Piet Mondrian and Abstract Art Design Class
What is Abstract Art? Realism Abstract Concerned with making objects look like they do in real life Easy to recognize what the object is in the artwork (person, animal, etc.) Concerned with altering images so they don’t look like real life Some abstract art is so altered that it doesn’t resemble any object in the real world (non-objective)
Examples of Abstract, Non-Objective Art Jackson Pollock Wassily Kandinsky Josef Albers
Piet Mondrian Born in 1872 in the Netherlands Famous abstract, non-objective painter Part of the De Stijl movement (means “The Style”) Only vertical and horizontal lines Pure colors (usually primary) Abstract shapes Non-objective
Piet Mondrian’s Art
Piet Mondrian’s Art http://safeYouTube.net/w/5v6
Portfolio Requirements Must be inspired by Piet Mondrian and his abstract, non-objective art Should fill the space Must have your first or last name in the artwork somewhere
Krista Portfolio Ideas Create a Mondrian-inspired composition and put your name inside one (or more) of the shapes Krista
Portfolio Ideas K R I S T A Create a Mondrian-inspired composition and put your name inside one (or more) of the shapes S T A
Create block letters and fill them with a Mondrian design Portfolio Ideas Krista Create block letters and fill them with a Mondrian design
Portfolio Ideas You can also try experimenting with other color schemes and shapes
Portfolio Assignment Artwork must be inspired by Piet Mondrian and abstract, non-objective art Artwork should fill the space (whole front of portfolio) Artwork should contain your name somewhere Graded on: Is it unique? (does it look different than every one else’s project?) Is it neat? (neatly colored, pencil lines erased, ruler used for straight lines) Is it complete? (does it contain the three requirements?)