic of the Yugoslav socialist federation, going against the rule of communist Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito

1965 Maté Vučić dies when my Grandfather is 19 years old

1980 Tito dies, beginning the collapse of the Yugoslav federation as republics begin to claim their independence

1989 Collapse of communism in Eastern Europe

1990 First free election in Croatia in 50 years. Communists lose to the Nationalist Conservatives

1991 Croatia declares independence to contempt within Serbia, by December, one third is under Serbian power

1992 Croatia becomes involved in the Bosnia-Herzegovina war, supporting the Bosnian Croats against the Bosnian Serbs, then against the Bosniaks (Muslims)

1995 The Bosnia-Herzegovina war ends and Croatia begins to claim back it’s land occupied by the Serbians

1996 Croatia restores its relationship with Yugoslavia

1998 Croatia claims back control in the last area occupied by the Serbians

2000 The liberal Croatian People’s Party, headed by Stjepan Mesic enters government

2009 Croatia joins NATO

2010 President Josipovic visits Belgrade, suggesting a thawing of the relationship between Croatia and Serbia

2011 Croatia signs EU accession treaty

2013 Croatia becomes the 28th member of the EU

2015 Kolinda Grabar-Kiratovic is elected Croatia’s first female president

2016 Andrej Plenkovic becomes the president

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

HISTORY OF CROATIA

A SHORT HISTORY OF CROATIA. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.localhistories.org/croatia.html

A TIMELINE OF CROATIA. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.localhistories.org/croatiatime.html

Croatia profile – Timeline. (2017, March 17). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17217954

Maxwell, C. (2013, February 28). Crash Course in Croatia’s History. Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.travelchannel.com/destinations/croatia/articles/crash-course-in-croatias-history

Planet, L. (n.d.). Lonely Planet. Retrieved November 18, 2017, from https://www.lonelyplanet.com/croatia/history

 

 

Storyworlds | Assessment

Throughout the course of these presentations, the idea of context surrounding career paths has become greatly apparent to me. When the speakers talked about their career choices, changes and passions, they outlined how, why and when they chose this particular road to follow as creative practitioners. While each speaker outlined a slightly different context for their work, there were a few categories these contexts could be placed into. There were; people that referred to their childhood as the driving force behind their practice (parenting, childhood experiences etc.), people that referred to their specific interests in materials/moral issues/artists and practices as their motive behind getting into their specific practice, and there were also people who specified a certain point in time or struggle they faced as the reason to continue or begin their path within their creative practice.

When Ben spoke about his background, he specified that being brought up within a creatively cultivating family prompted him to consider becoming a designer. By creating an environment that promoted creativity and a parent who indulged Ben in his practices at a young age, he was able realise his passions earlier on, even if his career didn’t turn out to be the one he expected it to be. Emma talked about her inspiration that came from artists that she discovered in her younger years such as Michael Borremans and Giuseppe Arcimboldo, these sparked her interest in art and painting in a darker, more gritty context, helping her to learn that she didn’t want her art to just be pretty imagery. By outlining the people, places and times that changed them as creative practitioners, Ben and Emma helped us to see how their work fits into their lives and how these things have changed the course of their careers and passions.

Paula spoke about a more career-changing moment that shapes the context of her current practice and that was seeing her relative struggle to eat with Arthritis. This prompted her to further her product design background and begin to create products that she feels will make a difference. By introducing this context and motive, Paula was able to give more meaning to her work, driving it with passion, rather than it becoming a monotonous job for her. By helping people with her practice, she is able to fulfil her motives and promote change within her industry. Carsten’s context was more of a historical/locational one. He spoke about his upbringing in Communist East Germany and how this grey, bleak landscape sparked him to create. By working in film, he was able to break free of that blankness and create beautiful work within a context inspired by his past.

I think, if I were asked to outline my context within my future creative practice, I would have to refer back to my upbringing and my growth within a creative household. As a child, my parents were both creative, both musicians, with my Dad being a designer by trade. I think that this environment prompted me to always think creatively and made me strive for more than just a ‘desk job’ from a very young age. I saw what my parents were doing, what they loved, and I wanted that for myself. When it came time to choose a degree and start to decide what I wanted to do in life, I never even thought I would do anything but something creative. I think that this is because of my upbringing, where thoughts were valid and ideas were always celebrated. This really prompted me to seek out my talents and strengths, rather than settling for doing something for the rest of my life that I neither enjoy or are very good at. I also think that being surrounded by creatives all my life has helped me to understand some of the ins and outs of different industries, helping me to further seek a career in creative practice.

Another thing that I think could contextualise my choices in life is my love of film. I think that exploring different, interesting world’s has helped me to broaden my horizons creatively. I see film as a way to explore a directors mind, and by watching films that have distinct characteristics or personalities, we are able to really evoke inspiration and ideation within ourselves. By watching films with these very prominent art styles and directions, I think that I am broadening my creativity, even if film is not particularly a direction I see myself going in, career-wise.

The last context in my life would have to be other artists. When finding inspiration in others, I am often sparked (like many are) to create myself. I find myself wanting to better my practice and understand my contexts and motives behind my work much more. I think that this push really helps me to surround my work with meaning and understanding, rather than just making meaningless works that don’t convey emotion or experience. I think that researching and finding out about, for example, Renaissance artists (in which I am very interested in), helps broaden my knowledge and creative skill greatly. I think that by expanding my mind creatively, I will continue to strive to be the best and most educated I can be within my chosen creative practice, wherever that may be.