Art History

1. brought to mind a static world of silence

Annotations:

• "While I recognise the necessity for a basis of observed reality...true art lies in a reality that is felt." Puvis de Chavannes

1. 1848-1904
2. leading painter of this period

1. Youtube: The Private life of a master piece

1. distortion and exaggeration for emotion effect

1. Jackson Pollock

1. emphasized line quality over colour, light and atmosphere

1. 1890-1918
2. The Artist's Wife
   1. 1917
   2. CONTENT
      1. there is a woman sitting with her legs drawn up
      2. she has red hair
      3. a green top on
      4. light-pink shorts with black tights
      5. looking at painter in loving way
         1. hard edge to her features
   3. TEXTURE
      1. rough
         1. almost as if it was a sketch or a first draft
   4. COMPOSITION
      1. chaotic
      2. no symmetry
   5. FOCAL POINT
      1. woman's face
         1. of his wife-showing how much he loves and missed her
   6. COLOUR
      1. contrasting
         1. white background
         2. bright hair/ clothes
      2. character seems young and fun
         1. she stands out
   7. simple but powerful also you learn so much about the character from just one look and pose that he captures her in
3. INSPIRED
   1. created whole new style for artists
      1. loose, edgy way of applying expression
      2. weird and wonderful fasion items and make-up styles-even poses in a fasion shoot
   2. Katy Wiedemann- art blogger
   3. Eric Nehr fashion shoot
   4. luxury jewelry label- Freywille
   5. he explored his art in a way noone had before
      1. without niceties but straight to the truth

1. 1834-1917
2. Intérieur/The Rape
   1. 1868/69
   2. CONTENT
      1. woman side on
         1. face and front in shadows
      2. back is bared- highlighted by the lamp
         1. sewing kit also in the light
            1. showing their importance
      3. fire is lit
      4. single bed
      5. a man is standing in front of the closed door in the shadows
         1. his coat and jacket are flung carelessly on the single bed
         2. he is looking directly at her back
      6. a white corset is on the floor
         1. could suggest a rebellion from society aside from the way of things and being proper
         2. the colour could reflect her innocence
   3. MEDIA HANDLING
      1. precisely done, neat but not polished
   4. FOCAL POINT
      1. sewing kit
         1. suggests that because she was up late at night sewing that she is perhaps as the maid of man's wife
            1. apparently that sort of thing went on quite a bit in his time
               1. perhaps he's critising