...ArtH 111 Midterm Study Guide 1. Menkaure & Khamerernebty • Context-religious This is a Ka sculpture. In Egyptian culture, there is the notion that an energy/spirit/soul, the Ka, survived after the actual body expired. Even though there was no longer a body, the Ka would continue to need shelter and sustenance; the Ka would inhabit the mummy to receive offering from family, worshippers, etc. Because mummies were frequently stolen or destroyed, Ka sculptures were made in case the Ka spirit needed a new shelter. The family could ten continue to bring offerings to the Ka. • Style-period This piece is of the Egyptian Old Kingdom style. It is a freestanding piece, but connected by back to the Greywacke block; this is very characteristic of the period style. As for the form, it is also characteristic in the manner that bilateral symmetry prevails, there are harmonious proportions, and how the lines work to keep the human figure compact. It is also characteristic of the Egyptian Old Kingdom style in the manner of how the portrait establishes a standard representation of Kingship and Queenship. They carry themselves as royalty, are wearing distinctive high status clothing (Headdresses, false beard), and the female’s “womanhood” is very apparent (swollen belly, full breasts, pubic triangle). 2. The Apoxyomenos (“The Scraper”) • Materials The Greek original of this piece was a bronze. Unfortunately, like many other pieces of the time, it was melted down. What...
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...ancient cultures that they are truly unique and utterly irreplaceable. The gold mask of Tutankhamun was allowed to leave Egypt for display overseas; the Narmer Palette, on the other hand, is so valuable that it has never been permitted to leave the country. Discovered among a group of sacred implements ritually buried in a deposit within an early temple of the falcon god Horus at the site of Hierakonpolis (the capital of Egypt during the pre-dynastic period), this large ceremonial object is one of the most important artifacts from the dawn of Egyptian civilization. The beautifully carved palette, 63.5 cm (more than 2 feet) in height and made of smooth greyish-green siltstone, is decorated on both faces with detailed low relief. These scenes show a king, identified by name as Narmer, and a series of ambiguous scenes that have been difficult to interpret and have resulted in a number of theories regarding their meaning. The high quality of the workmanship, its original function as a ritual object dedicated to a god, and the complexity of the imagery clearly indicate that this was a significant object, but a satisfactory interpretation of the scenes has been elusive. What was the palette used for? The object itself is a monumental version of a type of daily use item commonly found in the predynastic period—palettes were generally flat, minimally decorated stone objects used for grinding and mixing minerals for cosmetics. Dark eyeliner was an essential aspect of life in...
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...Flawless Eyeshadow in palette Smoky The process of buying makeup, especially eyeshadows, can be extremely difficult for those who cannot afford high-end products. It is rare to find a low-end eyeshadow palette that can be applied without looking like an eight year olds play makeup. However, the makeup brand, E.l.f Cosmetics, does a magnificent job in providing an eyeshadow palette that exemplifies all of the qualities a perfect makeup product needs, and does so at an alarmingly low price. Retailing at a whopping two dollars, this eyeshadow palette provides a perfectly textured pigment with each shade, and has the ability to create a wide variety of looks with only four colors. E.l.f Cosmetics is known for its incredible quality...
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...Before artists start on any sort of masterpiece, they must take into account which colors to use; typically the colors have meaning to it. An artist's palette during the 1920s was most likely filled with glitter and glam and lots of color. Like an artist, F. Scott Fitzgerald intertwines these colors into his novel The Great Gatsby not only to establish flow, but to emphasize the importance of the character’s desires, wealth, and avarice. Because Fitzgerald weaves colors into the setting, characters, and plot, the reader is able to comprehend why certain characters act the way they do and why some put up masks. Confidence and hope is found within the color green, a color in which correlates with the green light that is seen towards the end of chapter one. Fitzgerald’s paintbrush serves...
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...Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr.Fox, and The Aquatic with Steve Zissou. These five movies will be shown in different corners. The exhibit room will be divided into five movies. Each movie will have its own color pallet and style. This means each section will have its...
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...many endeavors. Much more than a "digital coffee-table book, "you are free to modify, rent, lease, distribute, or create derivative works based upon the original images found in this collection. Included in this collection are St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice; the Tower and Baptistry at Pisa; the Colliseum, the Forum, the Vatican, and highlights from the Vatican Museum in Rome; the Duomo, the Medici Palace, the Ponte Vecchio, and the Gates of Heaven in Florence. More than 75 superb architectural examples, which have received little recognition, have also been included. Gina Antonelli is known for her works on Italian fine art, as well as several previous photographic publications: "Italy's Best Loved Gardens," the series "Italian Tradition in Color and Form" (Dress; Cuisine; Architecture; Pastimes), and two editions of the book "Italian Traditional Patterns." In addition to completing the Rome and Naples photography assignment, photographer and art historian Tomas Panini assembled and edited the explanatory notes for the 300 photographs. Photographer Anton Harris, having apprenticed at Maria Guerra Atelier in Paris for seven years, contributed his own unique insights to the Venice and Rome assignments. In 1984 Mr. Anton Harris won the Paris Exhibition Prize for his Design Study photographic series, consisting of three books. graphic image. This lesson explains techniques for basic image correction by...
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...elements and terms describe the palette, shape and Space. Be sure to identify the perspective system employed in this painting The palette, or range of colors used in this painting, have a more neutral tone. The combination of forest greens, golden yellows, faint blues, and grays, combined with the lack of any bright colors, gives the painting a more neutral look. The painting employs several triangle shapes, which can be seen at the apex of the trees and the two mountains in the posterior of the landscape. The spacing of the painting is both three-dimensional and deep. As one looks into the painting, it feels as if one could walk into the painting and move into the landscape. The painting has depth, as it feels like one can “see for miles” into the painting. This painting certainly employs an aerial perspective system, as the clouds, haze of the atmosphere, and vantage point all add depth to the space. Question 2. Explain how the artist uses color create space. (In answering this question, be sure to identify if the compositional space is two dimensional or three dimensional) Also articulate how the artist uses color to convey light and rhythm. The artist uses the varying colors on the red background to create the perception of three-dimensional space. The contrast of the dark dots and the golden dots on the red background makes the painting appear as if the red is a type of screen with holes in it. The artist also uses the contrasting colors to create this illusion of...
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...Investigation Criteria for Full Markings (Syllabus Excerpt) • Analyses and compares perceptively art from different cultures and times, and considers it thoughtfully for its function and significance. • Demonstrates the development of an appropriate range of effective skills, techniques and processes when making and analysing images and artifacts. • Demonstrates coherent, focused and individual investigative strategies into visual qualities, ideas and their contexts, an appropriate range of different approaches towards their study, and some fresh connections between them. • Demonstrates considerable depth and breadth through the successful development and synthesis of ideas and thoroughly explained connections between the work and that of others. • Demonstrates effective and accurate use of the specialist vocabulary of visual arts. • Uses an appropriate range of sources and acknowledges them properly. • Presents the work effectively and creatively and demonstrates effective critical observation, reflection and discrimination. • Presents a close relationship between investigation and studio. Outline and Explanation: • Introduction Page- introduce the studio work you plan on investigation, brainstorming and creating. Explain why you are interested in that specific studio work creation. Give a few minor sketches of how you visualize the project. • Brainstorming Page- brainstorm your ideas. The brainstorming page may turn...
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...legs-instantly giving you that svelte look. This look is easy-sexy that comes in soft hues such as lavender, blush and peach. Spring shows are filled with this fantasy inspired look from Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior to Stella McCartney. It is highly recommended that you invest in this piece, as this dress will most likely be wearable for the summer. 2. Gray for day, silver for night. Gray is the new go-to color for day. It’s an easy flattering color that will suit almost everyone. Designers have handpicked a light gray color for spring 2010 shown in most skirts, shorts and blouses. Night time signals the need for some eye-catching hue--silver. Another color that is easy to wear but designers are gunning for the sequined, sparkly silver hue. Arrays of choices are available as designers such as Marchesa and Yves Saint Laurent have come up with playful dresses, shorts, skirts and blouses. This year’s Oscars were awash with the silver hue from Sandra Bullock to Kate Winslet. However, Gwyneth Palthrow is the poster child for this unassuming color trend, usually wearing these colors for her red carpet events such as the latest movie premiere of Iron Man 2. 3. Orange Obsession....
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...Joshua Steel Death is a Synesthete In The Book Thief Death is personified and described as a Synesthete. Synesthetes experience the world differently. A sound is not just heard; it might be perceived as a color. In the prologues first section “Death and Chocolate” when Death mentions that when you die the only thing he’ll hear “will be my own breathing and the sound of the smell of my footsteps”. In this section Death also tells us about how he personally likes a dark chocolate colored sky (hence “Death and Chocolate”) though he tries to enjoy the billion or so flavors of sky to slowly suck on. During the next three sections of the prologue Death immerses himself in the colors; White, Black, and Red. At first glance these three hues may seem unrelated and almost randomly elected but we later find out some pretty serious sybolism behind this tiny palette of chroma. White, of the most blinding kind. Death assures us that white is indeed a color before he describes the whole globe as “being dressed in snow” while the trees “wear blankets of ice”. White is often seen as representing puritiy and innocence; two attributes that are also often linked to childhood which is fitting, since Liesels brother had just died. While Death is collecting the young boy’s soul he wavers and notices a young Liesel in the very midst of her innocence and purity. Black, the darkness before dawn. This time around, Death elucidates the scene of a freshly crashed...
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...paintings ever found were cave paintings. Ancient peoples decorated walls of protected caves with paint made from dirt or charcoal mixed with spit or animal fat. In cave paintings, the pigments were able to stick to the walls because the pigments became trapped in the porous wall and also, because the spit of fat dried and adhered the pigment to the wall. It is hypothesized that the way that the paint was applied was through brushing, smearing (using their fingertips), dabbing and using spraying techniques. Brushes were made from horsehair, and paint spraying (similar to air brushing) was accomplished by blowing paint through hollowed animal bones. Historians found the shoulders of animals, as well as other animal bones in caves stained with color presumed to have been used as mortars for pigment grinding. The pigment was made into a paste with various binders such as water, juice from vegetables, urine, blood, animal fat and etc. Common binders that were used historically by Native Americans include human spit, hide glue, bone marrow fat, and other animal fats such as bear grease, prickly pear cactus juice (may leave a green residue or tint), and soapy juice from yucca roots or leaves. California Indians also used a...
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...Spring 2014 Impressionist Exhibit The spring 2014 exhibit in the National Gallery in London will be that of “Color theory in the Impressionist era.” It will explore the deeper meanings, techniques, and goals the artists of that time were trying to accomplish regarding color. The goals of this exhibit will be to inform the audience about the selective methods in which the colors were chosen and presented, and why the artists chose them. The idea of color, especially in the Impressionist Era, has been essential in understanding the art of this time which has sparked us to create this years exhibit. We find it vital to the art community as well as the common museumgoer that this information be displayed. We find this collection to be important to our gallery because the impressionist style was that of emotion, radicality, and at the time, derogatory content. We feel that the harsh backlash of the mainstream consensus to the style makes it far more important in how art was to be considered and created in the future. The artists accomplished in capturing the emotion of the scene, with the short broken strokes, and especially through their color selection. Artists such as Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and many others will be on display, with pieces that epitomize the use of color in this era. Spanning from the creation of this style, to when it became the Post Impressionism era, it will give the viewer a sense of the evolution of the styles and techniques used by the artists...
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...inches and this painting measures at exactly 72 x 60 inches. It is oil on a canvas and is part of Ahn’s A Memoir of Water Works. This painting is a startling piece of work. In this painting, Ahn uses bold colors and texture to mimic the immensity of the ocean and the constant movement of the waves. He uses mostly different shades of blue, red, green, and yellow. The bright colors he uses are more of a representation of his own creative style. Ahn captures a more private moment using bold colors creating an emotional impact. He used bright colors and elaborately used more of a royal blue than red, yellow, and green. . He also used graceful and sensuous lines that seem to appear as small brushstrokes. The surfaces on this painting are textured beautifully and do happen to show a bit of small harsh lines, almost like dabs giving the artwork a dramatic feel. This work of art is represented as non-representational art because it takes nothing from reality. It is created purely for aesthetic reasons. The intent was to use the elements and principles of art in a way that results in a visually stimulating work. Ahn clearly used a limited palette to paint this artwork because he used limited colors. There might be different shades of the colors but still sticks to four main colors. Ahn makes this artwork asymmetrical because it is not identical on both sides of a central line and simply lacks symmetry. Asymmetrical balance often has more variety, visual interest, and liveliness. There...
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...Out the window, a palette of colors stretchs out beneath me, like an artist’s canvas. An expanse of twisting brown rivers and mats of green shrub pass below, as the majestic, snow-covered Mt. McKinley rises in the distance. Glaciers cascade down from the summit, like highways racing into the valleys. A gust of wind blows against the plane, causing it to shudder. I am overcome by a feeling of insignificance, as we quickly advance towards the immense mountain. The plane takes a sharp turn and prepares to land on Eldridge Glacier. Other planes, already resting on the surface of the glacier, appear to be the size of a child’s toy. Our plane shakes again and swiftly descends. Looking down within the ice crevices and pools, we observe a vibrant shade of blue that cannot be...
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...appliquéd household items are made by women for dowries. These objects include decorative bags, pillows and sitting mats. Appliqué played a part in religious textiles as well. It has long been used to make decorative clothing, because most clothing is used until it is worn out and then again reused to create beautiful patterns out of the worn fabric. This serves both economic and decorative purposes. Small pieces of fabric are cut and joined side by side to make a large piece of fabric or for repairing a damaged fabric. The craft seems to have been prevalent all over India. “ In all periods there are to be found in pieced quilts both unique and conventional designs; within the framework of the latter each maker had full liberty in terms of colors, arrangements, sizes of the...
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