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Focus

generalhistory:

⑴politics,economics,war

arthistory:

politicalvalues,emotions,everydaylife,etc.

B.Significaneeofstudy

Moreinformationandbetterunderstandingofhumansocietyandcivilization.n.?

Typesofinformation

A.Informationinhistorybookis

（2）objective

facts,butnoopinions.

B.Informationinarthistoryissubjective

（3）personal_emotions_andopinions

e.g.—Spanishpainters'

works:

misuseofgovernmentalpower—Mexicanartists'

works:

attitudestowardssocialproblems川.Artasareflectionofreligiousbeliefs

A.Europe:

（4）biblical_stories_in_picturesinchurches

B.MiddleEast:

picturesofflowersandpatternsinmosques,palaces

Reason:

humanand（5）animal_images_are_notseenasholy

C.AfricaandthePacificIslands:

Masks,headdressesandcostumesinspecialceremonies

Purpose:

toseekthehelpof（6）Godstoprotectcrops,animalsandpeopleIV.PerceptionsofArt

Howpeopleseeartisrelatedtotheirculturalbackground

A.EuropeansandAmericans

—（7）decoration—

—expressionofideas

B.Peopleinotherplaces

—partofeverydaylife

—（8）practicaluse

V.Artasareflectionofsocialchanges

A.Causeofchanges:

（9）influence/interactionofdifferentcultures

B.Changes

—tribalpeople:

effectsof（10）urbanization_on_art_forms

—Europeanartists:

influeneeofAfricantraditionalartintheirworks

—AmericanandCanadianartists:

studyofJapanesepainting.中间一

Goodmorning,today'

slectureistheveryfirstofaseriesoflecturesonarthistory,soI'

dliketospendsometimediscussingwithyouthefollowingtopic:

Whydoweneedtostudyarthistory?

Andwhatcanwelearnfromit?

Firstofall,I'

dsay,ifyoustudyarthistory,thismightbeagoodwaytolearnmoreaboutaculturethanit'

spossibletolearningeneralhistoryclasses.Youknow,

（1）mosttypicalhistorycoursesconcentrateonpolitics,economicsandwar,butarthistoryfocusesonmuchmorethanthis.Becauseartreflectsnotonlythepoliticalvaluesofapeople,butalsotheirreligiousbeliefs,emotionsetc.

Inaddition,informationaboutthedailyactivitiesofourancestorscanbeprovided

byart,likewhatpeopledidforaliving,whatkindofdresstheywore,whatceremoniestheyheldetc.Inshort,artcanexpresstheessentialqualitiesofatimeandaplace,andthestudyofitclearlyoffersusadeeperunderstandingthan

canbefoundinmosthistorybooksandenablesustolearnmorethingsabouthumansocietyandcivilization.

ThesecondpointI'

dliketomakeisaboutthetypeofinformation.

（2）1nhistorybooks,informationisobjective,thatis,factsaboutpoliticaleconomiclifeofacountryaregiven,butopinionsarenotexpressed.Art,ontheotherhand,issubjective.（3）Itreflectspersonalemotionsandopinions.Forexample,FranciscoGoyawasagreatSpanishpainterandalsoperhapsthefirsttrulypoliticalartist.Inhisfamouspainting,TheThirdofMay1808,heshowedsoldiersshootingagroupofsimplepeople.Hisdescriptionofsoldiersandtheirvictimshasbecomeasymbol

oftheenormouspowerorthemisuseofthispowerthatthegovernmentcanhaveoveritspeople.Over100yearslater,onanothercontinent,thepowerfulpaintingsofMexicanartistsdepictedtheirdeepangerandsadnessaboutsocialproblems.Insummary,throughartyoucanfindapersonalandemotionalviewofhistory.

Thirdly,artcanreflectaculture'

sreligiousbeliefs.Forhundredsof

yearsinEurope,religiousartwasalmosttheonlytypeofartthatexisted.（4）ChurchesandotherreligiousbuildingswerefilledwithpaintingsthatshowedpeopleandstoriesfromtheBible.（5）Bycontrast,oneofthemaincharacteristicsofartintheMiddleEastwas（andstillis）,itsabseneeofhumanandanimalimages.ThisreflectstheIslamicbeliefthattheseimagesareunholy.Thus,onpalaces,mosquesandotherbuildings,Islamicartistshavecreateduniquedecorationofgreat

beautywithimagesofflowersofgeometricforms,forexample,circles,squaresandtriangles.Thesameistrueofotherplaces,likeAfricaandPacificIslands.Artalsoreflectsthereligiousbeliefsoftraditionalculturesintheseplaces.Asamatteroffact,religionisthepurposeforthisartandit'

s,therefore,absolutelyessentialtoit.TraditionalartinAfricaandPacificIslandsisdifferentfrom

Christianart.Christianartinfluencespeople'

sreligiousfeelingstowardsGod.

（6）ButthegoaloftraditionalartinAfricaandPacificIslandsistheinfluenceofspiritualpowers,thatisgodstoenterpeople'

slives.Eachtribeorvillage

therehadspecialceremonieswithsongsanddancestomakesurethat