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Art 101 Notes

This document provides information about various art tools, techniques, styles, and artists. It discusses formal analysis of elements like color, line, shape and contextual analysis. It defines art styles like Impressionism, Fauvism, Surrealism and Minimalism. It also provides details about key artists like Maya Lin, Sol Lewitt, Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Van Gogh, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Salvador Dali.

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Art 101 Notes

This document provides information about various art tools, techniques, styles, and artists. It discusses formal analysis of elements like color, line, shape and contextual analysis. It defines art styles like Impressionism, Fauvism, Surrealism and Minimalism. It also provides details about key artists like Maya Lin, Sol Lewitt, Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Van Gogh, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Salvador Dali.

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The tools of Art

Exposure to art (original works)


Consideration of the history of forms, styles, and functions of art.
Some experience of making art.
The ability to respond to it.
Formal Analysis
- Analyzing the piece of art by evaluating its:
Color
Symmetry/Balance
Focal Point
Line
Shape/Form
Texture
Patterns
Space
Perspective
Scale
Rhythm
Value
Contextual Analysis
- Analyzing what the art piece is trying to say
Impressionism - a style of painting characterized chiefly by short brush strokes of bright colors
in immediate juxtaposition to represent the effect of light on objects.
Composition - The combining of distinct parts or elements to form a whole.
Fauvism - An art style characterized by the bold distortion of form and the use of strong, pure
color.
Surrealism - An early-20th-century movement in painting begun by a group of French artists and
marked by the use of bold, often distorted forms and vivid colors. Fantastic images
Minimalism 1960s art in which objects are stripped down to their elemental manner.
Abstract impressionist a celebration for the act of painting itself

Color Wheel
Primary Colors Red, Blue and Yellow
Secondary Colors Orange, Purple, Green
Warm Colors Red, Orange, Yellow
Cool Colors Green, Blue, Violet
Monochromatic Single color Scheme
Analogous Adjacent hue (color) or side by side on the color wheel.
Complementary Colors The opposite colors to make the color more intense

Ansel Adams Earth Work


- He documents the beauty of U.S
- His art wanted to change peoples morale
- He made the snake River

Robert Smithson- earth work

Andy Goldsworthy Earth Work


- He worked outside the environment
- He made art made with ice early in the morning
- He made art work with a pile of stones
- Arrange a pile of wood and let it drift away to the sea

El Lee- he made art made of ball point pen

Bridget Riley- Optical Art

Sandro Boticelli Birth of Venus

Orlan Surgery (She wanted to recreate the creation of famous artist)

Maya Lin Designer of the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washinton D.C
- She Dedicated the Memorial for The soldiers who died and for their families
- She believed in concept over form
- 57,661 names on the Wall
- Civil Rights Movement Memorial
Jury of the Vietnam War Memorial
Pietro Belluschi, architect
Grady Clay, author
Garrett Eckbo, landscape architect;
Richard H. Hunt, sculptor
Costantino Nivola, sculptor
James Rosati, sculptor;
Hideo Sasaki, landscape architect;
Harry Weese, architect.
Paul D. Spreiregen served as competition professional adviser.
Sol Lewitt concept over form
He didnt make the art himself. He came up with the idea and gave to others to make it.

Henre Matisse - known for his use of colour and his fluid and original
Drew a picture of his wife and didnt blend the color which made her look like a clown.
He colored her that way to portray her different moods

Frido Kahlo known for her Pain and Passion and her vibrant colors

Deigo Rivera Painted the hardships or laborers- married Frida kahlo

Van Gough impressionist painter


Portrayed mood through his work
Known for his vivid color and emotional impact

Keith Harring Graffiti artist, known for his bold black lines

Alexander Calder- famous for inverting the mobile art

Andy Worshal Leading figure in Pop Art


He wanted to bring back images in art

Sandy skogland known for her Vibrant colors in her art pieces

Chhese doodle art piece

Dale Chihully Glass Artist


Colorful chandeliers

Claude Monet Impressionism Painter


He painted the haystack in different times of the day to show the different colors of the
day.

Robert Mapplethorpe Photographer


presence of the flower that almost pulls you in
Pornographic pictures that look like flowers
He pushed boundaries
He raise the controversy of subsidies art

Mark Rothko Abstract impressionist painter Known for his use of color in his art piece
He wanted color to engulf you
Color alters your state of mood

Chuck Clone painter and photographer He wanted to reveal his process


achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits.

Jeff Koon- known for his reproductions of ordinary objects

Felix Gonzales - known for his quiet, minimal installations and sculptures. Using materials such
as strings of lightbulbs, clocks, stacks of paper, or packaged hard candies, Felix GonzalezTorres's work is sometimes considered a reflection of his experience with AIDS. He lost his wife
to aids.

Jackson Pallock - Action Painter


he refused to conform to what others think art should be.
He was jack the dripper

Salvador Dali He was obsessed with sexuality


He involved egg in many of his art work because it symbolized fertility

Yves Tanguy - a surrealist painter.

Rene Magrite a surrealist painter

Joan Miro- a surrealist painter

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