Week of September 23rd- Elements and Principles of Art- intro to Renaissance & Baroque

1. Describe several ways that artists unify their artwork. Find an example and describe how its unified.

Artists unify their work through means of self expression. For example Keith Haring expressed himself through the majority of his artwork in the from of illustrating figures usually making gestures, standing for a different meaning, such as a political allegory.

2. Describe how an artist creates asymmetrical balance- post an artwork of your choice and explain how it is balanced asymmetrically.

An artist creates asymmetrical balance through the use of differentiating parts of their artwork, where it may appear to be unbalanced color or content wise, but through the use of other methods, are able to make the art appear to be one.

3. How can scale change the meaning of an artwork? Use a visual example of your choice as an example and explain how the meaning is changed by scale.

Scale changes the meaning of an artwork, due to the emphasis placed on a specific portion of the artwork, depending on the increase or decrease in scale of that particular focal point.

                                                                                   

                                                        

For example this large scale artwork is heavily changed by the scale of it, the young girl who is the subject of the artwork holds a watering can in a downward motion as if she were watering a plant. The artist used the scale of the artwork to create the illusion of the girl being a giant size watering the tree which is a part of nature, that's image is subject to influence by the artwork.

Week of September 30th, Met. Museum

This artwork is a prime example of Italian Renaissance artwork, dating back to the 1570's. The title of the portrait is "Boy With a Greyhound", painted by Pablo Veronese during the 1570's, Veronese being from Italy and having painted this artwork in Italy is a Renaissance painter known for paintings on a large scale of religious events, especially those pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion, as well as paintings of Mythology.

The theme of this Artwork is simplistic, yet draped in a deeper meaning, the general thought is one that the artwork is a portrait of one of the members of the Colleoni family entering the space of the intended audience or viewer through an open door. However reading deeper into the painting, one can assume it to be representative of loyalty, through a young man, and mans best friend, his Greyhound.

This artwork is highly expressive of Italian Renaissance through its sky in the background made up of mostly opaque colors, as well as the attention to detail in the clothes worn by the young man, and even the collar worn by the greyhound.

"Two Children Teasing a Cat" Annibale Carracci

This piece of artwork is by Annibale Carracci, titled Two Children Teasing a Cat. The central focus is placed on the boy who appears to be holding a scorpion above the cat, teasing it. this is highly representative of baroque artwork due to its mannerism and focus on the actions of the children while they tease the cat, as well as the attention to detail in the characteristics of the clothes being worn, as well as the children's facial expressions of innocence as they tease the cat.