How to Look at and Understand Great Art - Season 1 Episode 17 Signs—Symbols, Icons, and Indexes in Art
Season - Episode
1
Season 1 Jan 01, 2011
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1 - 1The Importance of First Impressions Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 2Where Am I? Point of View and Focal Point Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 3Color—Description, Symbol, and More Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 4Line—Description and Expression Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 5Space, Shape, Shade, and Shadow Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 6Seeing the Big Picture—Composition Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 7The Illusion—Getting the Right Perspective Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 8Art That Moves Us—Time and Motion Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 9Feeling with Our Eyes—Texture and Light Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 10Drawing—Dry, Liquid, and Modern Media Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 11Printmaking—Relief and Intaglio Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 12Modern Printmaking—Planographic Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 13Sculpture—Salt Cellars to Monuments Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 14Development of Painting—Tempera and Oils Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 15Modern Painting—Acrylics and Assemblages Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 16Subject Matters Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 17Signs—Symbols, Icons, and Indexes in Art Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 18Portraits—How Artists See Others Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 19Self-Portraits—How Artists See Themselves Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 20Landscapes—Art of the Great Outdoors Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 21Putting It All Together Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 22Early Renaissance—Humanism Emergent Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 23Northern Renaissance—Devil in the Details Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 24High Renaissance—Humanism Perfected Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 25Mannerism and Baroque—Distortion and Drama Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 26Going Baroque—North versus South Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 2718th-Century Reality and Decorative Rococo Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 28Revolutions—Neoclassicism and Romanticism Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 29From Realism to Impressionism Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 30Postimpressionism—Form and Content Re-Viewed Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 31Expressionism—Empathy and Emotion Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 32Cubism—An Experiment in Form Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 33Abstraction/Modernism—New Visual Language Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 34Dada Found Objects/Surreal Doodles and Dreams Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 35Postmodernism—Focus on the Viewer Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 36Your Next Museum Visit—Do It Yourself! Jan 01, 2011
Overview
The richness of signs (signifiers) in art includes the use of symbols, icons, and indexes as they reveal layers of meaning. See how, in different historical eras, symbolic associations change over time, how icons visually represent a subject, and how indexes exhibit direct connections with the thing signified.
Year 2011
Studio The Great Courses
Director
Crew
Popularity 1.3535
Language English
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