Module 8 - Professor: Matthew J. Trew PDF

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● Explain your initial response to the artist's use of color. How does it feel? Does it spark an emotional response? If so describe those feelings. ● How would you describe the effect of saturation and brightness in the image? ● What color scheme does the artist use for this work (Analogous, Complementary or Polychromatic) and how does it inform the experience of the image? ● All of these images make reference to the real world. How are the color schemes used to render the subject matter (Local, , Optical, or Arbitrary)? ● How does the artist's use of color inform the overall composition? ● Does color inform the sense of depth in the work? ● How does color add to the overall meaning of the work?

My initial response to the artist’s use of color is that he mixed a lot of contrasting colors together in order to add a sense of simultaneous contrast. It feels very busy, like I want to crack a hidden code in it. Since there is an addition of the color black, both the saturation and value go down in the image. This is called Contrast of Saturation because it alters the saturation in the image. Saturation and value both also go down because of the addition of complementary colors. It also goes down because of the addition of the white shapes. Although adding white makes the value go up because it makes the image lighter, the saturation decreases. Complementary contrasting colors are colors like violet and yellow. If you combine them in pigments, they will dull each other out into grey, but in real life they dull each other out into white. The colors used here are again, violet and yellow, blue and orange , red and green and more. The artist uses complementary colors and it impacts the experience of the image because the smaller shaped

contrasts pop out, since our eyes are looking for them. This method is called contrast of extension, and it is when color compliments only the right amount of space, making it more comfortable for the eye because the areas correspond with each other. Color placement is also very important here because the effect of color interacts with its placement. If you use the right proportions of color, it creates a visual balance. The color schemes are used to render the subject matter of local art. I think this because it is the color your brain thinks it is. Our brain is also designed so we cannot see the color variation that light gives. With all of the different color schemes, it is very easy for your eyes to be looking for a certain complementary color. The artist is using color to draw attention to his work. He uses the complementary colors on top of each other to make the different shapes pop more. I think the color shows a form of overlapping in the sense of depth, because of all of the different colors and shapes on top of one another. Color adds to the overall meaning my having a contrast of hue. Since the shapes are not separated by anything they are contrasting.

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Attention to break with tradition New areas of exploration Paintings and 3D media Birth of abstraction - New language to speak about concerns about the modern world Flatness Overlapp (facets) Fragmentation Visual density Simultanety - al ot going on at once Themes of speed and technology elements of the life of city dwellers Difference with cubism: color-- emotion tones and moods - Harder edge line - More definitive shapes - Abstracted from the subject matter Realism is not the point - Interprestivive realism is - Imagination - Intuition - Feeling Orphism - Unique style of painting - Flatness - Reduction - Arbitrary color - Radial discs

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- Energy, movememnt and rythm Futurism - Speed - Movement - Technology - War - Avant garde Expressionism - Subjective feeling above objective observation - Concerned with feelings and imaginations, emotions - The scream - 1910-1930 - Pure abstraction, nature and spirituality - Figurative abstraction, war, city life, and human condition - Death and loss - Psychologic self portraits -

Pick one of the artwork choices and write a 400-500 word analysis that demonstrates an understanding of the key qualities of Expressionism and/or the advent of Abstraction. Make use of the formal language we've developed over the pasts few weeks: it may include the artist's use of line, composition, depth, and color. Include enough background about the art movement so that you demonstrate a clear understanding of the inspiration, motivation, or aesthetic goals that define the style. Please include the image file for the work being discussed.

The expressionism movement was intended to cause attention to the break of traditional art work and to begin new areas of exploration. This was the birth of abstraction, which almost created a “new language” to speak about concerns about the modern world without actually having to say anything. Some of the themes of the early 20th century were speed and technology. These were elements of the life of city dwellers. Expressionism differed from cubism by having more color which showed more emotional tones and moods, harder edged lines, more definitive shapes and abstracted away from the subject matter. Realism in the expressionist movement was not the point, instead interpretive realism was. Interpretive realism includes intuition, imagination and feelings. Three different types of early abstraction included orphism, futurism and expressionism. Orphism was a unique style of painting, it included more flatness and arbitrary color. It also included radial discs which were the showing of energy, movement and rhythm. Futurism was a more avant garde type of painting. This was shown through speed, movement, technology and war. While, lastly expressionism is the idea of painting subjective feelings, rather than objective observations. Edvard Munch demonstrated an understanding of expressionism through many of his paintings.

The one I am choosing to talk about it the painting labeled “Anxiety”. This painting shows that many artists’ during this time period were more concerned with feelings, emotions and imaginations than something that can be seen using the naked eye. Some art critics believe that this piece is very closely related to his more famous piece, Scream. The faces are very elongated and painted in dark colors to express a state of depression or despair. Many critics also believe that this painting was made to show heartbreak or a sense of sadness, which many people looking at the painting can relate to. The depth of the painting is shown by the amount of people that look to be in a line with the people closest to the foreground being the most clear. This line looks like they are all waiting to mourn something or someone. Also, by making the different lines in the painting more distinct, makes the painting look more gloomy. For example the sky goes from very bright to very dark which shows that was you get closer to the foreground of the painting darkness takes over. Without the lines in the sky and the lines on the people’s faces, we would not be able to tell the mood of the painting as well.

#4 2) In one paragraph summarize the "three questions" he suggests we should not be asking about challenging works of art, and why. 3) In the second paragraph explain how his "four (better) ways of looking at art" could be applied to analyzing one of the following artworks. You can do additional online research about the artist, artwork or style. In the article, Kit Messham- Muir suggests three questions you should not be asking about. These three questions are “Why is that art?”, “What is it meant to be?”, “A four- year- old could do that, couldn’t they?” You should never ask these questions because art is about all different kinds of things. Some art belongs to longer traditions which are more concerned about how things look while other art such as expressionist art is about visualizing internal psychological and emotional states. While, abstract art is more about creating arrangements of color that are not drawn from real objects. You should never ask what the image is because after the camera was created it seemed more pointless to try and paint what we see. At that point artists began painting what

you could see, both psychologically and emotionally. Also, with abstract art, not every painting is supposed to mean something, but to let your imagination choose what it means to you. Lastly, you should never say a child could draw that because everyone follows one formula to dry and make a piece of artwork look realistic, but not to make it look abstract. Picasso said “It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.” You can learn how to paint realistically, but abstract art comes from the imagination and not everyone has that skill. His “four (better) ways of looking at art” are “What can I see just by looking at this artwork?”, “How was this artwork actually made?”, “When was it made, and what is happening in art and broader history at that time?”, and lastly, “Why did the artist create this work and what is its meaning to them, and us now?” These could be applied when analyzing the painting “Untitled” By Joan Mitchell because her painting is extremely abstract. When analyzing her artwork, I see depth. To me, it looks like someone is on the other side of that tin foil looking wall punching through it, creating those bumps. The art during this time period was either very abstract or very political. This art was made by oil paints which explains the way the colors look and how they are used to make it look like the painting it popping out to create depth. She also uses the color to shade and add value by putting a lot of white into it. Her artwork fit into the new abstract look. This consisted of making either people or objects less realistic to show more than what the naked eye can see. I am not exactly sure why she created this work, but it does not differ a lot from her other pieces. She seemed very into painting the unknown with oil paints. I see it as a way to put her emotions on paper, but in reality I do not know why she created this work....