AP Art History PowerPoint Projectby Arnold James

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100 WELL KNOWNWORKS OF ART

Interpreted Using

The

Feldman Model of Formal Analysis

#8 Rembrandt, The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Willem

van Ruytenhurch

Feldman’s Model of Art Criticism

From the work of Edmund Burke Feldman,

During the late 1960’s and early 70’s

1. Description-List the visual qualities of the work that are obvious and immediate.

“What do you see in the artwork”?

Include content and subject matter in representational works-

Include abstract elements in nonrepresentational pieces.

2. Analysis-Focus on the formal aspects of elements of art, principles of design.

“How does the artist create a center of interest?

How does the use of color impact the painting?”

3. Interpretation-Propose ideas for possible meaning based on evidence.

“What was the artist trying to communicate”?

4. Judgment-Discuss the overall strengths/success/merit of the work.

How and why has this work achieved cultural value?

Rembrandt van Rijn, The Night Watch, 1642, Baroque or Dutch Golden Age, 11’ 11” x 14’ 4” “painting”, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1.DESCRIPTIONa. Painting

b. Oil on canvas

c. 11’11” x 14’4”

d. Light and dark tones blend together in the space of the piece

e. Radial

f. Variable

g. Dark tone, realistic, radial

h. Medium balance between large and small

i. A mix of warm and cool color

j. No real texture; imaginary texture instead

k. 1642- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

2.ANALYSISa.

b. Lieutenant Ruytnburch stands out in

front wearing yellow in a rather dark setting

c. Radial / Asymmetrical

d.

e. Mood is cool but with a hint of warmness being present

f. No real texture but imaginary seems smooth yet rough at the same time

g.

h.

i.

3. Interpretationa.

b.

c.

4. Judgmenta. What sets this work apart and makes

it worth studying?

b. How does this work fit into the context of what came before and after it?

c. How have critics, historians, and the public reacted to this work?

d. How has this work changed the way art is viewed?

e. Context with AP Exam: Link to AP Exam Q&A

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/11/world/europe/rijksmuseum-

rembrandt-nightwatch-interactive/#poi/5

Compare and Contrast

Summary

Baroque1590s-1720s

The Baroque period of art is a style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily

interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur.

The popularity and success of the Baroque movement was encouraged by the Roman

Catholic Church.

Interesting Facts About ArtistAlthough his family was poor they took care of his

education and enrolled into the university of Leiden at the age of 14 but because the program did not interest him he left to study art.

the picture on bottom is believed to be a

self portrait of him in the night watch

behind the guard.

The picture is of rembrandt’s town house in Amsterdam where he produced most of his works. Bought by him in 1639 later to become a house of tragedy after his wife and three of his children died there. Later becoming a financial burden in 1660 he was forced to move out. In 1911 the dutch movement made it a rembrandt museum preserving and imposing an example of 17th century art

References

1. www.rembrandtpainting.net

2. http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/11/world/europe/rijksmuseum-rembrandt-nightwatch-interactive/

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