Download - Pattern in Art - A Universal Language
Pattern is a Universal Language
Pattern is created by repetition
Repetition creates rhythm
Many rhythms
Variety of rhythm
Fast, slow, simple, complex
Sandro Botticelli
(Italian, 1445-1510)
Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century because he emphasized flat color and pattern instead of deep shadow and modeled realism (e.g., late Michelangelo or Leonardo).
But since1900 his work has been recognized for its breathtaking linear grace and voluptuous pattern.
Édouard Vuillard(French, 1868-1940)
Vuillard lived with his mother, a dressmaker, until the age of sixty, and was very familiar with pattern.
Much of his art is decorative with intricate patterns marked by a gentle humor and executed in a delicate, soft color.
David Salle(American 1952 - )
Salle helped define the “postmodern” sensibility of an art that wants the viewer to be very conscious of “style” and “culture.”
He uses combinations of what appear to be randomly juxtaposed images using very different schools of art in the same piece, with a nod to pop art and pattern.
Fred Tomaselli(American, 1956 - )
Tomaselli is best known for his highly detailed paintings
on wood panel, combining an array of unorthodox
materials suspended in a thick layer of clear, epoxy
resin and a maelstrom of pattern.