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Portraits

Portraits. What is a portrait?. representation of a person face is what stands out the most self portrait when the artist makes a portrait of themselves. Why do artists make portraits?. Student answer = . Why do artists make portraits?. In history - no cameras Find out who you are

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Portraits

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  1. Portraits

  2. What is a portrait? • representation of a person • face is what stands out the most • self portrait • when the artist makes a portrait of themselves

  3. Why do artists make portraits? Student answer =

  4. Why do artists make portraits? • In history - no cameras • Find out who you are • What are the distinct things that make me ME? • How do I want people to see me? • How can I express what I am thinking or how I feel? • How can I reinvent myself into a different person? • How am I changing from year to year? • Who do I want to become?

  5. Abstract Portraits Realistic vs. Abstract - What is abstract? • not meant to look real • look at the basic shapes that make something up rather than detail • your head is a circle • Abstract portraits don't have to even be a face • "cubism" - 1900ish

  6. Picasso - Abstract Artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

  7. Fauvist Portrait • Fauvism = "wild beast" • Focuses on: • painterly qualities • color • 1900-1910

  8. Triadic Color Scheme

  9. Henri Matisse - Fauve Artist

  10. Pop Art • started in England in the 1950s • used imagery from pop culture - • advertising, celebrities, comic books • representational

  11. Roy Lichtenstein - Pop Art Artist • inspired by comic strips • humor • art = many little dots • bright colors

  12. Andy Warhol - Pop Art

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