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STUDY OF VISUAL ARTS
What is art?
What are the functions / purposes of art?
FUNCTIONS/PURPOSES OF ART:
Read the following page and summarize the functions/purposes of art in ‘MS Word Document’.
Save the file as ‘SOVA_yourname’
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art#Purpose_of_art
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
- Pablo Picasso
STYLES OF ARTThe characteristic way in which an artist expresses him/herself
Style
Realistic
Representational Expressionistic
Abstract
REALISTIC ART:
Portrayal as seen by the eye or what was really thought to be, without idealization or distortion.
Can you name a few artworks that fall in this category? (Put your answers in the file ‘SOVA_yourname’)
REPRESENTATIONAL ART:A portrayal of things as perceived in the visible world; the subject matter could be altered or distorted but is still recognizable.
Roy LichtensteinDrowning Girl1963
EXPRESSIONISTIC ART:Form and colour are freely distorted by the artist in order to achieve a heightened emotional impact.
Edvard MunchThe Scream1893
ABSTRACT ART:Departs significantly from the actual appearance of things.
May be completely non-objective or non-representational.
Conversion of reality into forms that can be appreciated for their own sake
Jackson Pollock, Autumn Rhythm: No. 30,19501950
Constantin BrancusiBird in Space
1928
What do you think this work is about? (Comment in ‘SOVA_yourname)
LOOKING AT ART:
Describing, Analyzing, Interpreting & Judging
- Physical Properties
- Subject
- Illusionary Properties
- Formal Properties
- Viewer Perspectives
- Artistic Motivations
Physical Properties
- Size
- Medium
- Techniques
- Textures
- Two-dimensional or Three-dimensional
- Function
Salvador DaliThe Persistence of Memory
1931Oil on canvas, 24 cm x 33 cm
Describe the physical properties of this painting (Save your description in ‘SOVA_yourname’)
Subject
What is being portrayed? (Put your answer in ‘SOVA_yourname’)
What representational / abstract elements?
Edvard MunchThe Scream1893
Illusionary Properties
- Shadows
- Overlapping
- Decreasing Size
- Reduced details
- Soft focus
- Perspective
Salvador DaliThe Persistence of Memory
1931Oil on canvas, 24 cm x 33 cm
Formal Properties
What are formal properties?
Study the following links and make your own notes:
http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/building_lessons/elements.html
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/files/elements2.htm
http://www.mikegreen.info/portfolio/websites/visCom/principles.htm
http://www.mikegreen.info/portfolio/websites/visCom/elements.htm
Viewer Perspectives
Where does the artist position us?
How does the artist want us to look at the work?
Look at Manet’s‘The Railroad’.What do you think?(Comment in‘SOVA_yourname’)
Edouard ManetThe Railroad
1872-3
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ARTISTIC MOTIVATIONS
Why do artists do what they do?
What is the artist’s intention?
Study the following works and write your thoughts in ‘SOVA_yourname’. You can google for more information, however please note down your own opinion first before sourcing for info. Please organise your writings neatly.
Vincent van GoghStarry Night
1889
Wassily KandinskyComposition IV
1911
Robert Smithson
Spiral Jetty
1970
Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake, Utah
Nam June Paik
TV Clock
1963 -- 81
Installation of 24 colour TV monitors, each 81 x 17 x 22 inch
Pablo PicassoGuernica
1937
Piet MondrianComposition with Red, Blue, and Yellow,
1930
Jackson PollockAutumn Rhythm: No. 30, 1950
1950
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Submission: 4 Mar 2010
Please complete and email your ‘SOVA_yourname’ to [email protected] by 4 Mar 2010, Thursday.