art appreciation- principles & elements of art: ...
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A brief introduction to the principles and elements of art, specifically balance, scale, proportion, time and motion, emphasis, contrast, rhythm and pattern. Based on Part One of "Gateways to Art" (2012).TRANSCRIPT
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ART APPRECIATION: BALANCE, SCALE, PROPORTION, TIME/MOTION, EMPHASIS, CONTRAST & RHYTHM
T, R, 9:30AM-10:50AM
Professor Paige Prater
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BALANCE: DISTRIBUTION OF ELEMENTS (UNIFIED OR VARIED) WITHIN A WORK
Symmetrical Asymmetrical Radial
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BALANCE: SYMMETRICALRitual container from Gui, China, Shang Dynasty, 1600–1100 BCE. Bronze, 6¼ x 10¾”. University of Hong Kong Museum
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BALANCE: ASYMMETRICAL
Muqi, Six Persimmons, Southern Song Dynasty, c. 1250. Ryoko-in, Dailoxu-ji, Kyoto, Japan
• Uneven distribution of value and shape
• Visual“heaviness” of theright side counteracted by placing one shape lower on the left
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BALANCE: RADIAL
Equidistance from a single point
Amitayas mandala created by the monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery, Tibet
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REHASH
Unity, variety, and balance are central principlesthat artists use to create visual impact
Unity gives a work a certain oneness or cohesion
Variety is expressed in contrast and difference
Created by the use of different kinds of lines, shapes, patterns, colors, or textures
Balance is imposed on a work when the artist achieves an appropriate combination of unity and variety
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TIME/MOTION
Bernini. Apollo and Daphne, 1622-24.
Giacomo Balla. Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, 1912.
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SCALE
relative to our own size MONUMENTAL
HUMAN SCALE
SMALL SIZE
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SCALE: MONUMENTAL
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SCALE: HUMAN SCALE
Damien Hirst, Mother and Child (Divided), 1993
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SCALE: SMALL SIZE
http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/revealed-a-book-the-size-of-a-ladybug/278427/
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SCALE: UNEXPECTED…
Dorothea Tanning, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, 1943. Oil on canvas, 16⅛ x 24”. Tate, London
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PROPORTION:
Relationships between sizes of parts Aids expression and description (and
NATURALISM) Egypt Greece>Rome>Renaissance
Golden Section Golden Mean Fibonacci Sequence
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PROPORTION: EGYPTIAN CUBIT
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PROPORTION: GOLDEN SECTION, ETC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tAZe6pP-FM
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PROPORTION: GREECE
Poseidon (or Zeus), c. 460–450 BCE. Bronze, 6’10½” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece
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PROPORTION: GOLDEN RECTANGLE
Golden Rectangles is a technique based on nesting inside each other a succession of rectangles based on the 1:1.618 proportions of the Golden Section
The shorter side of the outer rectangle becomes the longer side of the smaller rectangle inside it, and so on
=elegant spiral shape
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PROPORTION: GOLDEN RECTANGLE
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PROPORTION: GOLDEN RECTANGLE
Henry Peach Robinson, Fading Away, 1858. Combination albumen print.
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PROPORTION: GOLDEN RECTANGLE
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PROPORTION: RENAISSANCE
Raphael, School of Athens, 1510-1511. Fresco, 16’ 8” x 25’. Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican City.
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PROPORTION: SCHOOL OF ATHENS
Raphael’s sensitivity to proportion reflects his pursuit of perfection
Magnificent scale = sense of importance
Parts of each figure are harmonious in relation to each other and portray an idealized form
Double emphasis on the center brings our attention to the opposing gestures of two famous Greek philosophers, Plato and Aristotle
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EMPHASIS
Drawing attention to particular content VS SUBORDINATION (drawing attention away
from particular content)
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EMPHASIS
Double-chambered vessel with mouse, Recuay, Peru, 4th–8th century. Ceramic, 6” high. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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EMPHASIS
Jules Olitski, Tin Lizzie Green, 1964. Acrylic and oil/wax crayon on canvas, 10’10” x 6’10”. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
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NO EMPHASIS
Mark Tobey, Blue Interior, 1959. Tempera on card, 44 x 28”
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FOCAL POINT
The particular part of emphasis to which the artist draws our eye
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PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER, LANDSCAPE WITH THE FALL OF ICARUS, C. 1555–8. OIL ON CANVAS, MOUNTED ON WOOD, 29 X 44⅛”. MUSÉES ROYAUX DES BEAUX-ARTS DE BELGIQUE, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
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EMPHASIS & FOCAL POINT
Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Decapitating Holofernes, c. 1620. Oil on canvas, 6’6⅜” x 5’3¾“. Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
• Directional Line• Contrasting
Values
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EMPHASIS & FOCAL POINT
The Emperor Babur Overseeing his Gardeners, India, Mughal period, c. 1590. Tempera and gouache on paper, 8¾ x 5⅝”. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
water is the focal point conceptually as well as visually
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Ando Hiroshige, “Riverside Bamboo Market, Kyobashi,” from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857. 15 x 10⅜”. James A. Michener Collection, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii
• 3 separate focal points
• Position• Shape• Rhythm
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CONTRAST
Very different elements right next to each other
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CONTRAST
Francisco de Zurbarán, The Funeral of St. Bonaventure, 1629. Oil on canvas, 8' 2” x 7' 4”. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
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REHASH…
ALL the elements and principles of art can serve to create EMPHASIS
Both actual and implied lines shape our examination of a work of art by directing the movement of our gaze
Contrasts between different values, colors, or textures can sometimes be so dramatic and distinct that we cannot help but feel drawn to that area of a work
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PATTERN
Recurrence of an element Motif – repeated design as a unit within a
pattern
Repetition creates UNITY
RHYTHM comes from repetition!
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RHYTHM/PATTERN
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Suzanne Valadon, The Blue Room, 1923. Oil on canvas, 35½ × 45⅝”. Musée National d’Art Moderne,Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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GREAT MOSQUE OF CÓRDOBA, PRAYER HALL OF ABD AL-RAHMAN I, 784–6
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MOTIF
Huqqa base, India, Deccan, last quarter of 17th century. Bidri ware (zinc alloy inlaid with brass), 6⅞ x 6½ in. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Chuck Close, Self Portrait, 1997. Oil on canvas, 8’6” × 7’. MOMA, New York
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MOTIF VS. RANDOMNESS
Hans Arp, Trousse d’un Da,1920–21. Assemblage of driftwood nailed onto wood with painting remains, 15 x 10½ x 1¾”. Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
• Dada movement
• “chance”• Random
arrangement