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Welcome to Visual Art Foundations

Welcome to Visual Art Foundations. The “gateway” art class. What is Art?. Composition. “ Putting Together ” The placement and arrangement of things in an interesting manner. Principles of Design. Balance Movement Rhythm Contrast Unity Pattern Emphasis. Van Gogh. Alexander Calder.

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Welcome to Visual Art Foundations

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  1. Welcome to Visual Art Foundations The “gateway” art class

  2. What is Art?

  3. Composition “Putting Together” The placement and arrangement of things in an interesting manner.

  4. Principles of Design • Balance • Movement • Rhythm • Contrast • Unity • Pattern • Emphasis

  5. Van Gogh

  6. Alexander Calder Alexander Calder died on November 11, 1976. Two months after his death, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom – the United States’ highest civilian honor.

  7. Realistic or Abstract? Kandinsky

  8. PEACEFUL • SADDNESS • COLD • DEEP

  9. CUBISM Anew way of seeing 

  10. Geometric or Organic shapes?

  11. Artists have drawn, painted and sculpted the the image of the human figure for over 2000 years!!

  12. Expressive Lines

  13. Art Synectics Bringing different things into real connection

  14. Digital Photography To write or draw with light

  15. An Exploration into 3-D Art Sculpture Ceramics Pinching Coiling Slab-Construction Relief Glazing • Poster Board • Foam • Plaster • Wire • Paper Mache

  16. Sculpture Vocabulary • Shape • Form • Balance • Symmetrical • Asymmetrical  • Negative Space • Scale • Color • Movement Alexander Calder Trepied, 1972

  17. Art How to CRITIQUE John Singleleton Copley Paul Revere, c. 1768-70Oil on canvas35 x 28 1/2 in. (88.9 x 72.3 cm)Museum of Fine Arts, Boston http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm

  18. The Guggenheim Museum in NYC

  19. Mrs. Keller Michele.keller@wwrsd.org Remember to visit my website for updated information about this class

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