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This presentation aims to introduce to you what we will be learning in class all quarter. We will be discussing artworks, why they are made, what they mean and what makes them good (or valuable or pretty or important).
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In order to discuss an artwork intelligently, we need specific vocabulary. Today’s presentation will introduce the basics, throughout the quarter we will spend more time on the specifics.
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Follow along
The first worksheet (content) is a companion to this presentation. I recommend filling it out during or after you watch this presentation.
The content worksheet will be a quick reference you can use all quarter—ask questions right away if you can’t finish the worksheet.
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Content
The meaning of a work of art
-what it is about
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What is this artwork about?
(not just what does it show, but why was it created? How does it make you feel? What does it mean?)
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Content =
Subject + Form + Medium
+ Composition + Formal Elements
+ Context + Style+ Intent
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All these things can affect the meaning of this
artwork:
A man standing on rocks
Stormy water, mist
Only a few colors
(Is it cold?)
Oil painting
19th century
(Romanticism)
Dark rocks & light sky
You are seeing it in art class
Rectangle (How big is it?)
The man is in the center
How he is dressed
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Subject
What is shown in a work of art
-what it is of
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A man standing on a rock looking out over water
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A man standing on a rock looking out over water
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The same subject doesn’t necessarily mean the same
content.
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Subject can be abstract or imaginary, it can be a landscape or scene, there can be more than one subject in an artwork.
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What is the subject?
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A subject can even be just color or lines
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Subject
Iconography: study of subjects
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Knowledge of iconography would help you recognize the man in these paintings.
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Some subjects have special meaning. If you are familiar with iconography of Christian
saints, you might recognize St. Francis by his brown robes, halo, and animals.
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Formal Elements
Things that make up the artwork
-line -color / light
-texture -space / shape -motion
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Formal Elements
Things that make up the artwork
-line -color / light
-texture -space / shape -motion
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Formal Elements
Can be arranged to create a subject or composition
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Formal Elements
We will study these more during week 2, 3 and 4.
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Composition
How the Formal Elements (stuff) in an artwork are arranged
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Composition
-Balance -Repetition
-Scale -Emphasis -Unity
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Composition
(Emphasis)
Composition can organize an artwork and make it more attractive or more interesting
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Composition
(Scale)
We will study more about composition during week 4 and 5.
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Media (medium)
The materials that were used to make the artwork
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Clay
Cement
Pencil
Paper
Paint, etc
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We will begin studying different media in the middle of the quarter.
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Form
**What the artwork looks like**
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The form of most paintings is a flat rectangle, but it doesn’t have
to be.
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The form of a sculpture can be even more varied.
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Form can be very simple and describe the shape or the general type of artwork: a lady, a rectangle, a swirl of leaves, a landscape or a portrait.
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Form = Landscape
Style = surrealism
Style =
fauvism
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Style
Characteristics of a work or group of works
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Style
An individual artist or a group of artist can have a unique style.
We will study art movements and styles in art history towards the
end of the quarter.
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Form = Landscape
Style = surrealism
Style =
fauvism
Style = Japanese Ink Painting
Style = Surrealism
Style: Impressionism
Salvador Dali’s “The Persistence of Memory”
Claude Monet
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Context
Where (and when) the artwork is displayed
(also: title, price, lighting, etc)
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a glass piece in a garden has very different content than a glass piece in a gallery
Dale Chihuly
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Dale ChihulyUnion Station Tacoma, WA
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Slides in a national art
museum
Carsten Höller at Tate Modern
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We often see artwork in the context of a gallery or museum. This quarter we will visit artworks in the Larson Gallery (as well as other locations on campus).
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Intent
What the artist wants the artwork to be
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Title = Pompeii
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Title = Pompeii
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Now, what is the content of this piece?
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Content:
Subject
Form
Medium
Composition
Formal Elements
Context
Style
Intent
“Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” by Caspar David Friedrich
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Content
Would it be changed by:
-crayon instead of oil paint?
-the man in the corner instead
of the center?
-seeing it 30’ tall in a park?
-knowing it was painted by
Leonardo Da Vinci?