The Art of Seeing Art: Movement
I
Study the active vocabulary and focus on Ukrainian equivalents of English
words.
direct – спрямовувати
shape – пласка фігура
form – об’ємна фігура
suggested – уявний
motion – рух
implied – що мається на увазі
wave – хвиля
rough – бурхливий
seascape – морський
пейзаж
rock – скеля
jut – виступати
steep – крутий
pitch – нахил
turbulent – неспокійний
foreground –передній план
frothiness – пінність
comparison – порівняння
stark – абсолютний
background – фон
blurred – розмитий
emphasize – підкреслювати
chaotic – хаотичний
II
Look at the painting below (or go to https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/sunlight-on-the-coast/3wEESaV2H-hQyA).
1)
What do you see in the picture (remember the Art Criticism Description stage).
What are your associations with the painting?
2) Open the image in Adobe Photoshop. Find the
lines that the artist used in the painting. Use colours to show different types
of lines, e.g. use black to show diagonal lines.
3)
How are all these lines placed on the canvas (do they cross each other, etc.)?
What effect does this use of lines create?
4)
What colours does the artist use? What effect does the use of colour and lines
create?
5)
What feeling and emotions do you have when you look at the picture? Is there
dynamics or movement in the picture? What mood does the use of diagonal and
curved lines create?
6) Watch the video below. Compare
the lines you drew on the picture to the ones shown in the video. Did you have
the same ideas as the speaker?
III Watch
the video and fill in the gaps with the words from the list.
waves; lines; composition; artists; foreground; curved ; vertical; movement ; white ; horizontals; blurred ; feel; movement
; colours; seascape ; diagonal; direct ;contrasted ; ocean; corner; sky; artwork; motion; implied ; chaotic ; background ; piece; background; contrast ; moving;
water; shapes
When we talk about 1)_____ we are talking about how 2)_____ use elements to 3)_____ the eye around a 4)_____. The elements we’re
mostly going to review in this process are 5)_____, lines, 6)_____, and forms. But it’s
not just about 7)_____ around a work of art, it’s also seeing motion or suggested 8)_____. And frankly many artists today also create 9)_____ that physically moves.
The first 10)_____ we’re going to look at is Sunlight
on the Coast by Winslow Homer. This painting is great for discussing an 11)_____ movement. Homer is undoubtedly getting us to feel the 12)_____, to feel this rough Maine 13)_____ and he’s doing this primarily through the use of 14)_____ and colour. Here we see these sharply painted 15)_____ lines. We see them in waves and also in these rocks. Notice the way they
are jutting out of the 16)_____. We also see 17)_____ diagonals. And this is all 18)_____ against steep 19)_____ pitches. Until finally we get over to the far left 20)_____, where it is a kaleidoscope of diagonals, verticals, 21)_____, all adding up to create this turbulent 22)_____. But it isn’t just the lines of the waves that are helping create the
sense of 23)_____ in the painting. We also have the stark 24)_____ between the foreground here which contains an intense 25)_____ to mimic the frothiness of the 26)_____ waves in comparison to the stark black 27)_____. Look how the horizon line is 28)_____ between the ocean and the 29)_____. So Homer has
created this dark 30)_____ and he’s used it to contrast against the intense bright 31)_____ emphasizing the 32)_____ movement of the waves.
IV Watch
the video and read the text above. Say if the statements below are true or
false. Correct the false statements.
1) Artists can suggest
motion when they use lines, colours, graphite, matte paper and digital
equipment in their artwork.
2) There are works of
art that physically move.
3) Sunlight on the Coast by Winslow Homer
uses horizontal lines to show calm sea on a sunny day.
4) Winslow Homer used
diagonal lines to make viewers feel that the waves were moving.
5) The artist combines
different types of lines to create the turbulent feel.
6) There is no contrast
between foreground and background in the painting.
7) The horizon line is
blurred between the ocean and the rocks.
8) Chaotic movements of
the waves is emphasized through the use of texture and space.
V Look
at the sculpture below (or go to https://www.flickr.com/photos/hanneorla/3878874949). Answer the questions:
a) What do you see in this artwork (remember the Art Criticism Description stage).
b) What are your associations with the artwork? What kind of lines did the artist
use in the sculpture?
c) What effect does the use of lines create?
VI Image in the
previous exercise shows a kinetic sculpture by George Rickey Triple N Gyratory III. Study two more
sculptures "Breaking Column" and “Two Lines
Oblique Gyratory II” by the same artist. Watch the videos
and answer the questions:
1) What is kinetic
sculpture?
2) How is kinetic
sculpture different from traditional sculpture?
3) What elements of
art does the artist use in his works?
4) How does the
artist show movement?
VII Study
the active vocabulary and focus on Ukrainian equivalents of English words.
physical – фізичний
kinetic – кінетичний (пов'язаний з рухом)
sculpture – скульптура
dedicate – присвячувати
investigate – досліджувати
poetic – поетичний
possibility – можливість
weight – вага
balance – рівновага
comparable – порівняний
painter – художник
musician – музикант
sound – звук
pivot – надівати на стрижень
rotate – обертати
space – простір
VIII Watch
the video and fill in the gaps with the words you hear.
All right, next we’ll talk about the 1)______ movement in 2)______ today. Here we have a kinetic 3)______ by George Rickey Triple N Gyratory
III. Rickey dedicated his career to
investigating the poetic possibilities of 4)______. In his words he’s
using 5)______ of weight and 6)______ and also time, which he sees is comparable to how a 7)______ would use 8)______ and form or how a musician would use 9)______ to express themselves. Again you can see the way these 10)______ are pivoting on each other, the way that the 11)______ is rotating them around the space. So Rickey has moved beyond the 12)______ of movement to include 13)______ motion as a new 14)______ in this work.
IX Watch the video and
read the text above. Say if the statements below are true or false. Correct the
false statements.
1) Kinetic sculpture is a type of
sculpture that moves.
2) George Rickey believed that painters
use colour and lines, but sculptors can use weight, balance, and time to show
movement.
3) The sculpture in the video rotates.
4) George Rickey includes texture and
patterns as new elements of his work.
X Study
the active vocabulary and focus on Ukrainian equivalents of English words.
skillful – майстерний
focal point – точка фокусу
King Herod – Цар Ірод
stepdaughter
– падчерка
Salome – Саломія
platter – блюдо
John the Baptist – Іоанн Хреститель
New Testament – Новий Заповіт
saint – святий
reward – нагорода
emphasize – підкреслювати
highlight – виділяти
stand out – виділятися
porcelain – порцеляна
angle – рухатись під кутом
gaze – погляд
steep – крутий
stack –
нагромаджувати
trap –
заманювати в пастку
drape – портьєра
triangle – трикутник
embody – втілювати
1)
What do you see in the picture (remember the Art Criticism Description stage).
What are your associations with the painting?
2) Open the image in Adobe Photoshop. Find the
lines that the artist used in the painting. Use colours to show different types
of lines, e.g. use black to show diagonal lines.
3)
In this picture lines are used to guide viewer around the composition. How are
the lines used to show where people in the painting are looking? Draw the axis
lines that show where people are looking.
4)
What effect does this use of lines create? What is the focus of viewer’s
attention or the most important part of the composition?
5)
What colours does the artist use? What effect does the use of colour and lines
create?
6)
What feeling and emotions do you have when you look at the picture? Is there
dynamics or movement in the picture? What mood does the use of lines create?
7) Watch the video. Compare the lines you drew on the
picture to the ones shown in the video. Did you have the same ideas as the
speaker?
XII Watch
the video again and choose the correct option to
complete the sentences.
And lastly let’s take
a look at this painting/sculpture/image, the Feast of King Herod a 17th century watercolour/pastel/oil
painting by Mattia Preti. There isn’t the illustration/illusion/allusion of
movement like in the Homer’s or painting or actual motion/emotion/movement
like in Rickey’s sculpture/sculptor/sculpting, but rather this painting illustrates/demonstrates/implicates
the way a artful/crafty/skillful artist can move our eye around a exposition/composition/composer.
The focal point/centre/part of this painting is King Herod’s
stepdaughter, Salome, as she’s serving up a platter of John the Baptist’s arm/forehead/head.
According to this legends/fables/story, taken from the New Testament, Salome has
requested the saint’s head as a reward for painter/singer/dancing for the King.
To emphasize her parts/role/important in the story the artist is highlighted/highlighter/highlighting
Salome. She stands out because of her porcelain-like/fragility/portion alike
white sheen/chin/skin. We can see the way the eyes of all the other figures/forms/persons
are angled toward her including her father’s/brother’s/mother’s eyes.
Herod himself is gazing rightly/straight/later at Salome,
and we can free/foresee/see the way their eyes seem to greet/meet/fleet.
There are other elements/elemental/mental that help dissect/correct/direct
our eyes around the painting. Notice the way this steep pitch directs us up/down/forward.
We have these stacked steps/lapse/caps and we have the
urns on the steps, and they’re all reading/leading/mislead us down to
this point. So the painting is pushing us to the lower left-alone/right-handed/left-hand
portion, but you can see the artist doesn’t trap us in the corner/coroner/forerunner.
He helps us groove/stove/move around the painting. Look at the drapes/capes/steps
and the way they pitch themselves back out from where Herod is, creating the
suggestion of the angle/anger/triangle. And this triangle helps us move through/to/throwing
the painting. So it’s not just about looking at Salome and the head of John the
Baptist, but it’s also about how our key/eye/lie is moving around the
painting.
As we have just seen
by looking at free/tree/three very different works of part/dart/art movement is
the principle/particle/parts
of design that body/embodies/erodes action in art, whether that action is applied/implied/supplied, real, directive or
aesthetic/kinetic/magnetic.
1) The painting the Feast
of King Herod shows the illusion of movement.
2) The artist uses lines and colour to
guide viewer’s eyes around the painting.
3) The painting shows a scheme from Irish
myths.
4) Drapes and steps play the most
important role in the painting.
5) Axis lines in the painting show that
all people are looking at Salome making her the focal point of the picture.
6) Diagonal lines guide the viewers’ eyes
away from the focal point and trap them in the upper right corner.
7) Lines around drapes form a triangle
around one of the characters in the painting.
8) The function of lines in this painting
is to help viewers see Salome’s beautiful dance.
9) Motion in art can only be directive and
kinetic.
XIV Vocabulary focus.
Study the words and word combinations, check your understanding
using flashcards, practise
their translation, spelling. Check
your knowledge in the test. Play matching
vocabulary game (match words to their
translations to make cards disappear) and save the planet from asteroids by typing in correct translation of the words.
https://quizlet.com/282614063/the-art-of-seeing-art-movement-vocabulary-focus-flash-cards/
(A) uses lines and colour to show movement;
(B) uses physical movement as an
element of art;
(C) uses lines to guide viewer’s eyes
around the painting.
Prepare a brief description of the work of art (what lines it uses, what movement it shows, etc.) and share your ideas and examples with other students.
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