Monday, November 29, 2010

Representational Forms - Part II

Whole Object:


 Lines:


Shapes:


Color:


Surface texture:



 Depth/Space:


 Rhythm/Repetition:


Balance:


 Dramatic Light/Dark:


Closure/Metaphor/Symbol::


 Negative Space:


 Positive Space:


 Exaggerate Scale:


 Object as Abstraction:


 Object in Motion:

Monday, November 15, 2010

Representational Form

Whole Object :

















Lines:















Shape:















Color:















Surface Texture:















Depth/Space:















Rhythm/Repetition:















Balance:















Dramatic Light/Dark:















Closure/Metaphor/Symbol:















Negative Space:















Positive Space:















Exaggerated Scale:






















Object as a Abstraction:















Object in Motion:

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Lecture Summary (10/26) - Feminism

Feminism:


First wave of feminist art -> plus ripples before and after

 1. Essentials:
         - the personal
         - body
         - sexuality
         - vaginal iconography
         - affirm female alternative

2. Marital/techniques
         - unique woman

3. Activist (activism)
         - performance
         - sisterhood

4. distinguish art of men/women

Lecture Summary (10/19) - Dada and Surrealism

DADA:
      - Began in World War I
      - Protest against war, society and social order

Contributions:
      - Appropriation
      - Assemblage, Construction
      - Conceptual Art
      - Chance

Some Dada Artists:
    Jean Arp
    Hugo Ball
    Kurt Schwitters
    Marcel Duchamp

Locations: Cabaret Voltaire(1916) - Zurich, Switzerland, Berlin(1919), Paris(1929) - morphed into Surrealism

Surrealism:

 Features:
     - Less political
     - New psychological theory of Sigmund Freud
     - 1899 "The Interpretation of Dreams"

Surrealist Artists:
     Max Ernst
     Rene Magritte
     Salvador Dali
     Glorgio De Chirico
     Man Ray

Identity Essentials

The body as a landscape:








Best of Color Texture

Kitchen Appliances 




Elastic


Burn/Melt


Stains


3D Texture