2nd Nine Weeks Exam Review
Know:
•Elements of Art
•Principles of Design
•Four Sculptural methods
•Four steps of the Critique Process
•Images, know title and artist or style
Wed.. Dec. 18th 2nd & 6th hour
Thur. Dec. 19th 3rd hour
List the best Principle of Design
for each image and explain why
you chose that one.
List two Elements that are strong
in each image and describe their
usage.
Review
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Principles of Design
Balance
Pattern/Rhythm
Unity
Variety
Emphasis
Focal Point
Scale
Proportion
Movement
Time
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Elements of Art
Line
Shape
Form
Texture
Value
Color
Space
Surprise
Critique Process
• Description
• Interpretation
• List everything you see.
• Literally describe the artwork
from front to back and side to
side
• Do not say what you think it
means
• Use the Elements of Art
• Use all of the information from
the first two steps to decide the
meaning of the artwork.
• Does the composition, use of
color, details etc seem to all
say the same idea or ideas?
• Is there conflicting information
• Analysis
• Judgment
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• Is this well crafted?
• Good use of the Principles of
Design?
• Interesting composition?
Use the principles of design
Decipher the composition
Look for symbols and clues
What is the concept?
Sculptural methods
• Casting- additive and subtractive process
using originals, molds and pouring liquids
into molds, then finishing the sculpture
• Carving- subtractive process, taking away
from a solid form (wood, plaster, marble)
• Assembling-additive process-found object,
cardboard, wood, etc.
• Modeling-additive process- using a plastic
medium like clay (can also be slightly
subtractive )
Memorize the image title and artist (when known):
Toredor Fresco, Minoan
Kouros, Greek
Square with Two Circles,
Barbara Hepworth
The Night Café, 1888, Vincent Van Gogh, oil on canva
Personal Values, Rene Magritte, 1952
Clothespin,
Claes Oldenburg, 1976
Roman, Julius Cesear
Umberto Boccioni,
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space,
1913.
bronze
Ease, 1987, Bridget Riley
Chuck Close,
Big Self-Portrait ,
1967-1968
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Lucas II, Chuck Close, 1987
Target with Four Faces,
Jasper Johns, 1953
Pieta, Michelangelo, 1490, marble
David, Donatello, This was one of the first
nude statues of the Renaissance c.1430
List four differences and similarities between these two styles.