Art100 fall2016 class5.2_putting_italltogether
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Art100 fall2016 class5.2_putting_italltogether
- 1. Class 2 VISUAL ATTENTION Class 5.2 Formal Analysis: Putting It All Together
- 2. agenda 9.22.16 • going over homework assignment
- 6. form vs. content What is being expressed is the content. In visual art, we call this the subject matter. How it is being expressed in visual language, is the form.
- 7. checklist 1. Experiencing the effects. 2. What is the genre, if applicable? 3. What is the medium? (what are the actual materials from which the work is constructed) 4. What is the actual size of the work? 5. Description. 6. Locate 3 qualities you think are central to understanding the work's visual form. Analyze each in turn.
- 8. TO BEGIN a formal analysis IDENTIFY the materials and medium. What is the work physically made of: oil on canvas, charcoal on paper? Be sure you know.
- 9. MATERIALS • EXAMPLE: art made of paper will have a different resonance than art made of steel • Materials can have a strong expressive content. • Even similar materials can be handled quite differently, resulting in different nuances of meaning.
- 10. David Smith Cubi XVIII 1965 Polished steel will have a very different feeling from Cor-Ten steel, which weathers naturally (see next slide).
- 11. Richard Serra, Mozarabe, 1971, Cor-Ten steel
- 12. What is the MEDIUM of the work? 1. What is the medium of the work? Is it 2-dimensional? drawing—charcoal on paper painting—pigment on a prepared surface print—lithograph, silkscreen, etching photograph
- 13. Rackstraw Downes, Under the Off-Ramp from the George Washington Bridge, 2009. Graphite on paper, 17 x 36 3/4 in.
- 14. PAUL NOBLE Volume 6, 2007 Pencil on paper 39 3/8 x 27 5/8 inches
- 15. Rembrandt van Rijn, A Bend in the Amstel at Kostverloren, undated drawing
- 16. Carlo Crivelli Madonna with Child Tempera on panel c. 1470
- 17. Vincent van Gogh, Irises, 1889, oil on canvas
- 20. BILL BRANDT Hands on the beach, 1959 Gelatin silver print, 9 x 7¾ in
- 21. Brief Nod to Subject Matter DESCRIBE the subject. What subject is depicted? (Major features only, at this point it does not need to be too detailed.) Include the genre if applicable and if you know it. history painting portraiture landscape still life are some examples of artistic genres.
- 22. COMPOSITION composition: how the various elements of the work are arranged in relationship to each other things to look for: spatial relationships: • foreground • middle ground • background where is the viewer positioned? how are the objects or elements ordered? what is emphasized? what is subordinate?
- 23. Edgar Dégas Dancers at the Old Opera House c. 1877 pastel over monotype on paper 8 9/16 x 6 3/4 inches
- 24. John Frederick Peto, Still Life with Cake, Lemon, Strawberries and Glass, 1890.
- 25. El Lissitzky, Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge, 1919
- 30. IN MATTERS OF STYLE… …nuance is key. You are training your eyes to detect subtle differences, rather than blatant ones. The more fine-grained the differences you can observe, the better you will have understood the artist’s style. “God is in the details.”