analyzing art: cornflakes

INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSECORN FLAKES….

AP Art History

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Looking at Art: CFMRFPS

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ContentFocusMoodRealismFunction (in context)PatronSetting

We’ll look at art elements in more depth later…

WHAT TO YOU SEE?TEXT

IMAGESBLANK SPOTS (+/- SPACE)

SPEARSWEAPONSWOMEN

MENCHILDRENPUPPIES

Content?

Focus?

IS THERE A SPECIFIC PLACE WHERE THE ARTIST WANTS US TO LOOK?

MANIPULATE THE IMAGE?

POSITIVE/ NEGATIVE SPACE?

SPIRITUAL/ EXTRAORDINARY BEINGS

POWER OF GAZE

What are you lookin’ at?

Mood?

WHAT IS THE MOOD OF THE WORK?

EMOTIONALLY MANIPULATED BY ARTIST?

HAPPY? FUNNY? SERIOUS? ANGRY?

HOW ARE THE PEOPLE DEPICTED?DANCE, RANK, STANCE

REALISTIC STANCE?

Mood?

Hierarchy of Scale? Greater Power/Higher position

Natural or idealized stance?Frontal, Profile, Composite?Gestures?Vertical or Horizontal?Balance, Stability, Performance?

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Representation of Space

Depth of CompositionFigures and DetailsFocus &“other” guysPassive vs. ActiveHierarchy of StanceDiagonal of LinesEmotional Intensity

LOOK---Color, Lines, Light, Space, etc.

Presentation of Captives to Lord Chan Muwan

790 C.E.

Artist? unknown

Bonampak Mexico

Mayan

Real?

TO WHAT EXTENT IS THE OBJECT “REAL WORLD?’

CHOSEN TO LOOK LIKE WHAT WE SEE OR A DEVIATION?

FROM NATURE TO CONVEY SOMETHING

REALISTIC VS. UNREALISTIC

Function?

WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE WORK OF ART, ARCHITECTURE SERVE?

POWER, PAIN, GLORY…

LOOK AT ME….

INFORM…

CONTEXT OF SOCIETY, FAITH, TIME PERIOD…

Patron?

WHO PAID FOR THIS?

DUDE IN THE CENTER?

IN THE CORNER?

WHY?

ME!!!

Setting?

WHERE WOULD YOU EXPECT THIS WORK TO BE PLACED?

STRUCTURE WHERE A FEW OR MANY GATHER?

LEGITIMIZE POWER?

FAVORED SPACE?Again, this is part of context…

SACRED SPACES

Setting

Womb chamber=

Community Space:

The Planned City

The Roman Town of Timgad, Algeria, begun ca. 100 CEThe Roman Town of Timgad, Algeria, begun ca. 100 CE

A. Meridian GateB. Gate of Divine MightC. West Glorious GateD. East Glorious GateE. Corner towersF. Gate of Supreme HarmonyG. Hall of Supreme Harmony

H. Hall of Military EminenceJ. Hall of Literary GloryK. Southern Three PlacesL. Palace of Heavenly PurityM. Imperial gardenN. Hall of Mental CultivationO. Palace of Tranquil Longevity

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Original PowerPoint by Marsha Russell of St. Andrew's Episcopal School Austin, TX