Recap of Lecture 1 Formal elements- Line, Space, Light & Value Light: Three Sources of Light? Space-Negative Space (unoccupied areas left after the positive shapes have been laid down by the artist)
COLOR: The Language of Art and Architecture Color-Four Properties Hue-Pure State of Color (Red, Yellow, Blue) Value-Lightness and Darkness within a Hue Shade-When Black is added to Hue Intensity-Brightness and fullness of a Hue
Color Yves Klein, IKB 79, 1959, acrylic, fabric and wood
What are the cool colors? What are the warm colors? THE COLOR WHEEL
Tom Wesselmann, Bedroom Painting #7, Oil on Canvas Philadelphia Museum of Art
Color: Value or Intensity? Howard Hodgkin, Rain, , Oil on wood, Tate Gallery, London
Color Contrasts and Synthetic Pigments Henri Matisse, Portrait of Madame Matisse, 1905, Oil on Canvas How does Matisse create Volume?
Shapes: An outline of a figure or object Frank Stella, Hyena Stomp, 1962, Tate Gallery, London
Describe these shapes: zig zag, interlocking, arrows How are they created here? Frank Stella, Empress of India, 1965, Metallic powder in polymer emulson paint on canvas, MOMA, NY
Organic-Remind us of animal, human, or natural shapes Robert Motherwell, The Voyage, 1949, Oil on tempera on paper mounted on Composition board, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Time & Motion: Formal Elements Continued Peter Paul Rubens, , Oil on Canvas, Prometheus Bound
Rhythm and Pattern: Formal Element Mondrian, Broadway Boogie-Woogie, Oil on Canvas,
RHYTHM & PATTERN- DESCRIBE THE WAYS IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN Lorna Simpson, Still from Easy to Remember, mm film transferred to DVD, Sound, Video Art, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Texture: Last Formal Element Jean Dubuffet, Monsieur Plume plis au pantalon, Oil with sand/grit on canvas, 1947, Tate Gallery, London