Art Review for Test 1
Art 170 with Walla at Minnesota State University, Moorhead
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The Gates
Christo and Jean Claude
2005
-Generated all funds themselves
-all work done by volunteers
-everything was recycled afterwards
-enhanced the environment
Coffin Orange, in shape of cocoa pod
Kane Kwei
1970
-utilitarian
-told story about the person's life
Pat
John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres
1982
-it is a portrait (of pat)
-realistic/naturalistic
-3-D
-This series was meant to capture the humanity of the poorer people of the community, specifically those living in the bronx.
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Pablo Picasso
1907
-Abstract
-Inspired by African Masks
-Challenged the art of that time
*He specifically told us to read up on this piece and know about it.
Silueta Works
Ana Mendieta
1973-1977
-Abstract
-Sculpture
-Heritage and History inspired this
-Colonization (brutality/violence)
God Bless America
Faith Ringgold
1964
-Civil Rights movement
-Bars/stripes of flag etc.
-Abstract
Treason of Images
Rene Magritte
1929
-"This is not a pipe" is the translation of the phrase on it
-Questions truth and the use of representation
The Rocky Mountains
Albert Bierstadt
1863
-Not the Rocky Mountains (it is the Alps)
-Sublime
-Representational (but naturalistic)
-Shows how God is bigger than all etc.
Hoboku Landscape
Sesshu Toyo
1495
-Broken Ink Technique
-Not intense realism
Supremist Painting (Black Rectangle/Blue Triangle)
Kasimir Malevich
1915
-nonobjective
Lower Nine Panels
* (of the center lancet window in the west front of chartres cathedral)
1150
-Shows iconography
Holy Virgin Mary
Chris Ofili
1996
-some iconography
-controversial
-Christians/Catholics found it offensive
*read in book who exactly found it offensive people/groups.
Luncheon on the Grass
Edouard Manet
1863
-Spacial understanding challenged
-Naked woman=controversial
-Women engages viewer
-Brush strokes made this painting considered "bad" because it strayed from realism
Le Grande Vitesse
Alexander Calder
1969
-people didn't like it then but it became famous later on
-Public Art
Tilted Arc
Richard Serra (William Diamond commissioned it)
1981
-Public Art
-Person who commissioned it ended up not liking it
-Was taken down in the middle of the night
David
Michelangelo
1501-1504
-nudity was unacceptable (so a copper skirt was added to address this issue)
-Represented freedom
Homeless Vehicle
Krzysztof Wodiczko
1988
-Practical Art/Activist Art
Basket of Apples
Paul Cezanne
1895
-Move towards Abstraction from representational
-Points of view represented (odd angles/tiling etc
-Still life/Nature Morte
House
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
1995
-outline (shape not volume)
Numbers in Color
Jasper Johns
1958-1959
-Grid
-Application of Color/Paint
Death of Socrates
Jacques Louis David
1787
-implied line (pointing)
-Classical/Analytical Line (grid)
-Socrates is portrayed as strong because of the angle of his body, everyone else as weak by their bowed heads etc.
Death of Sardanapalus
Eugene Delacroix
1827
-Movement/gesture line (tells yours eyes in a way how to move through picture
Self
Martin Puryear
1978
-Makes you think it is heavy
-Visual weight
-Actually made of wood rubbed with graphite and is very light
-Artist was a master carpenter
Two Figures
Barbara Hepworth
1947-1948
-negative space
The Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci
1495-1498
-one point perspective
The Dead Christ
Andrea Mantegna
1501
-foreshortening
-makes the focal point his head
-means proportions are off. (face should be small, feet large not reversed)
Madonna of the Rocks
Leonardo da Vinci
1495-1508
-Ariel Perspective
-color changes with Atmosphere to give some sense of depth
-Foreshortening of hand to draw attention to her face
Transient Rainbow
Cai Guo-Qiang
2002
-Fireworks (celebratory)
-marked the closing of the moma for its move across the river
-Inspired by a Chinese Legend
-7 colored stones to block holes in the sky
-Circle (fireworks and reflection) symbol for eternity
Fallen
Jane Hammond
2004-ongoing
-Analogous color scheme
-mostly warm
-inspired by the fallen soldiers in Iraq
-each leaf has the name of a soldier
Cara Grande
1960
-feather mask
-simultaneous contrast
-means our eyes can only read one color at a time causing a visual vibration
-Complementary colors
Filas for Sale
Charles Searles
1972
-open color palate
-uses any colors
The Terrace at Vernon
Pierre Bonnard
1920-1939
-Arbitrary color palatte
Forest and Dove
Max Ernst
1927
-grattage (to scrape)
Gehry House
Frank Gehry
1977-1978
-variety (angle, repetition, etc)
Taj Mahal
1632-1648
-Symmetry (Absolute)
Rose Window
Chartres Cathedral
1215
-radial symmetry (from center point)
Joseph the Carpenter
Georges de La Tour
1645
-Jesus' face is the focal point even though Joseph is the subject
Orange Crush
Larry Poons
1963
*this picture is actually a bright orange, looks red here for some reason
-no focal point (Afocal)
Spoonbridge and Cherry
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
1988
-Scale in relationship to environment
Parthenon
447-438 BC
-order (repetition/rhythm)
-ratio (Golden Ratio 5:8)
-Fibonacci sequence*
*he specifically said to know the Fibonacci sequence as it pertains to this piece.
Barber Shop
Jacob Lawrence
1946
-shape repetition
-angles
-color and value cause tension
Las Vegas, Nevada
-Constantly reinvents itself
-post-modernity
Realism
Generally the tendency to refer the facts of existence, but, specifically, in the nineteenth century, the desire to describe the world in a way unadulterated by the imaginative and idealist tendencies of the Romantic sensibility.
*As close to realistic as you can get.
Abstract
In art, the rendering of images and objects in a stylized or simplified way, so that though they remain recognizable, their formal or expressive aspects are emphasized.
*Moving further from the natural world but still representing something real.
Non-objective/Non-representational
Art that makes no reference to the natural world and that explores the inherent expressive or aesthetic potential of the formal elements-line, shape, color-and the formal compositional principles of a given medium.
*Does not refer to the natural world at all.
Representational
Any work of art that seeks to resemble the world of natural appearance.
*Realism basically
Form
The literal shape and mass of an object or figure. More generally, the materials used to make a work of art, the ways in which these materials are used in terms of the formal elements (line, light, color etc) and the composition that results.
*Overall structure of a work
Content
The meaning of an image, beyond its overt subject matter; as opposed to form.
*what it expresses or means
Composition
The organization of the formal elements in a work of art.
Iconography
The study or description of images and symbols.
*Cultural set of images that would be easily understood within the given culture.
Symbols
Images that represent something more than their literal meaning.
*Visual images that make up iconography
Line
A mark left by a moving point, actual or implied, and varying in direction, thickness, and density.
*communicates
Outline
Shows Shape
Contour Line
Shows volume
Atmospheric/Ariel Perspective
A technique, often employed in landscape painting, designed to suggest three-dimensional space in the two-dimensional space of the picture plane, and in which forms and objects distant from the viewer become less distinct, often bluer or cooler in color, and contrast among the various distant elements is greatly reduced.
One-point Linear Perspective
A version of linear perspective in which there is only one Vanishing point in the composition.
Two-point linear perspective
A version of linear perspective in which there are two (or more) vanishing points in the composition.
*More dynamic, looking from 3/4 view
Surface
Picture plane
Vanishing point
In linear perspective, the point on the horizon line where parallel lines appear to converge.
Highlight
The spot, or one of the spots of highest key or value in a picture.
Shadow
The unlighted surface of a form rendered by modeling or chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro
In drawing and painting, the use of light and dark to create the effect of three-dimensional, modeled surfaces.
Shade
A color or hue modified by the addition of another color, resulting in a hue of a darker value, in the way, for instance, that the addition of black to red results in maroon.
Tint
A color or hue modified by the addition of another color resulting in a hue of a lighter value, in the way, for instance, that the addition of white to red results in pink.
Hue
A color, as found on a color wheel
Texture
The surface quality of a work
Pattern
a repetitive motif or design
Time/Motion
The primary elements of temporal media, linear rather than spatial in character.
Written Arts
paintings, music, writing
Plastic Arts
Sculptures and the like
About this deck
By: Ashley Nicely
Created: 2011-02-17
Size: 70 flashcards
Views: 51
Created: 2011-02-17
Size: 70 flashcards
Views: 51
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