Jonathan Morgan
Adjunct Professor of Art at Lone Star College & South Dakota State University, PhD candidate at IDSVA
Reading a Work of Art
Subject Matter
The things/images that literally make up an artwork.
Content
The meaning or intended purpose of the work.
Context
The cultural and historical conditions around the work’s creation.
Descent from the Cross
(a.k.a. Deposition)
Rogier van der Weyden
Oil on panel
1435-1438 CE
Culture: Flemish
Flagellation of Christ
Piero della Francesca
Tempera and oil on panel
1455-1460 CE
Culture: Florentine
Three Avenues of Analysis
- Media
- Culture
- Philosophical Influence
Media
Tempera Paint
Tempera Paint Ingredients
Oil Paint
Egg Tempera vs Oil Paint
Culture
Philosophy
Plato
Aristotle
Separates Form & Matter
Matter & Form are inseperable
Math as model for Pure Thought
Transcendental
Intuition over Logic
"Overcoming" the physical world
Grounds theories in Biology
Imminent
Logic as foundational
Discover the order of the world
Reading an Artwork
By Jonathan Morgan
Reading an Artwork
Art History I & II, Prof. Morgan
