Composition and Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother

Composition and

Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother

Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother (6), 1936

Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother (5), 1936

Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother (2), 1936

Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother (4), 1936

Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother (3), 1936

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ARTS 104:Art Appreciation

Chapter 3 Style

Style: the distinct and recurring techniques, media, and/or visual

characteristics employed by artists.

What do we mean by “style” in the arts?

Are there distinct, recurring techniques or visual characteristics in these artworks?

Are they the same artistic style?

Jean-Michel Basquiat. (American, 1960-1988). Untitled. 1981. Oilstick on paper. 40 x 60”

Jean-Michel Basquiat. (American, 1960-1988). Untitled (Fallen Angel). 1981.

Style: same or different?

Style: same or different?

What is the difference between personal style and cultural style?How do these compare?

Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889. Oil on canvas, 29 x 36 1/4 in.

Palette of King Narmerfrom Hierakonpolis, Egypt ca. 3,000-2,920 B.C.E., slate approximately 25 in. high

How does the personal style differ in these paintings?

Vincent Van Gogh, Self Portrait with‐Bandaged Ear, 1889, oil on canvas,60 x 49 cm

Adolphe William Bouguereau, ‐The Knitting Girl, 1869

Head of an Oba (King), 18th century Nigeria; Edo peoples, court of Benin; Brass

Cultural stylecan changefrom period to period and by region.

Menkaure and his Wife from Gizeh, Egypt ca. 2,490 2,472 ‐B.C.E.; graywacke

Cultural style

What is the difference between: representational(objective),

abstract, andnon representational ‐ (non‐

objective)?

Representational,abstract, ornon-representational?

Caravaggio, Entombment, Vittrici Chapel, Church of Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome, 1603 04, oil on ‐canvas, 9’ x 6’.

Representational,abstract, ornon-representational?

Pablo Picasso, Les DesmoisellesD’Avignon, 1907, oil on canvas, 8’ x 7’8”, Museum of Modern Art, New York

What about this one?Representational, abstract,or non-representational?

Piet Mondrian,Composition with Large Blue Plane, Red, Black, Yellow, and Gray, 1921

Aristotle: Believed works of art should be judged on how well they imitate the natural world. In other words, art should be realistic or naturalistic.

Plato: Thought works of art should seek perfection. For him this was perfect symmetry and proportion. This could be called idealism.

Modes of Representation (REVIEW):

Plato (428 248 BCE) vs. Aristotle (384 322 BCE) ‐ ‐

Naturalism (Realism :

Based on direct observation of the natural world, and often includes landscapes, still life, and the human figure.

Idealism:

The treatment or manipulation of subject matter in which the artist of a specific culture is guided by constructed concepts of beauty and form.

IdealismorNaturalism?

Idealism or Naturalism?

The naturalism of Ife sculpture led 20th Century Europeans to question whether it was from Africa because it went against all of their assertions of the “primitive” ideal of African art.

They suggested in was made by those from the Lost City of Atlantis, or that it had to have been influenced by ancient Greece or Renaissance Europe.

Shrine Head; Ife people, Nigeria; 12 15 ‐Century CE, Yoruba; Terracotta; H. 12 in., W. 5

3/4 in.

An approach to art- making that may be based on a culture’s broad, artistic conventions or an individual’s unique, personal aesthetic.

Stylization often aids in the identification of an individual artist’s work or of an artistic movement.

Pablo Picasso, Les DesmoisellesD’Avignon, 1907, oil on canvas, 8’ x 7’8”, Museum of Modern Art, New York

Stylization

Picasso was influenced by African and Iberian masks as well as impressionism and post-impressionism.

CopticArt

APSEMOSAIC

EmpressTheodoraandHerCourt

S.Vitale; Ravenna

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Coptic art is highly stylized. It is based on Egyptian and Greek influences, and emphasizes the eye.

Tromp l’oeil–

The use of naturalism to create an image or sculpture that causes the viewer to believe it is an actual object and not just a visual representation.

This phenomenon becomes even more exaggerated in a 20th-century art movement called Photorealism.

Charles Willson Peale, The Staircase Group, oil on canvas, c. 1795

Raphaelle Peale, After the Bath, oil on canvas, 1823

John Frederick Peto, Old Souvenirs, 1889, oil on canvas

Richard Estes, Telephone Booths, 1967, oil on canvas

Chuck Close, Big Self-Portrait, 1968, acrylic on canvas

JohnDeAndreaDiane, 1987polychromedpolyvinyl31x39x21in.

Duane Hanson, Young Shopper, 1973, sculpture

Duane Hanson, Queenie II, 1988, auto-body filler, fiberglass, and mixed media with accessories

Duane Hanson,Tourists II,1988

WhatisthedifferencebetweenNaturalismand Trompel’oeil?

Augustus Primaporta,Early 1st Century CE,

Community Bridge, Frederick, MD

Astyle in art with a common philosophy or goal that is followed by a group of artists.

Examples: Impressionism, Post Impressionism, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, Neo-Expressionism, Modernism, and Post-Modernism

What is an art movement?

Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge (1897-1899) by Claude Monet

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Dans le jardin(In the Garden), 1885

Impressionism

Georges Seurat, The Models, 1888 Paul Signac, Port de Marseille, 1905

Pointillism

Pablo Picasso, Le guitariste, 1910 Georges Braque, Violin and Candlestick, 1910

Cubism

Impressionism Post-Impressionism

Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise, 1872 Vincent Van Gogh, Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat, 1887

Vincent van Gogh, Portrait of Adeline Ravoux, 1890

Post-Impressionism

Paul Gauguin, Words of the Devil, 1892

Jackson Pollock, Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), 1950, oil on canvas

Abstract Expressionism: Action Painting

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Abstract Expressionism:Color Field Painting

Mark Rothko felt his paintings embodied spiritual qualities, and hoped viewers wouldexperience strong emotional responses while viewing them.

Rothko said “I aminterestedonly in expressing basic human emotions – tragedy, ecstasy, doom and so on.” Mark Rothko, Orange and Yellow, 1956, oil on canvas

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Mark Rothko, Rothko Chapel (installation view), 1965-66, oil on canvas

Minimalism

Theminimalistartistsaimedfor amoreobjective, detachedproductdevoidoftheangst,emotion, andbaggagetheyfeltinherentintheworkoftheAbstractExpressionists.

Itisstrippeddowntoitsmostfundamentalfeatures-line,shape, color.

Donald Judd, Untitled (Six boxes)

Donald Judd

Untitled,(1969)

Brass and colored fluorescentplexiglass on steel brackets,ten pieces,each

6 1/8 x 24 x 27 in.

Frank Stella, Ifafa I, 1967, lithograph

Tony Smith, Free Ride,1962 (fabricated 1981).Painted steel,6' 8" x 6' 8" x 6' 8"

Regional Style: The Quilts of Gees Bend

Lola Pettway, Housetop Variation, 2002

Mary Lee Bendolph,Bars and Blocks, 2003

QUIZ NEXT WEEK!5 comparisons

10 fill in the blank

6 short answer

And yes, there will be an opportunity for extra credit!