Chapter 7, Intro to Visual Arts
Mithuna Figure reliefs, detail of the north side of the Vishvanatha Temple, Khajuraho, India, c. 1000.
Sexuality and the Human Body
Nina Fowler, Christopher Allsopp, 2012. Pencil on paper.
Shows the versatility of pencil
Francisco Goya, The Third of May 1808, 1814.
Social Consciousness and Protest
Claudio Bravo, Package, 1969. Charcoal, pastel, & sanguine.
Trompe L'oeil (fooling the eye; a 2d image looks incredibly life like) a. Claudio Bravo, Package i. Charcoal and chalk pastels
Elizabeth Peyton, Marc (April), 2003. Colored pencil on paper.
Uses colored pencil to create notion of movement
Drawing
a picture or diagram made with a pencil, pen, or crayon rather than paint
grotesque
a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
ephemeral art
art that only lasts for a short amount of time
David Hockney, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011, 2011. iPad drawing printed on paper.
iPad drawing b. Removes the idea of the artist's presence
wash
is a term for a visual arts technique resulting in a semi-transparent layer of color. A wash of diluted ink or watercolor paint applied in combination with drawing is called pen and wash, wash drawing, or ink and wash.
cartoon
usually refers to an animation or a funny drawing, in an art historical context it can also refer to a full-scale preparatory drawing for a fresco, oil painting or a tapestry
trompe l'oeil
visual illusion in art, especially as used to trick the eye into perceiving a painted detail as a three-dimensional object.
Dry medium examples
(chalk, pencil, pastels)
fluid mediums
(pen and ink primarily)
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Madonna and Child, c. 1525.
2d drawing resembles a sculpture (trompe l'oeil)
Claude Monet, Dandy with a Cigar, 1857.
Caricature b. Dandy- gentleman who spends a lot of time beautifying himself
Lucas Samaras, Head #12, 1981. Pastel on black paper.
Chalk pastel b. Uses vibrance of pastels to pop out jarringly
Käthe Kollwitz, Self-Portrait, 1933. Charcoal.
Charcoal b. German Expressionism c. Shows variety that one can achieve with charcoal
Georges Seurat, At the Concert Européen, c. 1886-1888
Conte crayon (used when there was a ban on pastels and charcoals) b. Used here to illustrate subtle background, middleground, and foreground c. Indications of theater stage d. Highlights with white chalk
Vincent van Gogh, Café Terrace at Night, September 1888.
Creates an almost mirror image in the painting from the sketch
Mia Pearlman, Tornado of Cut Paper.
Creates works on site in galleries i. Lets lights and shadows in gallery space inspire her works
Cai Guo-Qiang, Drawing for Transient Rainbow, 2003.
Ephemeral art (impermanent)
Vitruvian Man, c. 1490
Example of a fluid medium by da Vinci b. Honoring an architect called Vitruvius i. Canon of proportions for buildings founded in the human body c. Illegally dissected bodies to study the human body i. Kept journals secret; this is why they were found much after he died
Eugène Delacroix, Sketches of Tigers and Men in Sixteenth-Century Costume, 1828-1829
Fluid medium- uses primarily pen and ink b. Works out anatomical details of the animals
Titian, Venus of Urbino, 1538.
Human Figure Representing Beauty or the Ideal
Matthias Grünewald, The Crucifixion, center panel of The Isenheim Altarpiece, exterior, 1515.
Human figure representing the grotesque
Fang Lijun, Ink-and-Wash Painting #3, 2004. Ink on paper.
Ink on paper
Katsushika Hokusai, Drawing of a man seated with left leg resting over right knee. Ink on paper.
Ink on paper b. Asian artists were skilled at using brush with ink because they used it in their daily calligraphy c. Wash (watering down ink medium)
Rosemarie Trockel, Untitled, 1992. Ink on paper.
Ink on paper b. Painted with ink on her fingertip
Sketches by Pablo Picasso
Many were drawn on cafe napkins
Leonardo da Vinci, A study of a woman's hands, c. 1490. Metalpoint.
Metal point (difficult to control and unforgiving) b. White chalk pastels create highlights
da Vinci, Studies for the Adoration of the Magi, c.1481.
Pen and ink
Adrian Piper, Self-Portrait Exaggerating My Negroid Features, 1981. Pencil on paper.
Pencil on paper b. Makes a social statement: we prejudge each other based on ethnicity
Gary Kelley, Promotion for the Mississippi Delta Blues Festival, c. 1989. Pastel
Promotion of the Mississippi Delta Blues Festival... i. Visually represents the rhythmic style of blues
