...A Formal Analysis of Art Darlene Traci Kepner ART/101 February 17, 2013 Karen Witt A Formal Analysis of Art The visual literacy of line usage by both artists is extremely different from one another. Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" Sayre, H. M, (2010) (Fig.73) and LeWitt's "Wall Drawing No. 681” Sayre, H. M, (2010) (Fig.77) portray subject matter of different compositions. However, both depictions of art, also express, different qualities, styles, and eras. Van Gogh is from the eighteenth century and LeWitt’s is from the Late nineteenth century; whereas, Van Gogh’s work is a masterpiece, and LeWitt’s is contemporary art, even though both artists possess intellectual and expressive qualities from within their era's that had a fundamental element whether historical or contemporary, they are both works of art. Van Gogh's painting is a masterpiece with a dynamic nature. The contoured lines appear to outline the moon, stars, and kinetic nature of the night air. In contrast to LeWitt's actual lines that portrays analytical and geometric qualities that are static in nature. In Contrast with Van Gogh's painting that depicts an intense energy with expressive qualities. LeWitt's work is juxtaposing (actual) lines that are precise with an isometric projection. Nevertheless, the compositions of Van Gogh and LeWitt’s are the visual aspects of line usage in a formal analysis. Each composition plays a significant role; according to Sayre, H.M, (2010) “LeWitt’s line is precise...
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...Formal Analysis of Art The use of lines in an artist piece of work can tell much about their personality. A good example is, Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night which is one of the most personally expressive pieces of art in history (Sayre, 2010). Van Gogh’s lines in The Starry Night appear lose and free in a sense out of control; they are imprecise, and emotionally charged, as if the artist is expressing feelings of anguish (Sayre, 2010). Come to find out the painting, The Starry Night, expresses the authors feelings and energy toward life and death by putting focus on the tip of the church and the swaying of the cypress tree, a tree used to mark graves in Southern France and Italy (Sayre, 2010). More or less when he created this piece of art he was torn between life and death, which led to suicide a little over a year after the piece was finished (Sayre, 2010), so he expressed his confusion and point of view through the out of control lines, while giving the painting a different meaning. The lines that Vincent Van Gogh uses though is like an autograph, one of a kind and could be easily pointed out. Speaking of autographic lines another artist that uses a distinct form of lines that are not only original to the artist, but also expresses their personality through lines used is Sol LeWitt. Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing No. 681 expresses a different sort of personality. Sol LeWitt’s lines are precise, controlled, logical, and rationally organized (Sayre, 2010). The Wall Drawing...
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...Anne D’Alleva The Fundamentals of Art History Third Edition Prentice Hall Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco upper saddle River Amsterdam cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto Delhi Mexico city sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo chapter 1 introducing art history Art is long, life is short. Prouerb attributed to Hippocrates (c. 4 6 0 -3 5 7 bce) This chapter will introduce you to art history as an academic discipline. It distinguishes the aims and methods o f art history from related disciplines like anthropology and aesthetics. It also attempts to answer two questions that are more complicated than they appear at first glance: What is art? and What is history? what do art historians do? The object of art history Art historians do art. But we don’t make it, we study it. We try to understand what artists are expressing in their work, and what viewers perceive in it. We try to understand why some thing was made at the time it was made, how it reflected the world it was made in, and how it affected that world. We talk about individual artists and their goals and intentions, but also about patrons (the people who commission artworks), viewers, and the kinds o f institutions, places, and social groups in which art is made and circulates—whether that’s an art school, temple, or government agency. What is “art”? “Art” is one o f those words that people use all the time but that...
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...ARTS 105 Art Appreciation Summer 2016 Session (15-55) May 30 , 2016 – July 23, 2016 Course Description Introduction to the place of visual art in modern society, to the vocabulary used in discussing a work of art, and the studio techniques artists use to produce two and three-dimensional works Prerequisite: None Proctored Exams: None Instructor Information Dr. Patricia Rooney, PhD American Studies-Visual Culture, St. Louis University M.A. Art History, Webster University parooney@cougars.ccis.edu Textbooks Frank, Patrick. Prebles’ Artforms 11th Edition. 2014. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-205-96811-4 Textbooks for the course may be ordered from MBS Direct. You can order * online at http://direct.mbsbooks.com/columbia.htm (be sure to select Online Education rather than your home campus before selecting your class) * by phone at 800-325-3252 For additional information about the bookstore, visit http://www.mbsbooks.com. Course Overview Art Appreciation is an introduction to the principles and concepts used in the study and analysis of the fine arts, in order to achieve a basic understanding of art and artistic concerns. Art Appreciation studies the major cultural achievements and significant artistic works that have shaped Western culture. The approach to this course is to study the arts in an historical context beginning with the earliest artistic expressions of ancient societies...
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...FOOD ART CRITICISM Group 1 FORMAL ANALYSIS Form, Medium, Size and scale Form: The art is a sculpture. Medium: Honey crisp apples or Rome apples were used in this artwork, which were pasted on a canvas. Size and scale: The canvas is 28x36. The apples are 150 in diameter size. FORMAL ELEMENTS OF ART 1. Lines: There are squiggly, curved, and diagonal lines. 2. Shape: The apples are round although they are bitten. 3. Form: The sculpture has squiggly, curved, and diagonal lines. 4. Space: Positive space: apples Negative space: canvas 5. It is three-dimensional. 6. Color: Hue: red, white, and yellow Value: warm Intensity: The sculpture may be warm-looking but it does not affect how people feel about it. 7. Texture: The apples are not good to look at, but we can see that it makes a person curious to touch them if they’re real or not. ICONOGRAPHIC ELEMENT Apple in religion is a forbidden fruit. This shows what Adam and Eve did when they listened to the snake in the garden of eden. DISTINCTIVE ELEMENTS Basically, the picture shows two frames and each frame contain apples that have bites. What makes them distinct is one frame is crowded with apples that there is no room left and the other frame is only filled with a few apples which still has a lot of room. Analysis of Principles The artwork is repetitious and chaotic. USE OF LIGHT The artwork has a warm tone due to the redness of the apple. Likewise shadowy, because the...
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...“ultimate” graduate profile. Following program chairs’ agreement, the material will go to the full faculty for discussion and vote. I will also gather input from Student Affairs so that we understand their contribution to the success of our students. Readings about assessment and what it is are attached.* As I mentioned earlier, we will be working our way through this process together, and developing our assessment program in relationship to the goals and values unique (and/or integral) to this institution. Additional readings are on reserve in the library, and an enormous amount of information is available on the web. *Distributed at the Program Chairs meeting on 9.9.2008 MISSION Maine College of Art delivers a demanding and enlivening education in visual art and design within an intimate learning community. We teach each student how to transform aspirations and values into a creative practice that serves as the foundation for a lifelong pursuit of personal and professional goals. VALUES o Maine College of Art’s educational philosophy is built on the premise that focused individual attention and meaningful collective inquiry produce the conditions in which students’ voices can find strength, clarity, and purpose. o Our faculty of practicing professional artists, designers, writers, and scholars are committed and passionate educators who consider their classrooms to be extensions of their creative work. o We give our students the tools they need to take risks...
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...master pieces, I can see that both artist used a similar art style to represent night and day. With van Gough's I have always liked the way the darker colors show how the stars can come out in the night sky. LeWitt's art work I personally have never seen but the he uses the same types of color while staying true with the visual design of van Gough. The difference between the two pieces is that the lines are completely making the flow and the artist original to the other. van Gough's Starry Night uses the curve of the lines to bring the stars to live as balls of light,, like what people thought they were back then. LeWitt's shows us with the lines coming from the sun, how hot that particular day was for that gentleman to work out side in the field. With the lines in either curved or straight people can see the aspects of how differently each artwork can be. I do not believe that the artists can swap in the linage of the other and get the same effect they were going for. * * * * * This piece of artwork shows how people in higher society in Europe lived back then. With the numerous children in fancy clothes, a large hallway with many pieces of artwork on the walls this was living. We can only imagine what the artist is painting in the artwork but I do believe that they are doing a family portrait of the children. Velazquez brought shadows and light into this piece to bring out hoe formal a setting can be with the children back then. Look at...
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...Paper Assignment II Art and Society: Renaissance to Modern Art University of Houston Dr. Sandra Zalman Due: November 13 by midnight via turnitin on Blackboard - http://www.uh.edu/blackboard/ This paper asks you to compare two works of art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, to consider how nineteenth-century artists departed from past academic works to take interest in the new urban spaces of modernity. Go the MFAH and find the following two paintings: Berthe Morisot, The Basket Chair, 1885 (Room 222) Gustave Caillebotte, The Orange Trees, 1878 (Room 222) In your paper, you will analyze the visual relationship between modernism, class and gender, considering both the formal characteristics and subject matter of the paintings you will examine. While attending to the formal characteristics of each work, analyze the ways in which gender and class may play a role in relation to subject matter, composition, and the intended audience. How are the spaces of modernity depicted in these scenes? If the flânuer is the quintessential modern artist, but cannot be embodied by a woman, what is the role of gender in these works? How does the representation of gender factor into the aims of these artists? Construct your argument based on a visual analysis of these two paintings, paying particular attention to how the artist constructs the spaces of modernity, who is depicted and in what way, and how the viewer is, or is not, accounted for. In your a conclusion, consider...
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...Art 224 701 MW Beginning Digital Photo Assignment sheet for written assignment #3: Paper and study guide DUE: Monday, Nov 11 You will visit the GAGE Gallery (18 South Michigan Ave) the Museum of Contemporary Photography (600 S. Michigan Ave – Columbia College) and the DePaul Museum, will look at the photography exhibits in those venues. You will choose two photographs to analyze and compare, and will analyze them for content, looking particularly at how the form of each photograph might communicate, and what is being communicated. You may choose photos from the DePaul Museum or the Museum of Contemporary Photography (which opens on OCT 18), to compare to each other, or to images in the Gage Gallery. You will analyze the photos according to a denotative/connotative approach. In this kind of analysis, you first look at and describe the artwork in question, taking note of all organizational structures, formal elements and details that make up the artwork (including the title). In order to do this more thoroughly, take a look at the terms that are listed below, and consider whether the artist is using any of these strategies and principles. Then in the connotative section, consider how is she/he using them in each artwork to help communicate, and state what the meaning of the photograph, or the intent of the photographer, might be based on your denotative findings. In the final section of your paper, compare the denotative/connotative conclusions of the separate photographs with each...
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...HUMANITIES: FINE ARTS Section D M/W/F 11:15 AM–12:10 PM Section classrooms: Art: Goodman 204 Music: PPAC135 Theatre: Elder 146 Prof Anne Greeley anne.greeley@indwes.edu Beard, Office 115 Office hours: M/W 1:00–5:00 PM T/TH by appointment Prof Davy Chinn davy.chinn@indwes.edu PPAC, Office 164 Office hours: M/W 1:00–3:00 PM T/TH 10:30 AM–12:30 PM All others by appointment COURSE DETAILS Description MUS180 is an integrated arts appreciation course. It is part of the Humanities Core Curriculum. Each week, you will rotate between classes in art, music, and theatre appreciation (see p. 11 for course rotation schedule). Classes will be structured around a common topic or theme, enabling you to make connections between the different art forms. Required Course Texts Erwin Raphael McManus, The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life Into a Work of Art, HarperOne, 2014. Other texts as assigned, available via Learning Studio. Required Course Fee Our class field trip to the BSU David Owsley Museum on Jan. 22 will cost $10, due by Jan. 20 to Amanda Dyer in the BAC office. Prof Katie Wampler katie.wampler@indwes.edu Elder, Office 140E Office hours: M/W/F 12:10–1:25 PM W 2:30–3:30 PM T/TH 11:00 AM–1:30 PM Syllabus Contents Course details Learning outcomes Policies & expectations Course evaluation Museum Artwork Analysis paper Museum Art & Music Integration paper Mix-tape project Concert reports Theatre critiques Mix-tape project Arts Integration ...
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...Assignment: Formal Analysis of Art Summary There are various formal qualities about the painting Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez that make it very interesting to view. For example, I have observed the above listed painting through conducting a formal analysis of it, and have concluded with the following observations and interpretations of my understandings. The artist has portrayed an image of girls in the midst as if waiting to attend the wedding. Second, the artist reflects within the painting background an image of an artist working on a painting, while a mirrored image on the very back wall depicts what appears to be the King and Queen. These formal qualities used by Diego Velazquez create many illusionistic effects, just as that of the mirror used to attract the viewer’s visibility; rather it also portrays reflections of images that reside outside the view. In addition, the artist here has used three primary focal-points including self-portrait, half-length, and reflected mirrored images. However, the dimensions and depth of the painting have been obscured this has been accomplished through the use of various layers, shapes, colors, and tones that tend to overlap for outstanding effects. The formal qualities of Nighthawks by Edward Hopper are also very interesting yet, much more simple and to the point than that of Las Menias. For example, after observing through formal analysis I have concluded with the following observations of my understandings. In this particular painting...
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...ART 1223, ART SURVEY | Instructor: Todd Parker Class Participation–Look! Chapter 1 Look! Chapter 1 Answer the following questions over chapter 1 from Look! by Anne D'Alleva. Type your responses in a WordTM document or similar format. Submit the paper to the assignment dropbox titled Class Participation 1 in Canvas. Bring your response to class and be prepared to discuss your answers. 1. At this moment, how would you personally define art? * I would define art to be anything that someone took the time to make or craft together in a creative way or required skill. 2. How much better or worse if our experience of art using the more traditional definition of art? * If I’m understanding the question. Our experience with art would be worse if everyone defined art in the more narrow minded traditional way. It would be nice to have one single definition that everyone could agree on but most art would look the same and fall under the same certain categories. There would be little variation and lots of things would get left out. 3. What is useful in using the definition of art that D’Alleva provides on p. 13? * It is useful because she gave us her definition of art and what all she would refer to as art, and the definition also covers anything and everything that maybe considered as art around the world and from various periods in time. 4. Are there other reasons why a learner would want to study art history? * Other than for...
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...Assignment: Formal Analysis of Art Summary There are various formal qualities about the painting Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez that make it very interesting to view. For example, I have observed the above listed painting through conducting a formal analysis of it, and have concluded with the following observations and interpretations of my understandings. The artist has portrayed an image of girls in the midst as if waiting to attend the wedding. Second, the artist reflects within the painting background an image of an artist working on a painting, while a mirrored image on the very back wall depicts what appears to be the King and Queen. These formal qualities used by Diego Velazquez create many illusionistic effects, just as that of the mirror used to attract the viewer’s visibility; rather it also portrays reflections of images that reside outside the view. In addition, the artist here has used three primary focal-points including self-portrait, half-length, and reflected mirrored images. However, the dimensions and depth of the painting have been obscured this has been accomplished through the use of various layers, shapes, colors, and tones that tend to overlap for outstanding effects. The formal qualities of Nighthawks by Edward Hopper are also very interesting yet, much more simple and to the point than that of Las Menias. For example, after observing through formal analysis I have concluded with the following observations of my understandings. In this particular painting...
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...Academic Standards for the Arts and Humanities Pennsylvania Department of Education 22 Pa. Code, Chapter 4, Appendix D (#006-276) Final Form-Annex A July 18, 2002 Academic Standards for the Arts and Humanities XXV. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………….……. XXVI. THE ACADEMIC STANDARDS Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts…………..……………… A. Elements and Principles in each Art Form B. Demonstration of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts C. Vocabulary Within each Art Form D. Styles in Production, Performance and Exhibition E. Themes in Art Forms F. Historical and Cultural Production, Performance and Exhibition G. Function and Analysis of Rehearsals and Practice Sessions H. Safety Issues in the Arts I. Community Performances and Exhibitions J. Technologies in the Arts K. Technologies in the Humanities Historical and Cultural Contexts..……………………….. A. Context of Works in the Arts B. Chronology of Works in the Arts C. Styles and Genre in the Arts D. Historical and Cultural Perspectives E. Historical and Cultural Impact on Works in the Arts 9.1. F. Vocabulary for Historical and Cultural Context G. Geographic regions in the arts H. Pennsylvania artists I. Philosophical context of works in the arts J. Historical differences of works in the arts K. Traditions within works in the arts L. Common themes in works in the Arts Critical Response…………………………………………. A. Critical Processes B. Criteria C. Classifications D. Vocabulary for...
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...Formal Analysis on the Wrestlers The Wrestlers an oil painting done by Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguiere in 1875 depicts an all male entourage, that displays the act of wrestling as a sport with a small audience. This painting captures a pause in time and creates an abstraction of representational characters to participate in this act. The formal elements that will be analyzed, discussed, and explained in regards to the painting by Jean Alexandre are subject matter, style, medium/technique, line, space, light, and color. In this paper, the reader will learn how Jean Alexandre influenced an audience and created a mood in this work of art through his unique style and technique using oil paint as a medium. The subject matter in this work of art is clearly depicted at the center of this oil painting. It displays to men engaged in an act of...
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