Visual Analysis GKV1013

COURSE TITLE : VISUAL ANALYSIS (Analisa Tampak) COURSE CODE : GKV1013 CREDIT : 3

SYNOPSIS This course emphasized the basic in observing the element of visual art, principle and problems in drawing and designing. The fundamental research which includes lines, shape, colour, form and space that are inter related with each to another. Studio works exposed the students to the working discipline to built understanding of perception, critical awareness and technical aspects in art.

LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this course, students will be able to: To recognize the formalistic aspects required in the drawings and designs. To react towards the formalistic aspects in the practice of visual art. To practice observation and thinking process in producing artwork.

LEARNING UNITS 1.Introduction of elements and principles of art 2.Form 3.Line 4.Shape 5.Value 6.Texture 7.Colour 8.Space 9.Principles of Organizations: Harmony and Variety 10.Principles of Organizations: Balance, Emphasis and Contrast 11.Principles of Organizations: Repetition 12.Principles of Organizations: Rhythm and Movement 13.Principles of Organizations: Unity

ASSESSMENT Assignment 30 % Project 30 % Final Project 40 % Total 100 %

Brief History of Arts

Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Oil on poplar c. 1503

Claude Monet Impression, Sunrise Oil on canvas 1872

Andy Warhol Superman Screen print 1961

What is Art? Art (art), n. 1. the quality, production, or expression of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance Work of art = visual expression of an idea Medium = a particular material, along with its accompanying technique (plural = media)

Prehistoric Arts

Cupule and meander petroglyph Bhimbetka, Madhya Pradesh, India 290, ,000 BCE

Venus of Berekhat Ram, dated from 230,000 to 500,000 BCE

Venus of Tan-Tan 200, ,000 BC

Engraved stone at Blombos 70,000 BC

La Ferrassie Cupules 70,000-40,000 BC

Swabian Jura Ivory Carvings 33,000 BC

The bone Venus of Kostenky 30,000 BC

Chauvet Cave Paintings 30,000 BC

Ubirr in Arnhem Land 40,000 BC to present

Unknown. "Hall of the Bulls." Lascaux, Dordogne, 19,000–8,000 BC

Unknown. "Last Judgement before Osiris." BC: Egyptian Art

Praxiteles. "Hermes and the Infant Dionysus”. 340 BC.

Unknown. "Altar of Zeus from Pergamum.” c.175 BC.

Unknown. "Venus De Milo." Marble, 2.08m high. Louvre Paris, c. 150 BC &CURRENT_LLV_CHEMINEMENT%3C%3Ecnt_id= &bmLocale=en

Unknown.“Augustus of Primaporta”, 20 BC

Unknown. "Pantheon." Rome, AD.

Popular Media Paint media – Acrylic, Enamel, Gesso, Glaze, Ink, Oil, Tempera, Watercolor – Used on: Canvas, Cloth, Glass, Metal, Paper, Wood Drawing media – Chalk pastel, Charcoal, Colored pencil, Marker, Oil pastel, Pen and ink Sculpture materials – Beads, Clay, Found objects, Jewels, Marble, Metals, Papier-mache, Plaster, Plastic, Sand, Stone, Textile, Wax, Wire, Wood

Medium: Watercolor Thomas Girtin Jedburgh Abbey from the River Watercolor on paper.

Purposes and Functions of Art Communicating information – In non-literate societies, art was used for teaching – Today, photography, film & television are used for disseminating information

Purposes and Functions of Art Spiritual Sustenance- All of the world’s major religions have used art to inspire and instruct the faith

Purposes and Functions of Art Personal & Cultural Expression

Purposes and Functions of Art Social & Political Purposes – Artist have criticized or influenced values or public opinion – Often it is clear & direct – Other times, it is less obvious Monarchs who commissioned projects to symbolize their strength & power

Social & Political Influences Paul Revere The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street, Boston, Massachusetts Engraving. Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin-Mansar Palais de Versailles, Versailles, France

Art = Form + Content In the most basic way art can be thought of as having two parts: 1.its form 2.its content Form relates to the “formal” aspects of art or how the art is made. Content relates to the subject of the art.

Fundamentals of Interpretation: Formal and Contextual Analysis

Formal Analysis of Painting Looking at a work of art to try to understand what the artist wants to convey visually 1.Line and Shape 2.Color 3.Texture 4.Space and Mass 5.Composition 6.Scale

Style Style refers to the consistent and characteristic handling of media, elements of form, and principles of design that make a work identifiable as the particular culture, period, region, group, or person Style = Form and Composition – Makes a work distinctive!

Cultural Style Societies develop their own beliefs and style of material forms (clothing, buildings, etc) Artists are a product of their culture Standing Vishnu, 10th Century ce, India, Tamil Nadu, Tanjore region. Bronze, H. 33" Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Period Style Styles change over time Art changes because of economic & political changes, new technology, religious insight Sometimes a desire for something new comes along

Regional Style Geography also leads to diverse styles May be conscious decision or caused by a mere lack of communication over distance – Ex: variations in Maya architecture; Hindu sculpture in India varies from North to South India; and abstract paintings produced in California differed from New York in the 1950s

Group Style Sometimes artist form alliances, exhibit together and publicize their aims as a group to promote a distinct style One of the best known group styles is Impressionism

Personal Style Individual artists often have characteristic modes of personal expression

Two Basic Forms of Style Representational – Seeks to create recognizable subject matter Abstract – Seeks to capture the essence of a form, not literal representation

Representational Styles Realism – the attempt to depict objects accurately, objectively Naturalism – similar to Realism except often implies a grim subject Illusionism – seeks to create a convincing representation or illusion of reality

Realism

Naturalism

Illusionism

Abstract Styles Non-representational – does not produce recognizable imagery Expressionism – Plays with subjectivity, artist’s own ideas/feelings or viewer’s ideas/feelings – Exaggerates to get the essence of a form

Non-Representational

Expressionism

REFERENCES Arnason, H. H. & Prather, M.F. (1998). History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography. Abrams,Harry N Inc Bower, J. (1999). Introduction to Two-Dimensional Design: Understanding Form and Function. New York: John Wiley and Sons Inc. Ocvirk, S. W. (1998). Art Fundamental: Theory and Practice(eight edition). Wm. C, Brown Publisher Preble,D., Preble, S. & Frank, P. (2001). Artforms: An Introduction to the Visual Arts 7TH. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Inc. Richardson, J.A. (1992). Art: The Way It Is (fourth edition). Englewood Cliffs,NJ: Prentice Hall Inc. Magister Ricard, Somerset Academy

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