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Introduction
Most traditional art media (e.g.
painting) are static, but artists have
found ways to indicate the passage
of time and appearance of motion
New technology and media, such
as film and video, allow artists to
capture time and motion
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Art and Time
Any artwork that deals with events
must show how time goes by
Artists find ways to communicate
the passage of time and remind us
of its influence
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The Passage of Time
Artists often seek to tell a story
This can be in a single painting
Some artists examine cycles of
time
6. Artwork: The Meeting of
St. Anthony and St. Paul
1.5.1 Workshop of the Master of
Osservanza (Sano di Pietro?),
The Meeting of St. Anthony and
St. Paul, c. 1430–35. Tempera on
panel, 18½ × 13¼”. National
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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The Meeting of St.
Anthony and St. Paul
Tells a story by merging a series of
episodes into one picture
The entire painting signifies a long
pilgrimage over time, rather than a
single moment
Linear method is still used by
artists, comic-book writers, and
designers
8. Artwork: Nancy Holt,
Solar Rotary
1.5.2 Nancy Holt, Solar Rotary, 1995. Aluminum, concrete, and meteorite, approx. height 20’, approx. diameter 24’. University
of South Florida
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Nancy Holt,
Solar Rotary
Intertwines the passage of time
with the motion of the sun
At different times of the year, the
sculpture casts shadows on
notable dates set into the
surrounding concrete
Center bench is encircled at noon
on the summer solstice
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The Attributes of Time
Time-based arts, such as film,
embody six basic attributes of
time: duration, tempo, intensity,
scope, setting, and chronology
11. Artwork: Fred Ott’s Sneeze
1.5.3 Thomas Edison and W. K.
Dickson, Fred Ott’s Sneeze,
1894. Still frames from kinetoscope
film. Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
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Edison and Dickson,
Fred Ott’s Sneeze
Duration (length) is 5 seconds
Tempo (speed) is 16 frames per
second
Intensity (level of energy) is high
Scope (range of action) is limited
Setting (context) is Edison’s studio
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What is Motion?
Occurs when an object changes
location or position
Directly linked to time
Artists can communicate motion
by implying time or creating the
illusion of it
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Implied Motion
Used in static works of art
We do not actually see the motion
happening
Visual clues tell us that the work
portrays motion
16. Artwork: Bernini, Apollo and
Daphne
1.5.4 Gianlorenzo Bernini,
Apollo and Daphne,
1622–24. Carrara marble,
8’ high. Galleria Borghese,
Rome, Italy
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Gianlorenzo Bernini,
Apollo and Daphne
The sun god Apollo falls madly in
love with the wood nymph Daphne
As she runs away terrified, her
father saves her by transforming
her into a bay laurel tree
Diagonal lines convey the action
The pivotal moment is frozen in
time
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Gianlorenzo Bernini:
The Ecstasy
of St. Teresa
19. Artwork: Dynamism of a Dog
on a Leash
1.5.5 Giacomo Balla, Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, 1912. Oil on canvas, 35⅜ × 43¼”. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New
York
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Balla, Dynamism of a
Dog on a Leash
Balla was an Italian Futurist
Conveys a sense of forward
motion
A series of repeating marks in the
dog’s tail, feet, and leash
communicate rapid movement
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The Illusion of Motion
Artists create an illusion of motion
through visual tricks
Our eyes are deceived into
believing there is motion as time
passes, even though no actual
motion occurs
22. Artwork: Jenny Holzer, Untitled
1.5.6 Jenny Holzer, Untitled (Selections from Truisms, Inflammatory Essays, The Living Series, The Survival Series, Under a Rock,
Laments, and Child Text), 1989. Extended helical tricolor LED, electronic display signboard, site-specific dimensions. Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, New York
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Jenny Holzer,
Untitled
Tiny LEDs (light-emitting diodes)
are illuminated in automated
sequence
The messages appear to scroll up
the circular atrium, although the
text does not actually move
24. Artwork: Bridget Riley,
Cataract 3
1.5.7 Bridget Riley,
Cataract 3, 1967. PVA on
canvas, 7’3¾” × 7’3¾”.
British Council Collection
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Bridget Riley,
Cataract 3
Example of Op art (Optical art)
If we focus on a single point in the
work, the image appears to vibrate
We can see this optical illusion
because Riley uses sharp contrast
and hard-edged graphics set close
together
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What is Stroboscopic Motion?
When we see two or more repeated
images in quick succession, they
appear to fuse together
Basis for early attempts to show
moving images
Advanced forms have been
developed to stream digital video
for the Web
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28. Artwork: Zoetrope
1.5.8 Zoetrope, 19th century. Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Film and Popular Culture, University of Exeter, England
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Zoetrope, 19th century
A series of drawings is placed in a
slotted cylinder called a zoetrope
A viewer looks through the slots
and when the cylinder is spun, the
image appears to move
Early form of animation
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Walt Disney Pictures,
Finding Nemo
Compiled from individual frames
that were computer-generated
using 3-D modeling software
Animator produces the frames in a
sequence, played in rapid
succession
Later committed to film or digital
media and distributed to theaters
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33. Still from Run Lola Run
1.5.10 Tom Tykwer, scene from Run Lola Run, 1998. 81 minutes, X-Filme Creative Pool/WDR/Arte
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Run Lola Run
Lola must save her boyfriend
within 20 minutes
The story reboots three times,
each time with a new set of
circumstances
Film reinterprets time and
demonstrates the impact that a few
seconds’ difference can make
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What is Actual Motion?
Art that changes in real space and
time
Examples include kinetic art (a
work that contains moving parts)
and performance art
In performance art, the artist’s
intention is to create an experience
rather than an art object
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37. Blue Man Group performing
1.5.11 Blue Man Group perform at the Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 17, 2005
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Blue Man Group
Integrated humor and music for
passersby on the streets of New
York
Used sound and mime, relying on
bodily movements to communicate
ideas without speech
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Alexander Calder,
Untitled
Calder invented the mobile, a
kinetic sculpture (art that moves)
Relies on air currents to power its
movement; constantly changes
Untitled, his final sculpture, is
made up of counterbalanced
abstract elements
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Time and Motion in
Photography
Photographers are deeply
concerned with motion and time
They move around their subject,
choosing the right focus the best
position to obtain the image
Photographs capture a moment in
time
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1.5.13a–e Dorothea Lange, Destitute Pea-Pickers in California, Mother of Seven Children. Age Thirty-two. Nipomo, California, 1936.
Images a, c–e: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Image b: Oakland Museum of California
43. Image a
1.5.13a Dorothea Lange, Destitute Pea-Pickers in California, Mother of Seven Children. Age Thirty-two. Nipomo, California, 1936.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
44. Image b
1.5.13b Dorothea Lange, Destitute Pea-Pickers in California, Mother of Seven Children. Age Thirty-two. Nipomo, California, 1936.
Oakland Museum of California
45. Image c
1.5.13c Dorothea Lange, Destitute Pea-Pickers in California, Mother of Seven Children. Age Thirty-two. Nipomo, California, 1936.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
46. Image d
1.5.13d Dorothea Lange, Destitute Pea-Pickers in California, Mother of Seven Children. Age Thirty-two. Nipomo, California, 1936.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
47. Image e
1.5.13e Dorothea Lange,
Destitute Pea-Pickers in
California, Mother of Seven
Children. Age Thirty-two.
Nipomo, California, 1936.
Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
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Lange, Migrant Mother
Lange took a series of photos of
Florence Thompson and her
children
Sequence reveals how Lange went
from showing the family in their
lived environment to the intimate
portrayal of an individual
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Natural Processes and the
Passage of Time
Some artists use biology and
organic materials to indicate the
passage of time in their artwork
(bioart)
Organic materials grow and
degrade, so work by “bioartists” is
always changing
51. Artwork: Suzanne Anker,
Astroculture (Shelf Life)
1.5.14 Suzanne Anker, Astroculture (Shelf Life), 2009. Aluminum, plastic, red and blue LED lights, plants, water, soil, and no
pesticides. Dimensions variable. Vegetable-producing plants grown from seed using LED lights. Installation view at Corpus Extremus
(LIFE+), Exit Art, New York
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Suzanne Anker,
Astroculture (Shelf Life)
Experiments with how plants might
react in artificial conditions
Uses LED lights instead of sunlight
to provide nourishment
Blurs the line between science and
art
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Ron Lambert,
Sublimate (Cloud Cover)
He created a large transparent
plastic environment in which water
endlessly evaporates and
condenses
Shows how the rhythms of nature
become a measure of natural time
55. Artwork: Hunting Scene
1.5.16 Hunting Scene,
painting from Cova dels
Cavalls (Horses’ Cave),
Mesolithic period. Valtorta,
Valencia, Spain
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Constantin Brancusi
Umberto Boccioni
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space
Dynamism of a Soccer Player
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Marcel Duchamp,
Bicycle Wheel
Moving images are part of our daily life
In the past, our visual experience would be quite different: all art images were still
Fifteenth-century painters in the workshop of the Master of Osservanza solved the problem of telling a story in a single picture
The story begins in the upper left-hand corner, where St. Anthony sets out across the desert to seek St. Paul
Next, in the upper right, St. Anthony encounters a centaur (associated with the Greek god of wine, Bacchus)
St. Anthony is not deterred by earthly temptation and continues until he embraces St. Paul in the foreground
American artist Nancy Holt (b. 1938) examines cycles of time in her works
Solar Rotary, located in Tampa, Florida, features an aluminum sculptural “shadow caster” perched on eight poles
On March 27, a circle shadow surrounds a marker recounting a day in 1513 when Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sighted Florida
The center circular bench contains a meteorite symbolizing the connection between our world and the larger universe
Intensity is high because the activity is sudden and strong
Scope is limited because it is confined to a simple activity
Fred Ott appears to be placing some snuff in his nose, recoiling, then jerking forward as he sneezes
Seventeenth-century Italian sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) illustrates the ancient Greek myth
Daphne’s fingers sprout leaves as bark encases her legs
She could no longer be Apollo’s wife, instead becoming his tree
Apollo made the laurel wreath his crown
Giacomo Balla (1871–1958) paints the dog’s tail in eight or nine different positions
The leash is an implied line, repeated in four different positions
American artist Jenny Holzer (b. 1950) created this installation in the Guggenheim Museum, New York (designed by Frank Lloyd Wright)
Holzer used this illusion to invigorate her messages and critiques of society
British artist Bridget Riley (b. 1931) was part of the Op art movement
During the 1960s, painters in this style experimented with discordant positive–negative relationships
This optical illusion grows out of the natural physiological movement of the human eye
“Movie” is an abbreviation of “moving picture”
Director Tom Tykwer (b. 1965) sets the film in Berlin
Lola receives a panicked call from her boyfriend, Manni
He is threatened by a mobster demanding 100,000 Deutschmarks (approximately $70,000)
Lola tries to save his life, but gets shot herself
As the story begins again, she is partly prepared from the first version of events
Viewer is engaged and can explore the characters in greater depth with each reset
Performance art emerged during the 20th century with such artists as Joseph Beuys (1921–1986)
Following his traumatic experiences in the German Air Force in WWII, Beuys performed what he called Actions
Actions were self-performed situations in which Beuys would interact with everyday objects, for example animals, fat, machinery, and sticks
By putting common items in new situations, he conjured up different ways of thinking about our world
He once played a piano filled with animal fat that changed the sound and mechanics
The earliest kinetic artwork is credited to French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968)
Duchamp mounted a bicycle wheel on a barstool so that the wheel could be spun
American sculptor Alexander Calder (1898–1976) took the name “mobile” from a suggestion by Duchamp
Untitled is made of aluminum and steel; it is suspended in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
The first frame includes the barren landscape and the tent
The second shot moves in closer but gives less information about the people
In the remaining images, Lange zooms in on the woman and children
Lange’s careful composition did not end with taking the photographs
The mother’s hand holding the tent pole was retouched and removed from the original photograph
Because this photograph was meant to be an objective portrayal, the change was kept secret
The first frame includes the barren landscape and the tent
The second shot moves in closer but gives less information about the people
In the remaining images, Lange zooms in on the woman and children
Lange’s careful composition did not end with taking the photographs
The mother’s hand holding the tent pole was retouched and removed from the original photograph
Because this photograph was meant to be an objective portrayal, the change was kept secret
In her work, American bioartist Suzanne Anker (b. 1946) creates conditions that would suit rare environments, such as outer space
The use of red and blue LED lights reduces the amount of light and energy required, eliminates the need for insecticide, and lowers carbon emissions
Contributes to our understanding of the universe while delivering interesting visual forms
Natural processes dominate the work of American sculptor Ron Lambert (b. 1975)
The water cycle illustrates the passage of time
We gauge time by how long we have to wait for the next rain