Element of Art

TEXTURE

WHAT IS TEXTURE?

TYPES OF TEXTURE

TACTILE TEXTURE:

*Refers to how something feels

in real life.

*i.e. rough, smooth, soft, ect.

*more common in 3-Dimemntional art, but can be used to

describe the physical surface of 2-Dimentional artwork

For example: thick paint on the a canvas

Jennifer Maestre

Heather Knight

TYPES OF TEXTURE ILLUSION OF TEXTURE:

*The ability of appearances to deceive the mind and

senses.

*i.e. something that looks like, but doesn’t really

have that texture.

*The most common place to find this kind of texture

is in 2-Dimentional artwork.

WHAT KIND OF TEXTURE DO YOU SEE?

WHAT CAN TEXURE ADD TO ARTWORK?

Meret Oppenheim

Surrealist Art

This Surrealist object was inspired by

a conversation between Oppenheim

and artists Pablo Picasso and Dora

Maar at a Paris cafe. Admiring

Oppenheim's fur-covered bracelet,

Picasso remarked that one could

cover anything with fur, to which she

replied, "Even this cup and saucer."

Soon after, when asked by André

Breton, Surrealism's leader, to

participate in the first Surrealist

exhibition dedicated to objects,

Oppenheim bought a teacup, saucer,

and spoon at a department store and

covered them with the fur of a

Chinese gazelle.

VINCENT VAN GOGH 30 MARCH 1853 – 29 JULY 1890

•Known for use of vivid colors and

emotional impact.

•a Dutch post-Impressionist painter

•He suffered from anxiety and

increasingly frequent bouts of

mental illness throughout his life.

•He died, largely unknown, at the

age of 37 from a self-inflicted

gunshot wound.

•Work was not appreciated during

his lifetime, his fame grew in the

years after his death.

•Today, he’s considered one of

history's greatest painters and an

important contributor to the

foundations of modern art.

•Van Gogh did not begin painting

until his late twenties.

•most of his best-known works were

produced during his final two years.

VINCENT VAN GOGH- close up of starry night