Frederick Gordts

Courtauld GD S1E3 - “F/frieze(s)” (week 3) - Scroll images for more text

This week we looked at friezes and started getting into writing essays @courtauld

Laocoön (left), the Trojan priest, and Odysseus (right): Hellenistic art.

How to write an Art History Essay, part 1. Developing a paragraph.

ATTRIBUTED TO THE WHITEFACE/FRIGNANO PAINTER
Greek, Campanian, ca. 360-330 B.C., Hydria
@colnaghi1760 @friezeofficial @philes.h

Physical Histories: Westminster Abbey Chapter House. Using a blow-lamp to aid the penetration of wax into the surface of the paintings. This was a historical and controversial technique to preserve the wall paintings, which unfortunately did a lot of damage.

Tarek Atoui at Tate Modern Turbine Hall.
@tate

Quick jump over the Channel to @nativeauctions with this fantastic Dennis Oppenheim from 1973, “Recall”. Coloured pencil and collage on paper.

Periods.

Similarities: Seated Scribe (1480), and Seated Painter by Sinan Bay (15th century).

They drink wine from cans here 🇬🇧 (and it doesn’t even taste bad).
@tate

Foundations. Classical and Byzantine Art. Sarcophagus showing Endymion (top) and one showing Jonah. Read the Jonah story from left to right.

Verism. A highly realistic artistic style to highlight maturity and gravitas. Age brings experience.
Two unnamed (Roman) Republican men (30 BC).

Proper queueing for the 🇮🇹 embassy.
@thetagli @fondazionesandretto @apalazzogallery @herald_st @moshetabibnia @p420gallery @richardsaltoungallery @robilantgallery @rossiandrossi @dee_nosaur

Sit down at @ocula.art @jessica_mccormack

Fast track to home at @tate @stadkortrijk
“Light and Magic - the birth of photography” (until 21 Feb)

Worth the detour: Liz Larner at Camden Art Centre (until 17 Jan 2027)
@camdenartcentre

Marcel Broodthaers and Agnieszka Kurant @belmaczlondon

Camarasaurus supremus Skull with Embedded Allosaurus Tooth Approx. 155-145 million years old, Kimmeridgian-Tithonian, Late Jurassic Period, Morrison Formation, USA, Fossilised Bone
@friezeofficial @davidaaronarts