VISA 1900 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Piet Mondrian, J. M. W. Turner, Vanishing Point
25 Aug 2016
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Arth week one with formal analysis and style notes. Saturation: relative strength of hue (vivid / pale) Description: impersonal inventory; relatively obvious, and objective. Style: distinctive way in which an artist uses form. Form: the application of techniques to certain materials. Idealism: things depicted as they should be / as one wishes they were. Composition: where shapes are located, how they sit in relation to each other, etc. Elements of art: buildings blocks that artists may use. Principles of art: ways in which an artist employs the elements of art. 2 point perspective: two vanishing points to left and right. 3 point: a vanishing point in the vertical is added. Make sure you take lots of notes about a piece: it will help to take photographs, but make sure you know the differences in colour / value. Composition in red, blue and yellow by piet mondrian. Very linear: many strong, black lines across the painting.
