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FORM

line

Outline:

QuickTime™ and a decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

FORM

line, shape

Geometric: closed:

biomorphic / organic open:

Geometric – Organic

FORM

line, shape, color

Hue, value, saturation

Hue: Primary/Secondary,

Warm/Cold

FORM

line, shape, color

Value: dark to light

FORM

line, shape, color

Saturation: bright to dull

bright dull bright

Saturated (bright) – Un-saturated (dull, opaque)

Dark and saturated – light and un-saturated

FORM

line, shape, color, texture Example: smooth, rough, grainy, oily

Actual texture

FORM

line, shape, color, texture, space, mass, volume

Actual texture

FORM

line, shape, color, texture

Represented texture

FORM

line, shape, color, texture, space

Actual space (size, where)

FORM

line, shape, color, texture, space

represented space

FORM

line, shape, color, texture, space

represented space

FORM

line, shape, color, texture, space

represented space

FORM

line, shape, color, texture, space

pictorial devices for depicting recession in space (pictorial depth)

FORM

line, shape, color, texture, space, mass/volume

actual

FORM

line, shape, color, texture, space, mass/volume

illusionistically represented: modeling (chiaroscuro)

FORM

line, shape, color, texture, space, mass/volume

illusionistically represented: modeling, light

FORM

line, shape, color, texture, space, mass/volume, composition axis

FORMAL ANALYSIS (study of formal elements)

line, shape, color, texture, space, mass/volume, composition

FORM, CONTENT

subject matter (what is depicted)

FORM, CONTENT

meaning (what is it about)

Iconography

context, intention, reception

FORM + CONTENT = STYLE

period style

5th century BC

6th century, BC

FORM, CONTENT, STYLE period style, regional style

FORM, CONTENT, STYLE Representational styles: realism/naturalism

FORM, CONTENT, STYLE Representational styles: illusionism

FORM, CONTENT, STYLE Representational: idealization

FORM, CONTENT, STYLE Representational, abstract:

FORM, CONTENT, STYLE Representational, abstract: Non-representational (non-objective)

FORM, CONTENT, STYLE Representational, abstract: Expressionism

FORM, CONTENT, STYLE Linear / painterly

FORM, CONTENT, STYLE, MEDIUM Painting, graphic arts, photography, sculpture, ephemeral arts, architecture Medium = material Technique = process

FORM, CONTENT, STYLE, MEDIUM Painting, graphic arts, photography, sculpture, ephemeral arts, architecture Types of schematic drawing used to visualize buildings Plan elevation section

cutaway

WHY DO WE NEED ART? Self-expression: art and the search for meaning

-  Biography -  Psychoanalysis

WHY DO WE NEED ART? Self-expression: art and the search for meaning

-  Biography -  Psychoanalysis -  Gender

WHY DO WE NEED ART? Social expression: art and social context

WHY DO WE NEED ART? Social criticism: uncovering sociopolitical intentions

I’m a fancy Parisian prostitute

WHO ARE THE ARTISTS?

WHAT ROLE DO PATRONS AND COLLECTORS PLAY?

WHAT IS ART HISTORY? Studying art formally and contextually