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ART I UNDERSTANDING STILL LIFE
STILL LIFE
• APPLICATION OF
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
• HISTORY &
CHARACTERISTICS
• TALKING AESTHETICS
• PURPOSE
• FRAMEWORK OF
CONCEPT &
TECHNIQUE
• APPLICATION OF NEW
KNOWLEDGE
“The first cut is the deepest,” by Paul Coventry Brown
ART I UNDERSTANDING STILL LIFE
STILL LIFE
• APPLICATION OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
• Render a 3D object onto a 2D surface
• Contour Technique • Line Quality
(Weighted Lines) • Frame of Reference • Composition
ART I UNDERSTANDING STILL LIFE
STILL LIFE
• HISTORY
The still life painting genre is as diverse as its history is long. From the times of the Egyptians when paintings of food and
valuables were depicted on tomb walls to contemporary still life painting of today, the genre has always been one that artists turn to again and again. Objects that still life painters gravitate toward are also as varied, from items of the
natural world to those crafted by human hands. Through them, still life art compositions articulate ideas about luxury and excess, religious symbolism, personal as well as allegorical explorations, and universal human reflections on life and death.
Precarious Perch by Sarah Siltala, 2007,
oil on board, 12 x 12.
ART I UNDERSTANDING STILL LIFE
STILL LIFE
• CHARACTERISTICS
• INAMINATE OBJECTS (not alive, animal or human)
• DRAMATIC LIGHT
• FOCAL POINT • CONTRAST • EMPHASIS • COLOR • IMPLIED TEXTURE • SHAPE & FORM • SPACE • VALUE
Still Life with Watch by Willem Van Aelst, oil on canvas, 1665
“Symbolically, artists
and viewers were
interested in the
nature of a flower's
existence—from
freshly cut and
blooming to wilting
and dying—because
of the implied "moral"
lesson behind the
work, namely that life
is fleeting and death, a
certainty”
STILL LIFE
ART I UNDERSTANDING STILL LIFE
• CHARACTERISTICS
What is this artist saying to us in
this Still Life?
STILL LIFE
Why do you think this artist placed a skull
in this painting? What symbolism do you
think he is implying?
ART I UNDERSTANDING STILL LIFE
STILL LIFE
VALUE IN GRAYSCALE
ART I UNDERSTANDING STILL LIFE
STILL LIFE
VALUE IN COLOR SCALE
TINT/ LIGHTER
+ WHITE
SHADE/ DARKER
+ BLACK
ART I UNDERSTANDING STILL LIFE
STILL LIFE
VALUE IN COLOR
ART I UNDERSTANDING STILL LIFE
STILL LIFE
• AESTHETICS
1. What is the Emphasis of this
painting? Consider the artist use of lighting, does it confirm your idea of Emphasis?
2. How do you think this painting looks?
1. What do you like that is
going on in the picture?
2. What basic shapes or forms
are you seeing in the art?
ART I UNDERSTANDING STILL LIFE
STILL LIFE
• AESTHETICS
1. What forms do you
see?
2. Can you imagine what forms or 3D objects that are mundane that these could be?
ART I UNDERSTANDING STILL LIFE
STILL LIFE
• APPLICATION OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
• Render a 3D object onto a 2D surface
• Contour Technique • Line Quality
(Weighted Lines) • Frame of Reference • Composition