Principles, Instructions and GradingVisual Arts Content Standards

1.0 Artistic Perception 2.0 Creative Expression 3.0 Cultural Historical Reference

4.0 Aesthetic Valuing 5.0 Connections, Relations & Applications

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“Baroque” as a term referring to a style of art which was very extravagance, complex and even flamboyant.

It was created in Europe during a time known as the “Baroque Era.” Frans Hals, Laughing Cavalier, c. 1624

Period of Europe’s 17th Century.

Followed European Renaissance.

Era of great wealth, prosperity and also social changes.

Peter Paul Rubens, St. George and the Dragon, c. 1605-7

Religious traditions of the Renaissance breaking down and being questioned after Spain sacked Rome (capital of the Catholic Church) in 1527.

Also Protestant Reformation, brought new ideas to Europe.

Old traditions were being questioned.

Detail from Crucifixion by peter Paul Rubens, 1610

Rise of wealth from trade also let people (other than the Church) commission art, and so new styles were created to appeal to these new buyers.

Styles showed thoughts and mannerisms of the artists & patrons more than in the past.

Giuseppi Arcimboldo, Allegorical Head of the Four Seasons, 1587

Artist wanted to break out of Renaissance Styles.

Wanted to prove that new things could still be done.

Did not want to copy styles of Renaissance Artists - Michelangelo, Raphael, Da Vinci, etc..

Caravaggio, The Conversion of the Way to Damascus, 1601

Baroque Art showed a desire to push art in new directions.

Goal was to achieve a new “grander art”

Did not have to Realistic

Focused on “Drama” & making “Impressive” art.

Detail from The Vision of St. Bruno by Sebastiano Ricci 1705

Put an emphasis on Imagination, and pushing the range of light and darks in art.

Not just in terms of Value (lights & dark is art) but in the Subject Matter as well.

Subjects could be light (uplifting) or dark (scary)

Baroque artists rejected the Renaissance notion of perfect proportions.

Its figures’ proportions were designed to convey a “feeling” or idea.

Caravaggio, David with the head of Goliath, c. 1610

Sensory - Should appeal to senses through vision.

Painted to you could imagine the taste, the sound, the scent, etc.

Meant to show drama

Drama created by using full Value Spectrum

Caravaggio, Boy with a Basket of Fruit, c. 1593

A Still Life work is an artwork that shows a scene frozen in time.

As if life stopped…

As if someone just walked away from a scene.

Many still life works are just groups of stuff

However, sometimes artists created images with symbolic or spiritual meaning.

These “Vanitas” still lifes were intended to remind us that life is short & we should lead good lives.

Cornelius Norbertus Gyrbrechts, Vanitas, c.1670

Born Michelangelo Merisi in Caravaggio, Italy in 1572, he assumed the name of his town as an artist.

He was a volatile man, & was easily upset. He was arrested many times, and once killed a man after losing a tennis match.

Ottavio Leoni Portrait of Caravaggio, c. 1621

He employed live models (uncommon for his day) & was ridiculed as a “naturalist” for he drew and painted from life & did not use the formulas of Michelangelo & other masters.

He strove from drama & emotion in his works over technique.

Caravaggio, John the Baptist, c. 1604

Caravaggio, Still Life with Fruit on a Stone Ledge, c. 1603

Caravaggio, The Taking of Christ, c. 1598

Black WhiteGrey

Value is a spectrum or range from Black to White with grey in the middle (black and white mixed).

Shades (Darks)

Tints (Lights)

Hue (No

Change) When using Color, It is a little different with Shades (colors mixed with black) on one end and Tints (colors mixed with whites) on the other.

The Hue with nothing added is the middle (not grey).

Value can create Form. Each of these three spheres in this work by Dutch artist M.C. Escher began as just a drawn circle.

But with good detail, line & Value, Escher gives the circles the illusion of being spheres – creating Form.

Light Source

Light Side

Dark Side

Highlight

Core Shadow

Ground or Cast Shadow

Reflected Light

There are many different components to creating Form through the use of Value..

From Three Spheres by Werner Jainek

Light Source

The source of the light in the artwork or it may only be implied.

You can tell the direction of an implied light source based seeing where the lights & shadows are.

From Three Spheres by Werner Jainek

Light Side & Dark SideLight from the light source hits the object. The closest side (The Light Side) lights up, while the other side (the Dark Side) remains darker.

From Three Spheres by Werner Jainek

HighlightThe light hits the object on the Light Side nearest the light source.

It creates a bright spot. This is a reflection of the light source.

From Three Spheres by Werner Jainek

Cast (Ground) ShadowWhen light from the Light Source is blocked by the object is cast a shadow on the place the light does not hit the ground plane. This is the Cast or Ground Shadow.

Reflected LightLight from the Light source hits the ground plane. The light “bounces” off the ground. This Reflected Light bounces onto the back of the object

Core Shadow With light from the light source & reflected light from the ground there will be a middle darkest area. This core does not get any light (is in shadow).Think of the center of an apple - its

“Core.” The light “eats” the sides of the object, but not the center core.

Light Source (Implied - Above & to left)

Highlight

Light Side

Dark Side

Core Shadow

Reflected Light

Cast or Ground Shadow

For your project, collect at least five (5) items that show a diverse range of colors.

Select one object that can serve as a larger, or brighter subject object.

Megan Hu, Still Life, 2014

Arrange objects in an interesting way.

Stack, lean & place the objects around each other.

Hint: Place your objects with a variety of prepositions (on, under, behind, inside, etc.)

Megan Hu, Still Life, 2014

Place the objects in a dark room with a single light source.

Place the light source above and to one side.

A “clamp lamp” works great for this.

Left: A Clamp Lamp

Megan Hu, Still Life, 2014

Draw the objects lightly at first, then add more color & value as you go.

All of the shadows & details for the objects will be visible on them.

So, draw what you see!

Megan Hu, Still Life, 2014

Be sure to create a dark background.

Consider using a piece of black paper instead of a white piece.

You will then add the colors and lights (& whites) instead.

Hadil Ghazal, Still Life, 2014

A Final Reminder:

Use a Full Value Range Be sure you have: light tints, midtone hues dark shades

Use Rich Colors – Be sure you have: Good Intensity

Hadil Ghazal, Still Life, 2014

Do Not “create” a still life from your imagination.

Do Not draw in a well lit room.

Do Not draw all of the objects seperately. Be sure they are arranged together in a composition.

Do Not forget to use a full range of darks as well as lights.

Finally, Do Not draw a bowl of fruit. It will count as only one object. Also, all the fruit will be “in” the bowl so it will create a bad arrangement.

Emmery LLewellyn, Still Life, 2014

Are there at least five (5) different objects clearly visible in the still life?

(2 pts/object)

10 Points

Megan Hu, Still Life, 2014

Are the five objects arranged in an interesting way (in front, behind, on, under, etc.)

(2 pts/object)

10 Points

Megan Hu, Still Life, 2014

Is there a “subject object” emphasized over the rest (in front, taller than, lighter, darker, separate from, etc.)

5 Points

Megan Hu, Still Life, 2014

Are the objects realistic with good form & details?

Are there realistic values (highlights, reflected light, cast shadows, etc.)

(2 pts/object)

10 Points

Megan Hu, Still Life, 2014

Does the artwork have a sense of drama and mood showing lights in a dark space?

5 Points

Megan Hu, Still Life, 2014

Is the work neat without smudges, drips, stray marks, tears, etc.?

10 Points Megan Hu, Still Life, 2014