Art Appreciation
Chapter 4 Notes (2012)
Slides:
line = a mark left by a moving point (the
most fundamental element)
outline = the edge of a shape or figure
contour lines = the visible border of an
object in space (within an outline)
The book gives a poor definition for this.
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Addl. static = still, unchanging
Addl. dynamic = changing or moving
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the formal (or visual) elements = line,
space, light and color, texture, pattern,
time and motion
composition = the organization of
formal elements in a work of art
actual line __________ really there
implied line - - - - - - - - - not really
there, a gaze, gesture, or motion
kinetic art = It moves!
line quality = the dynamic range of line
expressive line = loose, gestural,
emotional, with feeling, from within
romantic = dramatic, emotional, and
subjective (strong feelings)
“Expressive” and “romantic” are similar.
Both are dramatic.
analytic (classical) line = rational,
mathematic, precise, logical
grid = an even pattern of horizontal and
vertical lines that cross each other to
make uniform squares or rectangles…
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Calder, Cow, 1929
Giocametti, The Nose, 1947
Chicago, Birth Trinity, 1983
Lichtenstein, Still Life with Crystal
Bowl, 1973
Eakins, The Biglin Brothers
Racing, 1873
Toulouse-Lautrec, L’Estampe
Originale, 1893
Fig. 4-8 Titian, Assumption and
Consecration of the Virgin, 151618
Fig. 4-14 van Gogh, The Starry
Night, 1889
Pfaff, Dragon, 1981
Fig. 4-20 Johns, Numbers in
Color, 1958-59
Fig. 4-27 Delacroix, Death of
Sardanapalus, 1828
Gericault, Raft of the Medusa,
1818-19
Raphael, Madonna in the
Meadow, 1505
after Praxiteles, Aphrodite of
Knidos, 4th Cent. BCE
Ingres, Jupiter and Thetis, 1811