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Aesthetic Qualities

Aesthetic Qualities. All visual art can be defined by one of three aesthetic qualities. They are: Imitationalism, Formalism or Emotionalism. Imitationalism. If the purpose of the artist was primarily to copy reality, we would call it Realism or Imitationalism.

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Aesthetic Qualities

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  1. Aesthetic Qualities All visual art can be defined by one of three aesthetic qualities. They are: Imitationalism, Formalism or Emotionalism

  2. Imitationalism • If the purpose of the artist was primarily to copy reality, we would call it Realism or Imitationalism. • Value, or shading and accurate color and size of objects are all elements used in Imitationalism Wm. Harnett My Gems

  3. Leonardo Da Vinci Self Portrait Albrect Durer Study of an Apostle’s Hands

  4. Formalism • When the artist is focusing more on the formal qualities of art – the elements and principles – then we call this Formalism. • Formalism uses line, color, shape, space, and value, but not in a representational way

  5. Vassily Kandinsky Composition X

  6. Stuart Davis

  7. Jackson Pollack

  8. Jackson Pollack Lavender Mist

  9. Emotionalism • When the main motive of an artist is to convey an emotion or idea to the viewer, we call this type of art Expressionism, or Emtionalism • Works showing Emotionalism may also be Imitational or Formal, but their more important emphasis is on a mood or feeling.

  10. Pablo Picasso Gurenica 1937 11’ x 25.6’

  11. Romare Bearden Fractured Tales

  12. Mary Cassatt The Boating Party

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