Erasmus+ arteducation.eu Numbers in the compositional structure ppt HS

1. Numbers in the
compositional structure
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2. Composition in Art
• „Numbers in the compositional structure” is a lesson dedicated to highschool
children and it reveals some notions about the way the painters between 14 and
18 century created their work of arts.
• Any work of art has its own structure, it represents a composition.
• In the visual arts, composition is the placement or arrangement of visual
elements or ingredients in a work of art, as distinct from the subject. It can also
be thought of as the organization of the elements of art according to
the principles of art. The artist determines what the center of interest (focus
in photography) of the art work will be, and composes the elements accordingly.
The gaze of the viewer will then tend to linger over these points of interest,
elements are arranged with consideration of several factors (known variously as
the principles of organization, principles of art, or principles of design) into a
harmonious whole which works together to produce the desired statement – a
phenomenon commonly referred to as unity. Such factors in composition should
not be confused with the elements of art (or elements of design) themselves.

3. Renaissance and Baroque’s paintings in
composition
• The sketches that we are making will simplify and interpret two kind
of compositions, one from the Renaissance period, that captures a
simple geometry based on the musical rhythms, with bright colors,
pyramidal structure, harmonious shapes and one from Baroque
period, that brings strong movement, agglomeration, dynamism and
chiaroscuro contrast. We will keep the lines drawn on the copies of
the works of art to understand and to be able to highlight the
specifics of every artistic period.

4. Renaissance and Baroque’s paintings in
composition

5. Before and after - Renaissance

6. Before and after - Baroque

7. Numbers in the compositional structure
• This lesson teaches us the specifics of Renaissance and Baroque’s
paintings in composition, by creating a comparison between the two
periods. It is easier because of the antithesis of styles.
• Also, the pupils get familiar with artistic terms such as: Canvas,
Renaissance, Baroque, work of art, composition, palette, equilibrium,
rhythm, Sfumato, value, hue, chiaroscuro, color harmony.
• It is interesting that this lesson reveals a little-known fact that art is
also mathematics, that can be created with mathematical formulas,
that can be “measured”, that has a specific rhythm that can be
counted and so on …