This document provides music recommendations and class announcements. It discusses songs from the 1980s by artists like Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam, Billy Idol, Eurhythmics, and Grateful Dead. It also notes upcoming quizzes and assignments in art history class, including describing the form and elements of art, such as medium, shape, line, value, texture, color and space. The document instructs students on properly writing art criticism and analyzing the form versus content of works.

1. Songs of the Day
“Lost in Emotion”
by Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam
from 1987 album Spanish Fly
“Dancing with Myself”
by Billy Idol
from the 1981 album Don’t Stop

2. Songs of the Day
“Sweet Dreams”
by Eurhythmics
from 1987 album Sweet Dreams (are made of this)
“Touch of Grey”
by Grateful Dead
from the 1987 album In the Dark

3. Songs of the Day
“You Might Think
by The Cars
from 1984 album Heartbeat City

4. Announcements
Please see the syllabus about making up missed classes /
missed quizzes. Unless you have documentation for one
of the listed excused absences YOU MAY NOT MAKE UP
WORK.
Do not email ANY professor an email such as this:
“I was unable to come to class today. Did we do
anything important? Is there anything I need to make
up?” – anonymous student 8/29

5. Take away from 09.03
FORM and THE ELEMENTS OF ART
Form = what the artwork looks like and is
perceived with the senses. When you are
describing the form of an artwork you are
describing the “facts”. These “facts” include
• Medium/Materials
• Elements of art
• Principles of art

6. Take away from 09.03
MEDIUM
What is the artwork made of ? (materials: oil paint,
pen & ink, watercolor, marble, neon lights, old tires, wire,
list any and everything that is in the artwork.).
How was it made? (applying paint to canvas, thick
layers / brushstrokes, fine detail, welded together, carved
out of a structure, printed off a laser printer)

7. Take away from 09.03
ELEMENTS OF ART - The elements of art are the
building blocks used by artists to create a work of art.
1. Shape
2. Line
3. Value (light and dark)
4. Texture & pattern
5. Color
6. Space

8. Kehinde Wiley, from the series The World Stage
Kehinde Wiley, from the series The World Stage
Shape, Line, Value (light and dark), Texture & pattern, Color, Space

9. Form & Principles of Art
Anoli Perera, Stitched and Stretched, 2010Bruce Monro, Field of Light, 2012

10. Barrett
“Writing Art Criticism”
• CHOOSING A PIECE = choose something you are passionate
about or at least interested in. If you do not find something you
are interested in – you could explore your lack of interest – but IT
MUST BE WELL ARTIULATED AND WRITTEN.
• DESCRIBING – describe accurately and with vivacity. Make the
work come alive for your readers. Give them a verbal image they
can see!
• INTERPRATATION – The basic premise = artworks are about
SOMETHING. Present YOUR understanding in a way that is
convincing.
• JUDGING – Resist finding minor faults in works of art – fault finding is
petty – argue for larger ideas.

11. FORM
What the artwork looks like
• Aspects of artwork
perceived with senses
• Medium/Materials
• Elements of art
• Principles of art
• The “facts” of the
artwork – one “right”
answer, not open to
interpretation
CONTENT
What the artwork means
• Depends on context
• Depends on viewer
• Multiple & changing
• Requires interpretation
• No easy formula to follow
• Aspects of artwork
perceived with senses
• Medium/Materials
• Elements of art
• Principles of art
• The “facts” of the artwork –
one “right” answer, not
open to interpretation
FORM
What the artwork looks like
!! KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE !!

12. Form
KNOW THESE TERMS AND HOW THEY INFORM AN ARTWORK
PRINCIPLES OF ART - The principles of visual art are
the rules, tools and/or guidelines that artists use to
organize the elements of art in an artwork.
1. Balance
2. Emphasis and focal point
3. Proportion and scale
4. Unity and variety
5. Rhythm

13. Form
PRINCIPLES OF ART
1. BALANCE
• The placement of elements in a composition
so that their visual weights seem evenly
distributed
• A sense of equilibrium between different
elements
• Some artworks are unbalanced – there is no
sense of equilibrium

14. Form
BALANCE
Symmetrical balance:
Visual weight is distributed
evenly throughout the
composition
The artwork will feel stable,
traditional, and inert.

15. Form
BALANCE
Asymmetrical balance:
Visual weights are
evenly distributed
(there is equilibrium),
but there is no mirror
image on each half of
the composition. Mary Ellen Mark
“Amanda and Her Cousin, Amy Valdese, North California”
Gelatin Silver Print

16. Form
BALANCE
Radial Balance:
All elements visually
radiate outward from
a central point
Feels orderly and very
organized; sense of
ritual or tradition

17. Form
PRINCIPLES OF ART
2. Focal point/Emphasis:
In at artwork certain elements or parts of a
composition are visually more important /
prominent
Communicated through:
• Size
• Color
• Texture & pattern
• Shape
• Visual interest
• Centering

18. Form
FOCAL POINT/EMPHASIS
Where do your eyes go first? Why?

19. Form
FOCAL POINT/EMPHASIS
Where do your eyes go first? Why?

20. Form
FOCAL POINT/EMPHASIS
Where do your eyes go first? Why?

21. Form
FOCAL POINT/EMPHASIS
Technically, there is only ONE focal point in a
composition.
Other prominent areas are called accents.

22. Form
FOCAL POINT/EMPHASIS

23. Form
FOCAL POINT/EMPHASIS
Focal
point

24. Form
FOCAL POINT/EMPHASIS
Focal
point
Accent
Accent

25. Form
FOCAL POINT/EMPHASIS

26. Form
FOCAL POINT/EMPHASIS
Focal
point
Focal
point

27. Form
FOCAL POINT/EMPHASIS
Focal
point
Accent
Accent

28. Form
PRINCIPLES OF ART
3. Proportion and Scale:
Proportion is the relation of art elements and
subjects to each other in terms of size.
Scale is size relative to what we consider
standard/normal

29. Form
Proportion and Scale
Michelangelo Buonarotti
David, marble, 14’3” high, 1501-1504

30. Form
Proportion and Scale
René Magritte
The Listening Room
1952, oil on canvas
17 3/4” x 21 5/8

31. Form
Proportion and Scale

32. Form
PRINCIPLES OF ART
4. UNITY AND VARIETY
Unity refers to cohesion in a work of art:
integration of all the aspects of the work into a
whole.
Variety represents visual interest in an artwork
created by contrast and difference.

33. Form
UNITY AND VARIETY
Unity can come from …
• Style
• Color harmony
• Repeated elements
• Visual element that encircles or joins

34. Form
UNITY AND VARIETY
Unity through
repeated
elements…
Cornell Capa
“Bolshoi Ballet School, Moscow”
Gelatin Silver Print
1958

35. Form
UNITY AND VARIETY
Unity through
repeated elements
and color…
Sandy Skoglund
Revenge of the Goldfish
1981

36. Form
UNITY AND VARIETY
Variety can come from variation in…
• Objects
• Shapes
• Textures and patterns
• Colors

37. Form
UNITY AND VARIETY
What unifies this
installation?
What provides
variety?

38. Form
UNITY AND VARIETY
What unifies this
album cover?
What provides
variety?

39. Form
UNITY AND VARIETY
What unifies this
painting?
What provides
variety?

40. Form
UNITY AND VARIETY
And now for
something
completely
different…
Too much of one
thing (unity) can
be
uninteresting……

41. Form
ELEMENTS OF ART
5. Rhythm
• A visual tempo or beat
• Produces the look and feel of movement
• Repeated elements in the artwork draw the viewer’s eye
around the artwork
• Movement and action are sometimes created by a
diagonal or fluid line rather than repeated elements
• Artwork seems active and dynamic rather than passive
and static

42. Form
RHYTHM
Henri Matisse, Dance I, 1909, oil on canvas,
8’ 6 ½” x 12’ 9 ½”, Museum of Modern Art, NY.

43. Form
RHYTHM
Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie. 1942-43, oil on
canvas, 50 x 50 inches, Museum of Modern Art, NY.

44. Form
KNOW THESE TERMS AND HOW THEY INFORM AN ARTWORK
PRINCIPLES OF ART - The principles of visual art
are the rules, tools and/or guidelines that artists use to
organize the elements of art in an artwork.
1. Balance
2. Emphasis and focal point
3. Proportion and scale
4. Unity and variety
5. Rhythm

45. Kehinde Wiley, from the series The World Stage
Kehinde Wiley, from the series The World Stage
Balance, Emphasis and focal point, Proportion and scale,
Unity and variety, Rhythm

46. “Pulse Room”
FORM = aspects of artwork perceived with senses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbiqDufLCDY

47. QUIZ #2
PEOPLE IN THE COMPUTER ROWS – CLOSE YOUR BROWSER
PLEASE TEAR OF THE SPIRAL FRAYED EDGES OF YOUR PAPER
PUT YOUR QUIZ IN THE FOLDER THAT CORRESPONDS WITH YOUR LAST
NAME
ALBERTO – ESHIET
ESPINOSA – KEARNS
KECK – REBEIL
REIL - ZNACHKO
WRITE YOUR NAME, DATE AND QUIZ 2 AT THE TOP OF YOUR PAPER!!

48. QUIZ #2
1) What is the difference between form and content? After you
state the general difference list two specific differences.
2) What are two tips that Sayre gave in his article “Working with
Words and Images”?
3) True or False: The definition of art is only dependent on
individual values.
4) What can color suggest / bring to an artwork? (example: the
use of line can suggest movement)
Use complete sentences unless prompted otherwise!