Artist Versus Artisan - Pottery

8/8/2019 Artist Versus Artisan - Pottery

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Artist versus Artisan

Artist: A person skilled in any of thefine arts, but now, more generally, aperson who practises any creative art inwhich accomplished execution (success)is informed by imagination (educatedinspiration).

Artisan:A worker in a skilled trade, a

craftsperson; (in later use)esp. one usingtraditional or non-mechanized methods(painting, sculptingno machinery). Nowrare.


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Art History Before the perfection

of the photographicimage in 1838 byLouis-Jacques-

Mand Deguerre, aFrench artist andchemist, art had a

very different

function.


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Artist for Sale! People

commissionedartists to renderportraits in orderto preservehistory or factsof what peoplelooked like.

People also hiredartisans todecorate churchesand palaces with

beautiful paintingsand sculptures.


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Art History

When theseportraits werecommissioned,

they were oftenframedelaborately withgilded wood, as a

show ofdecadence and

wealth.


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The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was re-painted during the High Renaissance by

Michelangelo. Originally it was a dark blue sky with golden stars. It was

completed between 1508 and 1512.


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Post-Photography After photography became widespread, it was the agreed that itwas the best way to capture the likeness of something

accurately. Even though there were talented Realist painters practicing,

nothing could compare to the accuracy and speed of a camera. Thus, painting and sculpture became an outdated way of

recording the likeness of people and life.


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Post-Photography Painters and sculptors

were forced to thinkcarefully about their

work, as it was

becoming less and lessabout representation,and more aboutmeaning.

The movements of

painting and sculpturebecame morethoughtful, and beganto experiment withideas.

Jeopardy FactJeopardy Fact:

Alexander Calderinvented theMobile themoving sculpture.


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Consider the gallery


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OUTSIDE?!?!


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Elements of DesignLineShape

FormSpaceTextureColour


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hat are t

hey again?

Elements are parts of a whole, and make up

design.

The specific elements are: LINE,FORM, S P A C ES P A C E , TEXTURE and COLOUR.

Think of them as the building blocks of a work

or piece.


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Line Line is first and foremost aphysical mark made. It directs a visual path from

one point to another. In sculpture, line can

define the solid mass- itserves as the outline.

We perceive the edges ofthe surface as lines.

In fact, these edges areplanes, and this term

should be used to refer tosculptural forms.


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Line in CeramicsLine in Ceramics

In sculpture, line can beetched into the clay

Or found visually wheretwo edges meet.


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ShapeShape

A shape is a self contained and defined area. It can be either geometric or organic form.

It is FLAT (or 2D). Shapes are the result of closed lines. Some primary shapes include circles,

squares, triangles and hexagons all of whichappear in nature in some form or another.


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FormForm

When light from a single direction (e.g. our sun) hits an object, partof the object is in shadow.

Light and dark areas within an image provide contrast that showvolume.

Factors that can affect our feelings towards an image include thedirection of the light source, from above or below, and thegentleness or abruptness of the half tones.

Form refers to thethree-dimensionalquality of an object

Choosing a highgloss or mattfinish, as well asthe initialmaterial, willchange the waylight hits theobject.


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Relations Space refers to the area around, within, and

occupied by the three-dimensional object, aswell as the way these areas interact.


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Space

A good artist realizes that the space surroundingan object (positive space / shape / mass / etc) isjust as important as that object itself.

Negative space helps define a subject, and brings

balance to a composition.

This image usesnegative space to helpemphasize the mainsubject. Without all ofthe negative space, the

main object ould bemuch less interesting.


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Space

Negative space canactually be used as

the main subject in aart piece, sometimesto the extent where ittakes on an

identifiable shapedefined by itssurrounding positivespace.


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Space

This hotogr her sesegati e s ace to createan i lie s ject ofroads crossing ina cit -li e environment.

The negatives ace in the handleallows for the

teapots pouringabilit .

Swiss cheese isntthe same withoutthe holes!


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Texture Texture is the surface

quality of a shape -rough, smooth, soft hardglossy etc.

Texture can be physical(tactile) or visual.


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Texture in Glazes Specialty

glazes thatcontribute totextureinclude: Crackle Raku Lizard

Gator Speckle


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Colour

Hue: refers to the names of the primarycolours, red, green and blue.

Value: lightness and darkness of the colour - theamount of white or black added.

Intensity: the saturation of the colour. Monochromatic colour: use of one colourwhere only the value of the color changes.

Analogous colours: colours that are adjacent to

each other on the colour wheel, e.g. yellow andgreen.


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Colour Analogous colour:

colours that are adjacentto each other on thecolour wheel, e.g. yellowand green.

Analogous colours nextto each other on thecolour wheel "get along"and are referred to asbeing harmonious .

Analogous colours are

often used in visualdesign and have asoothing affect.


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Colour Complementary

colours: coloursopposite to each otheron the colour wheel,e.g. green and red,represent colourspositioned across from

each other on the colorwheel.


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ColourColour Complimentarycolours exhibitmore contrast whenpositioned adjacentto each other -forexample yellow

appears moreintense whenpositioned on or

beside blue or

violet.

In the photograph above - green and yellow are analogous colours thatharmonize where as the violet colour of the flowers appears more intenseagainst a complementary coloured background.


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ColourColour

Colour is a diverse element. Colour can play an

important role in setting amood for a composition.

On t

he colour w

heel, t

hereare warm colours and

cool colours.

Colors are called warm orcool because of ourassociation with variouselements in oursurroundings.

Red, yellow and orangeare considered warmcolors whereas blue, greenand violet are consideredcool colors.


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WWAARRMM ColoursColours

Warm colors include:yellows, red and orangewe associate these with blood, sun and fire.


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CCOOOOLL ColoursColours

Cool colors include:violet, blue and green because of our

association with snow and ice.


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Colour

Photographers can position different colors in animage to maximize contrast between them and alsoto provide perspective.

Perceptually, cool colors tend to recede into the

distance whereas warm colors appear to advance.

In this photo,the warm glowof sunriseadvances wherethe cool blue

shadowsrecede.

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