Test 1 Art Flashcards
Examples of site specific artwork
Handpainted architectural glass Burkhart center for autism education and research
Steel bronze lime stone sculptures and LED lights Rawls college of business
Bronze steers national ranching heritage center
Stainless steel blue sculpture biology building
Stainless steel sports performance center red
Deborah Butterfield, wind River, 2004
Example of abstract artwork
Site specific
Butterfield only builds horse sculptures
Caraveneer on a camel, China, Tang Dynasty, polychrome terra-cotta figure
Visual record of people places and events
Documents silk road trade route
Margaret Bourke-white, flood victims Louisville Kentucky, 1937, photograph life magazine
Documents catastrophic flood in Louisville Kentucky
Contrast between American dream advertisement and poverty stricken flood victims
Anish Kapoor, Cloud gate, the bean, 2004, stainless steel, Chicago
Helps see the world in new and innovative way
Po Shu Wang, comma, 2005, stainless steel orb
See world in new way
Site specific- music building
Kane Kwei functional coffins- film projector, bean
Make functional objects more beautiful and imbue them with meaning
Nkisi nkonde power figure, Congo
Gift form to the immaterial spiritual forces
Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece, 1432
Good form to immaterial spiritual forces
First representation of God in human form
Symbol of pelican as self sacrificial love
Faith Ringgold
God bless America
1964
Passive versus active seeing
Passive: head and hand of woman, black and red bars, tired expression
Active: Image of American flag, civil rights act of 1964, depicts racism towards African-Americans
Cai Guo-Qiang, Transient rainbow, fireworks 2002
Active versus passive seeing
Passive: fireworks display, East River in New York, best seen at night
Active: temporary movement of MOMA, recent after 9/11, Chinese creation goddess, history of fireworks in China
Albert Bierstadt, Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast 1870
Representational art: Portrays natural world in recognizable form
Idealized image of puget sound
Louise Nevelson, white vertical water
Abstract: renders image in simplified way. Recognizable but certain aspects are emphasized
Simplified image of waterfall. White color indicates fast moving vertical falling water
Kazimir Malevich
black square 1923
Nonobjective art absolutely no reference to the natural world. Explores inherent expressive potential of formal elements
Black square on white square, no greater meaning
René Magritte
The treason of images
1929
This is not a pipe
Comment on deceptive nature of art. The viewers are not staring at a real pipe
Iconography
Jan van Eyck
Giovanni Arnoldo and his wife giovanna cenami
1434
Iconography: study of images
Artist signature and self portrait in background of mirror
Symbol of fertility and promise of marriage
Buddha 1130 Japan
Mudra: Symbolic Buddhist hand gestures
Many religious symbols present in Buddha image. Enlarged brain, prayerful position
Jean Michel basquiat
Charles the first
1982
Iconography
Symbols of crowns superheroes
hands Kings
References story of Charles the first as well as personal hero of the artist
Yoshitomo Nara
Dead flower
1994
Outline
Simple drawing
Spider
Nazca Peru
Geoglyph
Ellsworth jelly
Briar
1961
Contour line. Object appears 3-D
Alexander Calder
Portrait of mr uhlan
1938
Wire contour line, 3-D sculpture
Titian
Assumption and consecration of the virgin
1516
Implied lines through pointing fingers and Eye direction as well as subdivisions in the painting
Triangles
Francisco goya
the third of may
1814
Implied lines direct attention towards the figures about to be executed. Lines formed by guns mountain and lighting
Ellsworth kelly
Three panels Orange dark gray green 1986
Depiction of three shapes. Introduces figure ground relation
Nonobjective art
Rubin vase
Figure ground reversal, art and background are interchangeable
MC Escher
Water and sky
1938
Optical illusion, figure ground reversal birds and fish
Shepard Fairey
Obey giant
1996
Figure ground relationship, simple design
FedEx logo
Figure ground relationship, formation of Arrow, graphic design, conveys the message
Dick Fowler posters
Explore figure ground relationship
Martin puryear
Self
1978
Massive bolder thing
Self portrait, giant rock, appears heavy but is very light, example of mass, which occupies great value
Barbara Hepworth
Two figures
1947
Examples of negative space and mass, or intended to represent the human figure although they appear very abstract
Menkaure with a woman
Giza 2480 BC
Similar to Two Figures, represents two Egyptian Royals, was buried into, direct representation of their likeness
Olafur Eliasson
Suney
1995
Example of negative space, yellow room viewed from both sides, explores figure ground reversal, 3D space
Hokusai
The great wave off Kanazawa 1823
Print color wood cut, symbol of Yin and Yang, representation of Japan, powerful ways yet Mount Fuji stand strong
Duccio
Annunciation of the death of the virgin
1308
Failure to create linear vanishing point, non-accurate 3-D space
Leonardo da Vinci
The last supper
1495
Successful creation of single linear vanishing point, site specific for Monk dining hall
Gustavo caillebotte
Place de leurope on a rainy day
1876
Five different vanishing points successfully create several vanishing points
Paul strand
Abstraction porch shadows
Challenges traditional representation, mindbending shadows on the porch. Another example is photograph of geometric backyard
Janine antoni
Touch
Video 2002
Challenges traditional 3-D representation symbolic walking a tight rope across horizon at her home
Michelangelo
Head of a satyr
1520
Hatching and crosshatching used to imply 3-D surface
Leonardo da Vinci
Madonna on the rocks
Atmospheric perspective rocks in the background appear blue or to create the idea that they are far away
Paul Colin
Figure of woman
1930
Chiascuro-Light and dark creates 3-D space
Light source outside of frame
Artemisia gentileschi
Judith and maidservant with the head of holofernes
Tenebrism- much higher contrast than chiaroscuro, Contrast creates dramatic scene light source is in the picture
Cara grande feather mask
Brazil 1960
Simultaneous contrast: complementary colors appear brighter
Frederic Edwin Church
Twilight in the wilderness 1860
Simultaneous contrast: complementary colors appear brighter. Comment on the impending Civil War
Frederic Edwin Church our banner in the sky
1861
Obvious representation of American flag burning Civil War. Simultaneous contrast of complementary colors
Jasper Johns
Flag
1965
After image: optical illusion where viewer sees complementary color
Mary Cassatt
The boating party
1893
Scene created entirely with analogous colors which are from the same part of the color wheel
