10. Stuart Franklin (Magnum photo)
Peter Melchett’s
organic farm in
Ringstead, with poppies
and cornflowers
growing alongside
organic wheat
2008
11.
12. What is Formal
Analysis?
Breaking a work down into
component parts for purposes of
systematic observation and
understanding.
When the parts are put back
together, you do so with a richer
understanding of each part and how
they fit together.
13. 2 & 3-DIMENSIONAL MEDIA
Two-dimensional=flat
Three-dimensional=existing in space
Sculpture
Relief (bas-relief)
Sculpture in the round
Installation
Architecture and landscape architecture
Dimension of time is added
Film
Video
15. LINE and COLOR
Are considered the two most basic elements of two-
dimensional art
Long history of talking about these two
properties
Disegnoversus colore(in Italy)
Dessinvs. couleur(in France)
16. LINE
Line/design can mean
several things:
(It’s clearer if we use a more
direct translation: design)
Design could mean:
A drawing
A plan to make something
18. This is both a “drawing” and
a “plan’ for how to make the
work. It comes first.
19.
20. So color was thought to be
secondary.
Except that some artists defied this rule.
They said, actually paint is what paintings are
made of, and paint is pigment (a color)
suspended in a medium (some sort of binder).
25. So color was thought to be
secondary.
Artists hate rules. As soon as you give them one
they will try to break it.
This academic rule “design has priority; it is the
first thing, and the most important thing”
was closely associated with the city of
Florence.
So the artists of Venice tried to disprove it.
Genre is a structure of expectations that guides the viewer through the work.
In contrast, artists do not usually assume that they reach their viewers in a competitive situation where there is only a moment to grab and hold visual attention.Typically the expectation is that artists can present more ambiguous visual information, and part of the fun is in discussing and debating how we put that information together.
1000s of example of movie postersMay or may not have seen 1000s of examples of FamiliarityAlso, medium is different and less familiarAlso, requirement of immediate intelligibility isn’t present
