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Activity 9

Visual art changed with the invention of the camera because the camera took a actual picture of what was once drawn, where artists used to express themselves in their art. With the camera, there was no such expression allowed the picture was just that a picture, there was no allowance for an artist's view on the painting. Paintings and portraits before were only enjoyed by the rich, the one who could afford them, the camera made portraits more widespread and allowed others to remember there history and to commemorate events. The camera, took away the need for artists to be commissioned because everyone could take a picture, not everyone afford a painting. Some artists, also painted portraits as though they were photographs making delicate,blending brush strokes to make the picture seem very realistic but people had to sit for hours to make it.Artists, not being able to express themselves anymore took on a new form of painting called impressionism. Impressionism came about because camera took away artists ability to put their perception of how the world was in their eyes, therefore they created a new type of art, on what they felt and saw or what they perceived the world to be in their "mind's eye". Artists, rather than regurgitating what they saw in the world, felt the need to be creative and give a new perspective to what people were viewing.

Art 101 Mid Term Introduction

The works of art I chose all have Political or Social Order themes.The first piece of art The Death of the Earl of Chatham uses implied contour lines to lead you eyes directly to the Earl whom you might have had a harder time finding if they were not there.The implied contour lines(83), from the people looking at the Earl and the light and shadow or the chiaroscuro(92) to make the earl the positive shape(89), (even though he doesn't really stand out) in the painting. Copley uses brown monochromatic colors(97)in this oil on canvas painting. He uses the light from the windows and the shade to lead your eyes to the world in this asymmetrical painting. The setting of the painting takes place in what looks like a meeting room .This painting looks like it has a political theme because of the meeting area where the death took place. It looks as though these are all business men or men of power of some sort.

The next painting, the Emancipation Proclamation is an oil on canvas painting. The artist, A.A. Lamb, make the lady on the chariot the positive shape(89) in the painting, or the shape we perceive as dominant. Lamb uses value(92,96) to make the horse, chariot and rider stand out, the varying from light to dark, in the painting. He used mostly cool colors(95) to paint this painting. He also incorporated an atmospheric perspective(113) in this painting obscuring the distant objects with what looks like dust clouds from the chariot. This painting has a political theme because the emancipation proclamation freed all slaves which was one of the problems which the north and the south could not agree on.

The painting Country Dance shows the Social order side of the theme. In the background there is a black "maid" that was not included in the festivities . You can tell this by the type of attire she is in . The dancers have on formal clothes while he/she has on a apron. I found this painting interesting mostly because when I looked at the fiddler, I couldn't for the life of me figure out where his legs where. The artist, Martin Ferrell uses horizontal lines in this painting and after close inspection, I couldn't figure out if this family was white or black.Ferrell uses mostly cool colors(95) except for red to create this painting.

The next painting Nonchaloir (Repose) also portrays a social order theme. The figure in the painting (89) is painted in such a way to show status, including her attire and surroundings.In the chair she appears reclined with her feet up and her hands across her lap, as though she is royalty without a care in the world. The gold hues on the furniture also follow that implied approach. The silkiness of her dress is shown by using value(92, 96) to show the light reflecting of of it. John Sargent uses cool colors(95) in the painting, which gives the painting a very relaxed feeling.

The last painting Interior by Horace Pippin also shows social order. You can see the differences between this painting and the last. First of all this family is black, in a one room home, which serve as bedroom, kitchen, living, dining and bath room all at one time.You can tell that this family doesn't have much wealth because of the cracks in the wall and attire being worn. The warm colors(95) used to create the rugs on the floor give implied warmth to the house which it otherwise might not have. The little boy holding the baby caught my attention in this picture because of their size, in comparison to the lady in Nonchaloir (Repose).Pippin used complementary cool colors to paint the rest of the house and a hue of white to create the effect of light on the walls. The painting portrays how a black family lived in the 1800s.

Art 101 Mid Term Exhibition

POLITICS & SOCIAL ORDER

John Singleton Copley
American, 1738 - 1815
The Death of the Earl of Chatham, 1779
oil on canvas

A.A. Lamb
American, active 1864 or after
Emancipation Proclamation, 1864 or after
oil on canvas


Martin Edgar Ferrill
American, 1836 or 1837 - 1897
Country Dance, 1883
oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent
American, 1856 - 1925
Nonchaloir (Repose), 1911
oil on canvas


Horace Pippin
American, 1888 - 1946
Interior, 1944
oil on canvas

All of these pieces are from the National Gallery of Art.

Activity #5

Martin Johnson Heade
Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth, c. 1890
Gift of The Circle of the National Gallery of Art in Commemoration of its 10th Anniversary
1996.14.1




Martin Johnson Heade
Rio de Janeiro Bay, 1864
Gift of the Avalon Foundation
1965.2.1







In two of Martin Heade Johnson's paintings, Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth, c. 1890 and Rio de Janeiro Bay, 1864, he used the two different themes to create these works of art.

In Giant Magnolias, M.H. Johnson used the art and art theme in this paintings(76). He painted this to be visually appealing to the eye/mind. He uses white to emphasize(134) the magnolias in the picture, thereby making them the focal point, or the figure in the painting . Color plays a significant role in this painting by using chiaroscuro (92), or the technique of using values to record light and shadow creating a 3d effect. Emphasis also plays a significant role in this painting because the hues used in this picture only allow the magnolias to be the main point of the painting. Thus in effect, you only notice the magnolias at first and if not for the light cast on to the velvet, you might have missed it.

In Rio de Janiero bay , the theme that is used is art and nature(74), where art is used to portray nature or the environment of the natural world. This painting gives uses contour(83) lines on the clouds which are heading west . Following the invisible line you can see the warmth of the sun, but not the sun itself. Heade uses white again in this painting to emphasize(134) the waves on the beach and the cloud in the sky which gives you the feeling of looking at a photograph that you might have taken yourself. The painting makes the viewer feel as though they are at the beach taking in this sunset/sunrise. In this painting though Heade doesn't, in my opinion have a focal point, the focal point , it seems is the painting it self because your eyes aren't drawn to one thing in the painting. As you look at one thing in the painting, your eyes notice another. I think that both of these paintings do incorporate nature in there paintings, but Heade used different themes to portray them.

Color Game

Tamika's Art Game

Acticity #4

Martin Johnson Heade
Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth, c. 1890
Gift of The Circle of the National Gallery of Art in Commemoration of its 10th Anniversary
1996.14.1




Martin Johnson Heade
Rio de Janeiro Bay, 1864
Gift of the Avalon Foundation
1965.2.1


Martin Heade uses symmetry in both of his works of art, but he uses other design principles differently.In "Giant Magnolias", Heade uses white the emphasize(134) the magnolias and and very dark blue hue almost close to black as the subordinate(134). To create balance in this painting, he uses symmetry along the horizontal center of the art work to distribute weight. In Rio de Janeiro Bay, variety(122) is abundant in the painting, he uses the sky and the ships and the hues to provide interest to the painting. In this painting he also uses symmetry(125) along the horizontal center which starts where the sea changes to the sky.painting the boats closer to sea and further out heade used scale and proportion(137). He used scale, size in relation to normal size, and proportion, size in relation ships to part of a whole to give the illusion of distance in his painting where as he only uses scale in the magnolia painting to give more emphasis to the magnolias.He also employs rhythm(141) in Rio de Janerio Bay, with the use of orange, brown and green hues by using the shades often in the painting. He creates a very realistic effect in Rio de Janeiro bay but in "Magnolias", you can tell that's it is a painting. It doesn't have a much of a 3d effect that he created by using proportion in the painting.