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Other Formal Elements. Sayre – 7 th edition Chapter 7. Texture. Surface quality “Ability to call forth tactile sensations and feelings”. Actual Texture (Fig 439/14-31). Implied texture (a.k.a. visual texture) (fig 39/2-21). Actual and Implied Texture (fig 160/7-2).
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Other Formal Elements Sayre – 7th edition Chapter 7
Texture Surface quality “Ability to call forth tactile sensations and feelings”
Interesting “bridge” between actual and implied texture… • Sometimes paint is applied so thickly on a 2D surface that it “sticks up” in 3D creating actual texture • Impasto – brushstrokes of very thick paint which are built up on the surface of a painting
Pattern “any formal element that repeats itself in a composition”
Implied passage of time How does the artist imply that time has passed?
Motion • Motion can be divided into actual and implied motion • Implied motion – suggests a sense of movement in a stationary work of art • Actual motion – art which actual moves
Actual motion • Pertains to 3D art…sculpture which actually moves is also known as “kinetic sculpture” • One of the pioneers in kinetic sculpture was Alexander Calder…he invented a particular type of kinetic sculpture known as the “mobile”