analyzing art: cornflakes
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INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSECORN FLAKES….
AP Art History
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Corn Flakes Make Really
Looking at Art: CFMRFPS
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ContentFocusMoodRealismFunction (in context)PatronSetting
We’ll look at art elements in more depth later…
WHAT TO YOU SEE?TEXT
IMAGESBLANK SPOTS (+/- SPACE)
SPEARSWEAPONSWOMEN
MENCHILDRENPUPPIES
Content?
Focus?
IS THERE A SPECIFIC PLACE WHERE THE ARTIST WANTS US TO LOOK?
MANIPULATE THE IMAGE?
POSITIVE/ NEGATIVE SPACE?
SPIRITUAL/ EXTRAORDINARY BEINGS
POWER OF GAZE
What are you lookin’ at?
Mood?
WHAT IS THE MOOD OF THE WORK?
EMOTIONALLY MANIPULATED BY ARTIST?
HAPPY? FUNNY? SERIOUS? ANGRY?
HOW ARE THE PEOPLE DEPICTED?DANCE, RANK, STANCE
REALISTIC STANCE?
Mood?
Hierarchy of Scale? Greater Power/Higher position
Natural or idealized stance?Frontal, Profile, Composite?Gestures?Vertical or Horizontal?Balance, Stability, Performance?
Power Sketch Time!!!
Take Out A Blank Piece of Paper…Overall Image, Impression…Your Image…No Grade so RELAX…Get Ready…Set…Go…You will have TWO MINUTES!!
Representation of Space
Depth of CompositionFigures and DetailsFocus &“other” guysPassive vs. ActiveHierarchy of StanceDiagonal of LinesEmotional Intensity
LOOK---Color, Lines, Light, Space, etc.
Presentation of Captives to Lord Chan Muwan
790 C.E.
Artist? unknown
Bonampak Mexico
Mayan
Real?
TO WHAT EXTENT IS THE OBJECT “REAL WORLD?’
CHOSEN TO LOOK LIKE WHAT WE SEE OR A DEVIATION?
FROM NATURE TO CONVEY SOMETHING
REALISTIC VS. UNREALISTIC
Function?
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE WORK OF ART, ARCHITECTURE SERVE?
POWER, PAIN, GLORY…
LOOK AT ME….
INFORM…
CONTEXT OF SOCIETY, FAITH, TIME PERIOD…
Patron?
WHO PAID FOR THIS?
DUDE IN THE CENTER?
IN THE CORNER?
WHY?
ME!!!
Setting?
WHERE WOULD YOU EXPECT THIS WORK TO BE PLACED?
STRUCTURE WHERE A FEW OR MANY GATHER?
LEGITIMIZE POWER?
FAVORED SPACE?Again, this is part of context…
SACRED SPACES
Setting
Womb chamber=
Community Space:
The Planned City
The Roman Town of Timgad, Algeria, begun ca. 100 CEThe Roman Town of Timgad, Algeria, begun ca. 100 CE
A. Meridian GateB. Gate of Divine MightC. West Glorious GateD. East Glorious GateE. Corner towersF. Gate of Supreme HarmonyG. Hall of Supreme Harmony
H. Hall of Military EminenceJ. Hall of Literary GloryK. Southern Three PlacesL. Palace of Heavenly PurityM. Imperial gardenN. Hall of Mental CultivationO. Palace of Tranquil Longevity
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Corn Flakes Make Really
Original PowerPoint by Marsha Russell of St. Andrew's Episcopal School Austin, TX