Feldman’s Art Criticism

Gloria Marubio, B.S. M.Ed

What do you see?

What subject matter?

What is happening?

What art elements do you see?

“The Equatorial Jungle” - Henri Rousseau - (May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910) was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the naïve or primitive manner. Ridiculed during his life, he came to be recognized as a self-taught genius whose works are of high artistic quality.

Similarities/Contrasts

Movement/Repetition

Dominance

Balance

Relationships

Relate the information you have collected to your feelings, ideas, and emotions inspired by the art work.

Hypothesize a meaning for the work.

Use the evidence gathered in the first two phases to defend your hypothesis.

Based on youranalysis of the first 3stages, how wouldyou judge the artist’ssuccess?

CraftsmanshipDesign QualityExpressivenessPersonal ResponseOriginalityComparison

What colors were used to create this painting?

Describe the quality of color and shade in the sky.

“The Elder Sister” (1869)

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

REALISM

What textures would you expect to feel in this painting?What feelings do you think the artist was trying to show?

“Susan Comforting the Baby” (1881) Mary Cassatt

IMPRESSIONISM

How are the colors arranged? Are the colors predominantly light or dark? Warm or cool? Bright or dull?

“The Large Pine” (1892) – Paul SignacPOINTILLISM

Pretend you are in thispainting. What does itfeel like?

How has the artistcreated a sense ofspace?

“The Orange Tree” (1878)

Gustave Caillebotte

IMPRESSIONISM

What geometric and organic shapes do you see in this painting?How do the shapes contribute to a sense of unity?“Basket of Apples” (1893) Paul Cezanne

POST-IMPRESSIONISM

What is the first thing you notice in this painting? How do the arrangement of the parts of the picture draw your attention to the dominant image? Why?

“The Rocks” (1888) Vincent van GoghEXPRESSIONISM

What do you see inthis picture? How didyou arrive at thisstyle?

Why do you think theartist may havechosen to illustratethe images this way?

“Fishing Boats” (1909)

Georges Braque

ABSTRACT

Do you see geometric or organic shapes?Is there one principle shape or is it composed of

interrelating combinations of shapes?“The Rower” (1910) Pablo PicassoABSTRACT

Primary Colors:Red, Yellow, Blue

Secondary Colors:Orange, Purple,

Green

Complimentary Colors:

Red – GreenOrange – BlueYellow - Purple

The Color Wheel

Describe the colors interms of theirharmony or contrastwith each other.

What types of linesand patterns do yousee in this painting?

“Woman in the Purple Coat” (1937)

Henri Matisse

COLOR AND PATTERN

Is the visual weight on one side of the image about the same as the other?

How does your eye move around the format? How do rhythms and patterns contribute a sense of visual movement?

“Red, Blue, Black & Yellow Composition” and “Broadway Boogie-Woogie” (1943)

Piet Mondrian

What elements are repeated? Do they form a strong visual rhythm? Do they form a pattern? How?

“Farbstudie Quadrate” (1913)

Wassily Kandinsky