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Presentations on Contemporary Art
These are the presentations from the last class meetings that overview contemporary art.
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Presentation on Italian Art History and Culture - from last meeting
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Developing a Critical Eye & Mind:
ART CRITICISM AND FORMAL ANALYSIS
Art criticism is responding to, interpreting meaning of, and making critical judgments about specific works of art.
There are four levels of formal analysis, which you can use to explain a work of art:
Description.
This is a description without value judgments, analysis, or interpretation. The visual. What do you see?
a. What is the Form of the work? Painting, sculpture, architecture, installation, etc.
b. What is the Media/technique used? Ceramic, Paint, Concrete, Steel, etc. How are these media used?
c. What is the size and scale of work? Relationship to human scale and/or frame and/or context.
d. What is the context of the artwork: original location and date
Analysis
What does it mean? How is the artist conveying this idea? Factors to consider when analyzing an artwork.
a. What is the subject matter? Historical event, allegory, mythology, etc. Is the artwork representation or nonrepresentational?
b. What are the particular medium(s) used affect subject matter?
c. How are the elements of design used to organize the piece? (Line, Shape, Color, Value, Texture, Space, Time)
d. How are the principals of design used to organize the piece? (Balance, Unity/Variety, Emphasis/Subordination, Repetition/Rhythm/Pattern, Movement, Tension, etc.).
e. Does the artist focus on certain dominant elements more than others? Does this create a focal point or priorities within the work? How? Why do you think the artist chose to do this?
f. Analyze use of light and role of color, e.g., contrast, shadowy, illogical, warm, cool, symbolic, etc.
g. How do the components or structural system that make up the artwork contribute to appearance of image or to its function?
h. How does the formal organization (composition) help to direct the viewer to a particular meaning/theme?
Interpretation – Requires research of the artist
This establishes the broader context of art to discover content. Why did the artist create it and what does it mean? The various questions that lead to interpretation include:
a. What is the main idea, overall meaning of the work?
b. What are the commonalities/trends in this artist’s works? Are they formal? Thematic? Material/process related?
c. What are the major similarities/differences between this artist’s works and the works of other artists?
d. Is this artist/artwork obviously influenced by other well-known works by other artists?
e. How is this artist’s work influenced by art history?
f. Is this artist’s work controversial? How? Why?
g. Does the work exist within any established conventions of art making? (This could include certain stylizations, “tried and true” approaches or methods, etc.)
h. Does it deviate from established conventions? How?
i. How does the piece function culturally? Is it culturally significant?
j. Is the artwork functional?
k. Is the piece critical of anything? Other artwork/artists? Politics? Another aspect of society? History?
l. Does the work reference a specific event or time period? How? Why?
m. Do the media with which the works are made change the meaning/content/context?
n. Does the process by which the piece was made add something to the meaning/content/context?
o. Does the technology used to make the piece have a significant impact on the meaning of the piece?
Judgment
Judging a piece of work means giving it rank in relation to other works and, of course considering a very important aspect of the visual arts, its originality.
a. Is it a good work of art? What is your perception/personal response? What do you base this on?
ART CRITICISM AND FORMAL ANALYSIS
Art criticism is responding to, interpreting meaning of, and making critical judgments about specific works of art.
There are four levels of formal analysis, which you can use to explain a work of art:
Description.
This is a description without value judgments, analysis, or interpretation. The visual. What do you see?
a. What is the Form of the work? Painting, sculpture, architecture, installation, etc.
b. What is the Media/technique used? Ceramic, Paint, Concrete, Steel, etc. How are these media used?
c. What is the size and scale of work? Relationship to human scale and/or frame and/or context.
d. What is the context of the artwork: original location and date
Analysis
What does it mean? How is the artist conveying this idea? Factors to consider when analyzing an artwork.
a. What is the subject matter? Historical event, allegory, mythology, etc. Is the artwork representation or nonrepresentational?
b. What are the particular medium(s) used affect subject matter?
c. How are the elements of design used to organize the piece? (Line, Shape, Color, Value, Texture, Space, Time)
d. How are the principals of design used to organize the piece? (Balance, Unity/Variety, Emphasis/Subordination, Repetition/Rhythm/Pattern, Movement, Tension, etc.).
e. Does the artist focus on certain dominant elements more than others? Does this create a focal point or priorities within the work? How? Why do you think the artist chose to do this?
f. Analyze use of light and role of color, e.g., contrast, shadowy, illogical, warm, cool, symbolic, etc.
g. How do the components or structural system that make up the artwork contribute to appearance of image or to its function?
h. How does the formal organization (composition) help to direct the viewer to a particular meaning/theme?
Interpretation – Requires research of the artist
This establishes the broader context of art to discover content. Why did the artist create it and what does it mean? The various questions that lead to interpretation include:
a. What is the main idea, overall meaning of the work?
b. What are the commonalities/trends in this artist’s works? Are they formal? Thematic? Material/process related?
c. What are the major similarities/differences between this artist’s works and the works of other artists?
d. Is this artist/artwork obviously influenced by other well-known works by other artists?
e. How is this artist’s work influenced by art history?
f. Is this artist’s work controversial? How? Why?
g. Does the work exist within any established conventions of art making? (This could include certain stylizations, “tried and true” approaches or methods, etc.)
h. Does it deviate from established conventions? How?
i. How does the piece function culturally? Is it culturally significant?
j. Is the artwork functional?
k. Is the piece critical of anything? Other artwork/artists? Politics? Another aspect of society? History?
l. Does the work reference a specific event or time period? How? Why?
m. Do the media with which the works are made change the meaning/content/context?
n. Does the process by which the piece was made add something to the meaning/content/context?
o. Does the technology used to make the piece have a significant impact on the meaning of the piece?
Judgment
Judging a piece of work means giving it rank in relation to other works and, of course considering a very important aspect of the visual arts, its originality.
a. Is it a good work of art? What is your perception/personal response? What do you base this on?
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Slideshow Presentation: introduction to travelling in Italy
Want to get in the mood?
Check out these famous movies SET IN ITALY!
Roman HolidayA 1953 romantic comedy directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Gregory Peck as a reporter and Audrey Hepburn as a royal princess out to see Rome on her own. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance; the screenplay and costume design also won.
La Dolce Vita(Italian pronunciation: [la ˈdoltʃe ˈviːta]; Italian for "the sweet life" or "the good life")[1]
A 1960 comedy-drama film written and directed by the critically acclaimed director Federico Fellini. The film is a story of a passive journalist's week in Rome, and his search for both happiness and love that will never come. La Dolce Vita won the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival[2] and the Oscar for Best Costumes.[3] Under the Tuscan SunA 2003 film American romantic comedy drama film written, produced, and directed by Audrey Wells and starring Diane Lane. Based on Frances Mayes' 1996 memoir Under the Tuscan Sun, the film is about a recently-divorced writer who buys a villa in Tuscany on a whim, hoping it will lead to a change in her life.[2] The film was nominated for the Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Award, and for her performance in the film, Diane Lane received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress.
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Room with a Viewa 1985 British drama film directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant. The film is a close adaptation of E. M. Forster's novel of the same name
The film stars Helena Bonham Carter as a young woman in the restrictive Edwardian culture of turn-of-the-twentieth-century England and her love for a free-spirited young man. Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands, Simon Callow, Judi Dench, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Rupert Graves round out the principal cast. Elliott and Smith were nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress The Italian JobA 2003 heist film directed by F. Gary Gray. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Jason Statham, Mos Def, and Donald Sutherland. It is an American remake of the 1969 British film of the same name, and is about a team of thieves who plan to steal gold from a former associate who double-crossed them.
Much Ado About NothingA 1993 British/American romantic comedy film based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. It was adapted for the screen and directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also starred in the role of Benedick. The film also stars Branagh's then-wife Emma Thompson, Robert Sean Leonard, Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves, and Kate Beckinsale in her film debut.
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Cinema Paradiso(Italian pronunciation: [ˈnwɔːvo ˈtʃiːnema paraˈdiːzo] New Paradise Cinema), internationally released as Cinema Paradiso, is a 1988 Italian drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. A famous film director remembers his childhood at the Cinema Paradiso where Alfredo, the projectionist, first brought about his love of films. He returns home to his Sicilian village for the first time after almost 30 years and is reminded of his first love, Elena, who disappeared from his life before he left for Rome
Tea with MussoliniA 1999 Anglo-Italian[1] Semi-autobiographical tale from the early life of director Franco Zeffirelli looks at the illegitimate son of an Italian businessman. The boy's mother has died, and he is raised by an Englishwoman in pre-WWII Fascist Italy.
A Midsummer Night's Dreama 1999 American film based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. It was directed by Michael Hoffman. The ensemble cast features Kevin Kline as Bottom, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Everett as Titania and Oberon, Stanley Tucci as Puck, and Calista Flockhart, Anna Friel, Christian Bale, and Dominic West as the four lovers.
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