analysis of visual arts

ANALYSIS OF VISUAL ARTS

GROUP 3

Cambaliza, Jhoanna Marie B.Gan, Edward Christian R.E.Palencia, Alfred Foster M.

Pascual, Karl Alexis M.Radam, Edzel D.

April 15, 2014


Form


FormMedium


FormMediumSubject Matter


FormMediumSubject MatterStyle

FORM

- It refers to the physical aesthetic qualities of the image.

- Encompasses the ELEMENTS OF ART and PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZATION that guide the artists in art-making.

FORM

Elements of Art Principles of Organization

ELEMENTS OF ART

PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZATION

Guideline questions for the viewer in describing, interpreting, and analyzing the form:

1. What are the dominant elements in the artwork?2. How are these used?3. How is the main subject matter treated in

relation to the background?4. How is space used within the frame?5. How does dominant element affect you?6. Is there a balance of forms or do some objects

cover most the frame?

MEDIUM

MEDIUM It Refers to the materials used by artist. It may vary in different forms Painting uses oil, watercolor, acyrilic,

poster paint, fresco or tempera.Sculpture uses wood, plaster, marble, clay and other tactile materials.

DRAWING• CHALK

Allows you to have a variety of tonal areas. Through the use of tonal areas.

• CHARCOALIt is a burnt woos and therefore create a

smudge easily on paper

EXAMPLE

• PASTELA light and pale color color chalks. The

dust it creates on paper can remain in place through the use of fixative spray

EXAMPLE

PAINTING IN OIL• It is the most popular medium in two dimensional expession because it offers a wide variety of coloes. It is used on canvas and the pigments are mixed with oil.• It dry up slowly, retouching and reworking are possible.• Texture can also be created through a variety of brush strokes and several layers of paint,

WATER COLOR PAINT• Artist enable to do a transparent painting on paper. • It dries up easily• Once a colors overlap, it can create other color tones.

• EXAMPLE

POPULAR MEDIUMS

ACRYLIC

Dissolves in water and uses acrylic polymer as a binding agent.

Dry fast, thin and resistant to cracking under temperature and humidity extremes.

ACRYLIC PAINTINGS

PRINTS

Prints are made with several different types of media, including metal, wood, stone, and silkscreen, each with a distinct look and feel.

All prints fall under one of three general categories, which depend on their method of reproduction: relief, intaglio, and planographic.

RELIEF PRINTINGWoodcuts

Wood Engraving

INTAGLIOEtching Aquatint

• printed from a recessed design into paper

PLANOGRAPHIC PROCESS• involves an image printed from a flat surface.

Serigraphy (Silk screen) Lithography

PHOTOGRAPHY• A Photography is done using camera. An image is captured

through the lens of a camera and is printed on a photographic paper through a chemical process. The material used in photography has evolved from film to digital.

CLAY• Medium used in sculpture. It comes in three forms: Earthenware, which can

be sunbaked; stoneware, hard pottery made from siliceous paste, fired at high temperature to vitrify the body; and Porcelain, which imparts a smooth, color and decorative effects.

METAL AND BRONZE• Require casting which involves making a mold of terracotta and then plaster of paris,

inserting a core and pouring in the molten metal or bronze. METAL BRONZE

Can be shaped by hammering or melted, cast, molded or pressed into predetermined shapes. (Ductility)

Can be cut, welded, cast, molded, polished, producing durable and permanent results.

WOOD

• Commonly used in Philippines.

• Some examples of wood used for sculpture are narra, batikuling, kamagong, langka, santol, marang and molave.

OTHER MEDIUMS

Sculpture

PaperDiscarded junk

Driftwood Shell

Rubber Tires

Eric Joisel•He took up origami in 1983, and just four years later had his first exhibition, in Pari•October 10, 2010, from lung cancer. He was just 53 years old

Paper (origami)

Mario Mallari Jr.

"KNUCKLEHEAD is a HARLEY model introduced in 1931

• made of 100% recycled meta• the turning wheels came from a broken

bonsai tool cart and the rest , bits and pieces collected from old metal junks, bolts, nuts and screws.

• This piece has at least 5 layers of clear coat to prevent rust and corrosion.

• It stands 12"L x 4"W 8"H and weighs 4.2 kilos.

• It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and is signed and dated."

Discarded junk

Driftwood

By : James Doran Webb

CAPIZ SHELL

RUBBER TIRES

By: Yong Ho Ji

ARCHITECTURESTONE AND BRICKGLASSFIBERGLASSPLASTIC

STONE AND BRICK

Bahay na bato in Batanes

GLASS

Water/Glass House, Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, 1995

FIBERGLASS AND PLASTIC

Zhu Pei worked with a manufacturer of fiberglass-reinforced plastic to develop a translucent fiberglass block for his Blur Hotel in Beijing. The architect wanted the building, which will sit near the East Gate of the Forbidden City, to glow like a Chinese lantern.

PHOTOGRAPHY

FILMS

FILMSUSED FOR ANALOG CAMERA

Installation artsIron bars, metal sheets, bottles,

glasses, light bulbs and many other form are put together

Installation art titled ‘Chairs’, made of wooden chairs by Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata, during Abu Dhabi Art at Saadiyat island, off the coast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

OTHER SAMPLES

Colored pencils Post-it notes

Cassette tapesTrash

Record Dirt on car

GUIDE QUESTIONS IN DESCRIBING, ANALYZING AND

INTERPRETING THE FORM• What is the medium used by the artist?• Does the maedium enhance the beauty of

the image?• How well does the medium selected show

the artistic representation?• If the artist chose another medium, do

you think the same effect will be achieved? Why and how?

SUBJECT MATTER

• What an art is all about• May be human figure, landscape,

commemoration of an event, etc.

SUBJECT MATTER

GUIDE QUESTIONS IN DESCRIBING, ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING THE

FORM• What is the main figure of the artwork?

• How do the other figures in the artwork affects the main figure?

• What is the significance of the figure/s to you in terms of personal, historical, social, or political value?

HISTORICAL PERIOD

SCHOOL OF ARTIST

REALISM

EXPRESSIONISM

ABSTRACT

GUIDE QUESTIONS IN DESCRIBING, ANALYZING AND

INTERPRETING THE FORM

• What particular characteristics does this artwork have that are also present in other works by the same artist?

• Describe the use of elements of art and principles of design that identify the artwork with other works done in the same era or movement.

THE GUIDE QUESTIONS CAN LEAD TO AN APPRECIATION OF THE AESTHETICS QUALITY OF

ART.

a) Form (the elements and principles of organization)

b) Mediumc) Subject matter

-Style of an artwork gives us a ready outline through to begin a formal

analysis of an artwork.

THANK YOU!

PPT by: E.C.Gan

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