1. STUDY OF VISUAL ARTS

2. What is art? What are the functions / purposes of art?

3. FUNCTIONS/PURPOSES OF ART: Read the following page and summarize the functions/purposes of art in ‘MS Word Document’. Save the file as ‘SOVA_yourname’ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art#Purpose_of_arthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art#Purpose_of_art The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. - Pablo Picasso

4. STYLES OF ART The characteristic way in which an artist expresses him/herself Style Realistic RepresentationalExpressionistic Abstract

5. REALISTIC ART: Portrayal as seen by the eye or what was really thought to be, without idealization or distortion. Can you name a few artworks that fall in this category? (Put your answers in the file ‘SOVA_yourname’)

6. REPRESENTATIONAL ART: A portrayal of things as perceived in the visible world; the subject matter could be altered or distorted but is still recognizable. Roy Lichtenstein Drowning Girl 1963

7. EXPRESSIONISTIC ART: Form and colour are freely distorted by the artist in order to achieve a heightened emotional impact. Edvard Munch The Scream 1893

8. ABSTRACT ART: Departs significantly from the actual appearance of things. May be completely non-objective or non-representational. Conversion of reality into forms that can be appreciated for their own sake Jackson Pollock, Autumn Rhythm: No. 30,1950 1950

9. Constantin Brancusi Bird in Space 1928 What do you think this work is about? (Comment in ‘SOVA_yourname)

10. LOOKING AT ART: Describing, Analyzing, Interpreting & Judging - Physical Properties - Subject - Illusionary Properties - Formal Properties - Viewer Perspectives - Artistic Motivations

11. Physical Properties - Size - Medium - Techniques - Textures - Two-dimensional or Three-dimensional - Function

12. Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory 1931 Oil on canvas, 24 cm x 33 cm Describe the physical properties of this painting (Save your description in ‘SOVA_yourname’)

13. Subject What is being portrayed? (Put your answer in ‘SOVA_yourname’) What representational / abstract elements? Edvard Munch The Scream 1893

14. Illusionary Properties - Shadows - Overlapping - Decreasing Size - Reduced details - Soft focus - Perspective Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory 1931 Oil on canvas, 24 cm x 33 cm

15. Formal Properties What are formal properties? Study the following links and make your own notes: http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/building_lessons/elements.html http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/files/elements2.htm http://www.mikegreen.info/portfolio/websites/visCom/principles.htm http://www.mikegreen.info/portfolio/websites/visCom/elements.htm

16. Viewer Perspectives Where does the artist position us? How does the artist want us to look at the work? Look at Manet’s ‘The Railroad’. What do you think? (Comment in ‘SOVA_yourname’) Edouard Manet The Railroad 1872-3

17. * ARTISTIC MOTIVATIONS Why do artists do what they do? What is the artist’s intention? Study the following works and write your thoughts in ‘SOVA_yourname’. You can google for more information, however please note down your own opinion first before sourcing for info. Please organise your writings neatly.

18. Vincent van Gogh Starry Night 1889

19. Wassily Kandinsky Composition IV 1911

20. Robert Smithson Spiral Jetty 1970 Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake, Utah

21. Nam June Paik TV Clock 1963 -- 81 Installation of 24 colour TV monitors, each 81 x 17 x 22 inch

22. Pablo Picasso Guernica 1937

23. Piet Mondrian Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow, 1930

24. Jackson Pollock Autumn Rhythm: No. 30, 1950 1950

25. * Submission: 4 Mar 2010 Please complete and email your ‘SOVA_yourname’ to almeo@hc.edu.sg by 4 Mar 2010, Thursday. almeo@hc.edu.sg