AP Art History
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by Jim Henson
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100 WELL KNOWN
WORKS OF ART
#50 Caravaggio, Boy Bitten by Lizard
Interpreted Using
The
Feldman Model of Formal Analysis
Feldman’s Model of Art Criticism
From the work of Edmund Burke Feldman,
During the late 1960’s and early 70’s
1. DescriptionList the visual qualities of the work that are obvious and immediate.
“What do you see in the artwork”?
Include content and subject matter in representational worksInclude abstract elements in nonrepresentational pieces.
2. AnalysisFocus on the formal aspects of elements of art, principles of design.
“How does the artist create a center of interest?
How does the use of color impact the painting?”
3. InterpretationPropose ideas for possible meaning based on evidence.
“What was the artist trying to communicate”?
4. JudgmentDiscuss the overall strengths/success/merit of the work.
How and why has this work achieved cultural value?
Michelangelo Merisi
da Caravaggio
Boy Bitten by Lizard
1595-1600
Baroque Movement
Oil painting on canvas
26”x 20”
Rome, Italy
Recently exhibited at the Kimbell
Museum in Ft. Worth, TX
Andy Warhol Eight Elvises1, 1963,
Pop Art Movement, 12’ wide Silk Screen “painting”
New York, NY
(format for a horizontal image)
1.DESCRIPTION
a. Painting
b. Oil on canvas
c. 26” x 20”
d. Youth dramatically reacting to lizard bite
e. Frozen action pose
f. Shallow 3-D space with close background
g. Theatrical, single source lighting
h. Dark shadowy shapes- lines in fabric
i. Somber, murky, colors in low light
j. Tactile illusion of surface textures (realistic)
k. ITALIAN- Lt 16th Cent, (c.1595- Rome)
2.ANALYSIS
a. Images from advertising
b. Emphasis on shape of can & color red
c. Organized and stable composition
d. Stacked and flat structural system
e. High contrast and vibrant
f. Compact shallow space-no depth
g. Static and mechanical – no movement
h. No shading-flat
i. Balanced- symmetrical and actual size can
3. Interpretation
a. Demonstrates how commercialism
and advertising dominates people’s
lives (“I want to be a machine”)
b. Emphasizes advertising and mass
production- reaction against Abstract
Expressionism and continues the idea of
“readymades” and collage
c. Add additional commentary by the artist or
critics to support the interpretation (quotes
and sources or a link to your essay)
4. Judgment
a. What sets this work apart and makes
it worth studying? (Warhol timeline Met
Museum)
b. How does this work fit into the context of
what came before and after it? (Development
and Influence of POP)
c. How have critics, historians, and the public
reacted to this work? (Warhol Museum)
d. How has this work changed the way art is
viewed? (How Warhol Changed the World)
e. Context with AP Exam: Link to AP Exam
Q&A
Compare and Contrast
Use this slide to develop points that
may be used in essays. You may
also hyperlink to external essay
material here:
Link to British Essay
Academic Essay Link
Khan Academy Video
Top 20 Works by Warhol
Summary
POP ART
1950s-1960s
A style of painting and sculpture in the 1950's and
1960's; the subject matter was based on visual
cliches, subject matter and impersonal style of
popular mass media imagery.1
Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Roy
Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, George
Segal were important pop artists.
Interesting Facts About Artist
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Warhol called his studio The Factory
Also created experimental movies (see note below)
Studied at Carnegie Institute of Technology
Wrote The Philosophy of Andrew Warhol
He was shot (almost to death) by one of his assistants
He was very ill when he was a child and spent his time
at home learning about and making art
• Wanted to remove the boundaries between fine art
and commercial art
A still shot from the Warhol film, EMPIRE, a 1964silent,
black-and-white film made by Andy Warhol. It consists
of eight hours and five minutes of continuousslow
motion footage of the Empire State Building .
References
1. (Pop Art - Quizlet Notes-definition)
http://quizlet.com/24479640/pop-art-flash-cards/