Art II

FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

Pop Art Food Sculpture

Pop Art: Utilizes elements of current culture, events, celebrities, food labels, etc. for aesthetic purposes. Major art style of the 20th Century prominent in the 1960’s.

Prominent figures in Pop Art Style:

o Andy Warhol

Marilyn Monroe Montage Tomato Soup Banner, 1966

o Jasper Johns

Target, 1974 Three flags, 1958

o Wayne Thiebaud

Three Machines, 1963 Boston Creames, 1969

o Roy Lichtenstein

Girl with Hair Ribbon, 1974 Blam! 1962

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Meaningful Reduction

Using economy of shape and color to achieve realism

You can achieve a sense of realism in a painting by simplifying details into shapes of accurate colors.

The American artist, Fairfield Porter, was a pioneer in this idea of economy through color and shape. Before him, Paul Cezanne and Edward Hopper also painted similar to this fashion.

This style of creating realism is not limited to portrait painting, as it can be seen in landscape imagery.

Examples:

Fairfield Porter; Self-Portrait in the Studio; 1968.

Fairfield Porter; Wheat; 1960.

Edward Hopper; Early Sunday Morning; 1930.

Fairfield Porter; July; 1971

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Mycenaean Relief Sculpture

The foundation of Greek culture developed from various groups of peoples, including the Egyptians and Minoans, who arrived on the Greek mainland about 2000 BC

Mycenae, an acropolis (Greek city) was built on a hill on the south eastern shore of the Greek mainland, about 2300-1100 BC.

At Mycenae, the palace of Agamemnon was discovered in 1876. Here, circular shaft graves built into the sides of hills were excavated. In these graves, beautiful gold masks (which were made to cover the faces of deceased royalty) were found, along with golden cups and daggers. These, plus items for daily use suggest that the Mycenaeans were skilled metal workers.

About Repousse

o The art of repousse is a low relief image in metal—usually copper. It utilizes engraving techniques that require pushing the metal.

o Metal working procedures were developed in ancient times, and these replaced the natural materials used by prehistoric people (such as bone, wood, seeds, stones, shells, and hair).

o Metal can be extended or shaped by hammering; and repousse is a technique where lines and shapes are pressed into one side of a thin sheet of metal using modeling tools, then flipped over and the shapes are reinforced on the other side.

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Formal Elements of Art

Line

Shape

Color

Value

Form

Texture

Space

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Victorian Age

Origins

Characteristics:

o Named after Queen Victoria of England (reigned from 1837 – 1901)

o Marked prosperity of British Empire

Industrial Revolution

Industry advancements

Work force and labor

Free time

Increase in population

Colonial Interests –raw materials

Railways, bridges, engineering advancements

Luxury items

Highly decorative clothing, fashions, trends

Architecture—very ornate

Social status and prominence

Time period

Influence

Evidence of its influence in architecture

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Visual Pun

How can art be used as a vehicle for examining another way of looking at things? Pop Art

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Commercial Package Design

Importance of effective design Purpose of package design Economy of design Target audience Template designs—use of and designing for specific package shape Identify the product package design from a given template

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Propaganda

Purpose of propaganda Types

Characteristics of effective examples

Bi-Fold Painting

Themed artworko Before and Aftero Oppositeso Metamorphosiso Sequence of events

Bad Painting (Aesthetics)

What makes a painting “Good?”

Flat Landscape (Illusion of Depth)

Name four ways depth can be achieved in a drawing/painting

Color Theory (continuous and ongoing exploration)

Primary Secondary Tertiary Neutral Complements Relationships between colors and color chemistry (color wheel)