i hate exams Flashcards
David Hockney Born/Death?
B. 1937 -
Frida Kahlo Born/Death
B. 1907 - D.1954
Rene Magritte Born/Death
B. 1898 - D. 1967
Title of Magritte’s work featuring two people + date work was finished.
“The Lovers” (1928)
Title of Magritte’s work featuring cluttered subjects + date work was finished.
“Personal Values” (1952)
Title of Kahlo’s work featuring an animal + date work was finished.
“The Wounded Deer” (1946)
Title of Kahlo’s work featuring a skeleton + date work was finished.
“The Dream (The Bed)” (1940)
Title of Hockney’s work featuring his parents + date the work was finished.
“My Parents” (1977)
Title of Hockney’s work featuring a rocky landscape + date the work was finished.
“A Bigger Grand Canyon” (1998)
Techniques/themes in “My Parents” ?
- Pastel colour palette
- Realistic form + shading
- Central/balanced composition
- Domesticity
Techniques/themes in “A Bigger Grand Canyon” ?
- Contrasting colour (flora vs. the red rock)
- ‘Fish Eye’ p.o.v
- Semi-realistic
- Power of nature
Techniques/themes in “The Wounded Deer” ?
- Isolation
- Semi-realism through texture
- Muted colour palette
- Contrast (with the bright red)
Techniques/themes in “The Dream (The Bed) ?
- Death
- Symmetry (skeleton and Frida parallel each other)
- Pale colour palette
- Black to define forms - distinguish Frida and the skeleton from the cloudy bg.
Techniques/themes in “Personal Values” ?
- Scale/form of traditionally small objects
- Surrealism (shading, colouring)
-Cluttered composition - Perspective (room seems small)
Techniques/themes in “The Lovers” ?
- Darker/muted cool colours
- Realistic form and shading, specifically on the cloth
- Central composition, forcing attention to the uncanny scene
