Human Relationships in Art

Drawing and Painting II

• http://ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/klimt/kiss/• What is Gustav Klimt trying to express about

love in “The Kiss” ?

• http://blogs.princeton.edu/writingart19/archives/2004/12/page_5.html

• How does Mary Cassatt express the love between mother and child in “Emmie and Here Child”?

• http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/7023/BertheMorisot.html

• How does Berthe Morisot show the contrast of the different stages of life in the painting, “La Lecture” which shows the two women sitting together and yet apart in the same room?

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_of_the_Horatii• Oath of the Horatii” by JL David, shows complicated

relationships between two feuding families and loyalty to country. The message for the young French men of Revolutionary France was to be loyal to which---family or country?

Oath of the Horatii” by JL David, shows complicated relationships between two feuding families and loyalty to country. The message for the young French men of Revolutionary France was to be loyal to which---family or country?

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_%C3%A0-la-mode

• William Hogarth created a whole series of paintings on arranged marriages in France in the late 1700’s. In “Marriage ala Mode”, he shows the relationship is mostly about ___________.

• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/sisterwendy/works/ame.html• In “American Gothic” by Grant Wood, there has never been

any conclusion as to the relationship between the woman and the man. Why is there question as to whether she is the wife or the daughter?

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nighthawks• Edward Hopper expresses this in his painting

“Nighthawks”.

• http://www.knoxart.org/exhibitions/chuckclose/• Chuck Close has painted “heads” for 35 years. He

refers to them as heads rather than portraits because he feels that they are roadmaps of this

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• http://www.eyeconart.net/history/frida-y-diego.htm

• The maternal relationship of the universe is echoed in the way the artist, Frida Kahlo, cradles the man in “The Love Embrace of the Universe”. What is the relationship between Kahlo and the man?

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet%C3%A0_(Michelangelo)

• One of the interpretations of the size of Mary in Michelangelo’s, “Pieta” is to show this relationship.

 

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mychal_Judge• The American Pieta is a photograph by

Shannon Stapleton that was taken at this event.

• http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?object_id=78311

• The “Girl Before the Mirror” by Picasso shows his lover, Marie-Terese, contemplating _______________ in the mirror.

The Project

• To create an image based on the essay you wrote regarding your thoughts on human relationships and the need to be connected

Micrography

• In micrography, the word literally becomes the vision (or image), as thousands upon thousands of Hebrew (roots in Judiasm) characters blend and weave together to tell a story.

Finished Product

• Will be your 2nd rewrite of the essay. • Image will be totally made up of your essay.• Will work in ink/ink values.

Requirements1. First Draft essay re: human relationships2. 4 compositional sketches based on imagery from essay (in sketchbook)3. Draw composition on 14x17 bristol board4. Utilize essay to create value5. Entire finished piece will be the rewrite.

Creating Value in Ink

• Beginning with the darkest areas first, start laying in your words. You must write the entire essay in the work, however you may repeat as necessary.

Creating Value in Ink

• Make the words tighter, more condensed, etc in the areas that need to be darkest. Spread them out as you get lighter. This is very much like stippling or pointillism, only you are using words instead of dots.

Finished Product

• Will be double mounted-neutrals• You will paperclip the original essay to it.

Evaluation

• There will be two mid-critiques. One at the compositional stage-to share project idea with each other

• One mid-way to see how you’re doing.• Final Evaluation Criteria: – Image to Written Essay,– Compositon-movement, gradation, proportion– Use of value-written word– Craftsmanship