Art Appreciation Final Project Rough Draft

1. Games have evolved from the days of poker and Monopoly, but there has always been an attempt by game creators to include contemporary art that is visually appealing. Looking at the artwork of the games we play now and comparing it to the artwork of games from our past and the earlier artwork that inspired both can serve as a snapshot of history. The Evolution of Art in Games

3. The Visconti Tarots, c.1445 Bonifacio Bembo

5. The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, c.1425 Tommaso Massacio

6. Todd Lockwood's Ghost was the cover of the TSR game product "Children of the Night: Ghosts", a Dungeons and Dragons Game Accessory from Wizards of the Coast. The soft lines of the ghost contrast with the almost photographic quality of the background, creating a strange effect that strengthens the impression of an actual ghost in the painting. Massacio's The Expulsion Of Adam and Eve from Eden may have been an influence on Lockwood, as there are definite similarities in composition.

7. Ghost, c.1997 Todd Lockwood

8. The printing firm of J.P. Beach, located in New York, apparently designed and printed this board in 1851. It was patterned almost exactly after an English version first published in 1831. This version was also printed, and not a painting. As well as being an interesting example of the use of art in games, this particular game is also recognized as the precursor to modern race games such as Candyland, Chutes and Ladders, and Monopoly.

9. Laurie’s New and Entertaining Game of the Golden Goose, c.1574-1587 Unknown Artist

10. The Garden of Earthly Delights is the modern title given to this triptych painted by the Early Netherlandish master Hieronymus Bosch. It has been housed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid since 1939. It reveals the artist at the height of his powers; in no other painting does he achieve such complexity of meaning or such vivid imagery.It isn't until the advent of computer gaming that this level of complexity would be attempted again. The left panel shows God presenting Eve to Adam, the central panel is a broad panorama of sexually engaged nude figures, fantastical animals, oversized fruit and hybrid stone formations. The right panel is a hellscape and portrays the torments of damnation. The extreme subject matter of the inner center and right panels make it unlikely that it was intended to function in a church or monastery. In 2009, the Prado selected The Garden of Earthly Delights as one of the museum's fourteen most important paintings, to be displayed in Google Earth at a resolution of 14,000 megapixels.

11. The Garden of Earthly Delights , c.1490-1510 Hieronymus Bosch

13. The Darkmoon Faire, World Of Warcraft. Version 4.3.0. November 29, 2011. Blizzard Entertainment

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