Art Fundamentals (1) Academic Decathlon PCS. Line, Shape, Form *Line: A path of a point moving...
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Art Fundamentals (1) Academic Decathlon PCS. Line, Shape, Form *Line: A path of a point moving through space. -Solid? Interrupted? -Horizontal: Suggests
Line, Shape, Form *Line: A path of a point moving through
space. -Solid? Interrupted? -Horizontal: Suggests peace and
tranquility. -Vertical: Move the eyes upwards (N.B. Gothic
architecture) -Curved: Indicates action, motion, and chaos *Shape:
Space that defines the two- dimensional area. *Form: Objects that
are three-dimensional (with length, width, and depth) -Organic v.
Geometric -Positive Space: Objects in the artwork -Negative Space:
Area around these objects that frames them
Slide 3
Is this a shape or a form?
Slide 4
Is this geometric or organic?
Slide 5
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggios The Entombment (Rome)
*Explore the positive and negative space here. *What shapes/forms
are constructed? *What is Caravaggio doing with line?
Slide 6
Perspective *Perspective: The illusion of depth created by
manipulating line, shape, form, light, and use of space. -Linear
-Aerial/Atmospheric *Vanishing point(s): Geometric location on the
horizon used to construct linear perspective *Renaissance: In
Western Art, perspective indicated the evolution from Medieval art
to the Renaissance, stemming from scientific discovery and movement
away from purely religious, iconographic depictions of the
world.
Slide 7
Pietro Peruginos fresco at the Sistine Chapels North Wall (in
Vatican)
Slide 8
Unknown Italian artist from the 13 th century (Vatican)
Slide 9
Michelangelo da Buonarottis Creation of Adam (center)
Slide 10
Color/Hue *Hue: The technical name of the color -Primary (blue,
red, yellow) -Secondary (orange, green, violet) -Tertiary (six)
*Value: measure of darkness in a hue or gray *Neutral: white,
black, and grays in between -These cannot be hues *Intensity:
purity of a color (how mixed is it?) *Local color: true color as
seen in normal daylight *Optical color: the effect that lighting
has on the color (night, fog, candlelight, etc.) *Texture: How
things feel or how we think they would feel if touched
Slide 11
Color Wheel (hues only)
Slide 12
Robert Rauschenbergs Untitled (NY Met)
Slide 13
Georges-Pierre Seurats A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La
Grande Jatte (Louvre)
Slide 14
Claude Monets Impression, Sunrise (Musee Monet, Paris)
Slide 15
William Turners Shipwreck of the Minotaur (Lisbon)