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FORM
line
Outline:
QuickTime™ and a decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
FORM
line, shape
Geometric: closed:
biomorphic / organic open:
Geometric – Organic
FORM
line, shape, color
Hue, value, saturation
Hue: Primary/Secondary,
Warm/Cold
FORM
line, shape, color
Value: dark to light
FORM
line, shape, color
Saturation: bright to dull
bright dull bright
Saturated (bright) – Un-saturated (dull, opaque)
Dark and saturated – light and un-saturated
FORM
line, shape, color, texture Example: smooth, rough, grainy, oily
Actual texture
FORM
line, shape, color, texture, space, mass, volume
Actual texture
FORM
line, shape, color, texture
Represented texture
FORM
line, shape, color, texture, space
Actual space (size, where)
FORM
line, shape, color, texture, space
represented space
FORM
line, shape, color, texture, space
represented space
FORM
line, shape, color, texture, space
represented space
FORM
line, shape, color, texture, space
pictorial devices for depicting recession in space (pictorial depth)
FORM
line, shape, color, texture, space, mass/volume
actual
FORM
line, shape, color, texture, space, mass/volume
illusionistically represented: modeling (chiaroscuro)
FORM
line, shape, color, texture, space, mass/volume
illusionistically represented: modeling, light
FORM
line, shape, color, texture, space, mass/volume, composition axis
FORMAL ANALYSIS (study of formal elements)
line, shape, color, texture, space, mass/volume, composition
FORM, CONTENT
subject matter (what is depicted)
FORM, CONTENT
meaning (what is it about)
Iconography
context, intention, reception
FORM + CONTENT = STYLE
period style
5th century BC
6th century, BC
FORM, CONTENT, STYLE period style, regional style
FORM, CONTENT, STYLE Representational styles: realism/naturalism
FORM, CONTENT, STYLE Representational styles: illusionism
FORM, CONTENT, STYLE Representational: idealization
FORM, CONTENT, STYLE Representational, abstract:
FORM, CONTENT, STYLE Representational, abstract: Non-representational (non-objective)
FORM, CONTENT, STYLE Representational, abstract: Expressionism
FORM, CONTENT, STYLE Linear / painterly
FORM, CONTENT, STYLE, MEDIUM Painting, graphic arts, photography, sculpture, ephemeral arts, architecture Medium = material Technique = process
FORM, CONTENT, STYLE, MEDIUM Painting, graphic arts, photography, sculpture, ephemeral arts, architecture Types of schematic drawing used to visualize buildings Plan elevation section
cutaway
WHY DO WE NEED ART? Self-expression: art and the search for meaning
- Biography - Psychoanalysis
WHY DO WE NEED ART? Self-expression: art and the search for meaning
- Biography - Psychoanalysis - Gender
WHY DO WE NEED ART? Social expression: art and social context
WHY DO WE NEED ART? Social criticism: uncovering sociopolitical intentions
I’m a fancy Parisian prostitute
WHO ARE THE ARTISTS?
WHAT ROLE DO PATRONS AND COLLECTORS PLAY?
WHAT IS ART HISTORY? Studying art formally and contextually