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Rockwell and Mann

Rockwell and Mann. An ATF focusing on interpreting images created by Norman Rockwell and Sally Mann. Put these terms on your ATF sheet. Framing Foreground and Background Rule of Thirds And, remember from last time Context Composition Color (figurative and literal), Contrast

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Rockwell and Mann

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  1. Rockwell and Mann An ATF focusing on interpreting images created by Norman Rockwell and Sally Mann

  2. Put these terms on your ATF sheet • Framing • Foreground and Background • Rule of Thirds • And, remember from last time • Context • Composition • Color (figurative and literal), Contrast • Shape, size, spatial arrangement

  3. Consider these composition questions in the following picture: • What are the compositional elements? • What is the main focus of the image? • How is that object framed? • How are the other elements arranged • In terms of foreground and background • Horizontal and Vertical layout • In relationship to each other • How are color and contrast used? • Note how your eyes move. Do they follow down the stair railing?

  4. The Rule of Thirds • Divide the picture into thirds horizontally and vertically (like a tic-tac-toe board) • Don’t put your main subject in the center box if you want it to look natural, like it isn’t posed. Portraits etc. might be centered. • Consider the intersections of the horizontal and vertical lines good places to put your main subject. • Check out the next slide…

  5. Notes on Composition • See how the main figure follows the rule of thirds. Note the doll’s position. • See how the girl is framed on 3 sides by the hall railing and step she is sitting on. • Note how the light dresses of the women in the background also frame the girl by contrasting with her skin tones.

  6. Interpretation Notes • One easy story about this picture is that it’s a holiday party (note wreath) and the girl has been put to bed (note darker upstairs) but woken up and wants to join the party. • Additionally, the doll is a symbol. Dolls symbolize childhood. Recall the position of the doll – literally behind the girl. Thus, it functions symbolically to show the girl is trying to put youth behind her and join the adult world below. • But, note, she isn’t walking down the stairs… she isn’t ready to join them yet.

  7. Some Possible Twists • The girl’s family seems to be well off financially. Maybe the girl longs for attention from parents who leave her with maids and nannies. • Maybe the girl is lonely, all alone in contrast to the super-crowded party, and reinforced by the gloomy dark upstairs. • Maybe the bars on the railing remind us of a cage, like childhood, that she wants out of. • Maybe the unrealistically crowded party represents the way an adult party looks thru the girl’s eyes.

  8. Next Image, also Rockwell • Look at the image and think of what you would say about its composition • What things are in the picture • Color and contrast and framing • Spatial arrangement • The rule of thirds (and what is in the center) • Posture of the girl and of the doll • Texture and color of the dress and magazine

  9. Interpretation Now, try to come up with an interpretation of the picture. Your interpretation should be based on what you think about what you see, how you provide context for it from our shared cultural background (i.e. we all kinda get what’s going on here) and especially on the compositional elements you’re taking note of. The net slide has the rule of three layover.

  10. Interpretation Notes • Note how it follows the rule of three, but also that the picture looking out at us dead center. I’d say this marks it as important, but not the center of attention. • Note the tossed-aside position of the doll and the make-up in just about the same place as the doll was in the other image • The continuity of white across dress, magazine, and into the mirror suggest something….

  11. Photograph, by Sally Mann • This next image is black and white. Pay attention to contrast more than color. • Otherwise, first get your initial reaction, then start thinking thru the compositional elements. • The second following slide has the rule of thirds overlay on it.

  12. Questions to think about: • How does the girl’s body language affect your interpretation? • How does the image work with the rule of thirds? Explain. • What’s up with framing? • How is the interpretation of this picture similar to or different from the previous 2?

  13. Your 1-Page Assignment • Rockwell and Mann ATF • Choose a picture from list • Hopper, Nighthawks • Describe the story being told in the picture. • Discus the compositional elements that help convey that story. • http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~hastrup/nighthawks.jpg • Picasso, Geurnica • http://www.mala.bc.ca/~lanes/english/hemngway/picasso/guernica.htm • Homer, Breezing Up • http://www.nga.gov/feature/homer/homer07.htm • Caillebotte, Rue de Paris • http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/caillebotte/ • Van Gogh, Cafe Terrace at Night • http://www.scituate.k12.ma.us/docent/vg2.htm

  14. Edward Hopper, Nighthawks

  15. Pablo Picasso, Guernica

  16. Winslow Homer, Breezing Up

  17. Gustav Caillebotte, Rue de Paris

  18. Vincent Van Gogh, Café Terrace

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