How Should We Look At Art

How Should We Look At ArtChapter 2:3Critical MethodTEKS 1B, 3A, 4B

Chapter 2:1TEKS 1A, 3A, 4BObjectives: As a student I will use description, analysis, interpretation and evaluation to critique artworksI will explain how art critics use the criteria of design quality, expressiveness, and originality to evaluate art.Vocabulary:

description: the facts in an art work, such as objects, people, shapes and colors.

elements of art: the building blocks of art: shape, color, form, line, space, texture, and value

Vocabulary Continued:Analysis: the examination of the relationships among the facts (objects, people, shapes, colors)in the artworkPrinciples of design: Balance, emphasis, rhythm, movement, repetition, contrast, and unityThe methods or techniques that artist use to organize or design artworks by controlling and ordering the elements of design (Line, color, shape, space, form, value, texture).Composition: The act of organizing the elements of an artwork into a harmoniously unified whole.The first step in criticism:

Description: stick to the facts-no opinions

Auguste Renior: Luncheon of the Boating Party 1880 oil on canvas

What objects do you see?

How many objects do you see?

What colors, shapes, and line do you see?

Read the first two paragraphs on page 20 and print what you actually see in the picture.

What colors are used?

How many people do you see?

Did he use white areas?What type of clothing are the people wearing formal, casual, informal, winter, summer, spring, autumn

Where are the people located?Locate some of the most important lines?

Are the colors warm or cool?

Is there a secondary color?

Is there a mood?

Is there unity and balance?

Using the Elements and principles of ARTWhat is the subject of the work?

Notice how many different colors are seen in the foliage

Look at the different depictions of light reflected in the white table cloth and napkins, What other colors does Renior use to convince you the table cloth is white and the napkins are a different white?Analysis?

Notice how the group below form a triangle.

How do the lines of sight among the three people add interest to the composition?

What is the relationship among the objects (principles of design)Do they clash or harmonize?Are they balanced?Is there variety?Ask yourself these questionsIs there unity without monotomny?Art criticisma systematic discussion of the characteristics of an art work, usually involving four stages: description analysis

interpretationand judgment

What will you be describing as you analyze the composition of an artwork?

Principles of design or how the artist relate things to each other in the art

Asymmetrical: a feeling of balance attained when the visual units on either side of a vertical axis are actually different but are placed in the composition to create a felt balance of the total artwork

Symmetrical: a balanced arrangement in which the parts of a composition are organized to that one side duplicate or mirrors the other

Art criticisma systematic discussion of the characteristics of an art work, usually involving four stages: description

interpretationexplanation of the meaning of the artwork

Using the ART

What is going on in Reniors Luncheon on the Boating Party?

What is the relationship between these people and why?

What is the spirit of the painting?

Unity: describes they way in which an artwork is treated as a single, indivisible wholeVariety: describes the differences within the artwork, subject matter, visual elements, and materials.This abstract painting offers the viewer multiple optical effects.Why isnt balance an issue in this work?The pond in the center of this painting serves as its dominate element.What is it that draws your attention to this feature?

Josef Alerts, Homage to the Square: Glow 1966 Acrylic on CanvasRobert S. Duncanson, Blue Hole, Flood Waters, Little Miami1851 Oil on CanvasHow did Renior create unity with so many shapes and objects?

Art Criticism:Identify the groups of people in this painting?

Which shapes and colors are repeated?

What do the lines lead your eyes to?

What area or part of this painting seems most important or dominate?Which paintings are symmetrical?

Renior AlbertsDuncanson

Albers is symmestrical and DuncansonRenior is asymmetrical11What is a metaphor?)

Art Criticism:Name some metaphors?

Print 5 metaphors?

Select a painting from this chapter and print a metaphor for that painting?What is the style of this painting?Why do you think the artist included the glimpse of a river view?History: Renior included his friends and fellow impressionist in the Luncheon of the Boating party. They would often gather in the village of Chatou on the Seine River to rent boats and dine at Maison Fouranise.Occasionally Renior traded his paintings for lodging at this restaurant and small hotel. He probably painted this picture while visiting and revised it at his studio.How does the river view help you to understand the painting?A word or phrase applied to one thing is applied to something differentHe is a rock, She was a candle in the nightimpressionist (Renior used bright colors, short brush strokes and painted an outdoor scene on the Seine River)12Evaluation: the process to determine the quality or lasting importance of a work).Art Criticism:Formalism: a way of using the elements of art and the principles of design to evaluate art.Expressionism: how effectively the work reflects a theme or world-view.Aesthetics: appreciating something for its sheer beauty.Print three critiques of Reniors Luncheon of the Boating Party, from the three different perspectives: Formalist, expressionist, and someone who treasured originalityHow important is the monetary value of a work of art?13What do the three art works on these pages have in common?Art Criticism:How do you think the later artist might have been influenced by the earlier paintings.In what ways is Georges painting original, even though it explores a similar subjectHistory: Supper at Emmaus illustrates the biblical story in which the recently crucified but risen from the dead Christ blesses the bread, thus revealing his identity to the two men whom he had joined as they walked to Emmus. Michelangelo was criticized for his use of common people as models and making his painting too realistic. Caravaggio led a violent life. He went from one scrape with the law to the next and finally fled to Rome when he killed a man.

Michealangelo Caravaggio Auguste Renior Paul GeorgesSupper at Emmuas 1601 Luncheon of the Boating Party 1880-1 Back Yard 197614Closing:

Remember:Four steps to critiquing art:DescriptionAnalysisInterpretationevaluationHow does this model help you to learn more about Reniors Luncheon of the Boating Party?Critique the following works of art using the four steps of art criticism? PRINTArtist Showcase:Description:Analysis:Jesus MorolesKitagawa UtamaroGeorgia OKeeffeLapstake granite 1987Hana-Ogi of Ogi-Ya 1794My Backyard 1937

Interpretation:Evaluation:16