Cuck Close Flashcards
How did close achieve fame as a super realist
He created a series of massive scaled portraits
What did he focus on in his art
Depicting the human face from photographs that he took.
What did his later portraits look like
They were very colourful and draw attention to abstract mark making as a component of photo realism
What is an artwork by Close
Self-portrait
Describe self-portrait
First in the series of head and shoulder portrayed. Airbrush black and white from photos. Used grid technique to copy photo
What did he copy from the minimalists
He set limitations for himself
What limitations did Close set for himself
Only used mug shot composition
Painted in black and white
Painted on large canvases
Who devised the grid method
The renaissance
How did he achieve the fine detail
By using a razor blade to scrape small areas of paint from the surface
How did he make the image seem less like a person
By reproducing it in such fine detail on such a large scale
What happened when the viewer sees these paintings
They are confronted with intricate detail which would not normally be seen by the naked eye.
What does the large scale of his portrait draw attention to
The textures represented, tonal values, details (faults)
What did he normally focus on when doing the portraits
They eyes and the cheekbones. This means that the tip of the nose and the areas around the ears would be slightly blurred.
What can the fascination with extreme form of realism be attributed to
People interest in trompe l’oeil
What is trompe l’oeil
When people mistake a painting for the real thing
