This document discusses texture in art through analyzing several paintings and sculptures. It explains how texture gives objects definition and realism by making surfaces appear bumpy, wrinkled, smooth, etc. Texture allows viewers to imagine how something might feel even without touching it. The analyses show how different textures in clothing, skin, fur, and other materials enhance the works and convey important details about the time periods and subjects depicted.

1. Final Project Art 102 WLAC
Maleeha Mohammad

2.  What is texture? Texture is quality of a surface, often
corresponding to its tactile character. It can be explicitly
rendered, or implied with other artistic elements such as
lines, shading, and variation of color.
 Texture ranges from smooth and slick to rough and
jagged. In between there is bumpy, choppy, gritty,
coarse, pebbly, grainy, pitted, wrinkly, mushy, drippy,
and much more.
 In this exhibition we will explore how texture gives
meaning to many things in art. It makes things easy for
us to define and makes us imagine what it would/could
feel like.

3.  This famous painting without
texture would be nothing. The
texture in her hair gives it a curly
visualization and ruffles in her
cloths are due to texture. It shows
that she is wearing a lot of cloth.
The texture of her skin seems to
be smooth and flawless. Through
shading her face has texture,
which gives it a realistic feeling.
Her hands also look smooth and
soft. The way her hands are
painted make them look soft, and
one can tell without touching.
In the High renaissance era there was an emergence of portraits and this
is one of the most known portaits since then.

4.  The texture is shown at
various parts of this
piece, but the most
obvious is the clothing.
The many ruffles all over
the robe shows that he is
wearing a lot of cloth and
it is probably silk or
cotton or some expensive
cloth. In the old days, the
more cloth one had on
was a sign of wealth. It
looks like that it would
feel soft and thick, since
there is so much cloth.
Neoclassicism reflected the age of enlightenment and age of
philosophy and this painting portrays the wealthy and intelligence of
the era.

5.  The texture in this piece brings the
painting to life. The different type
of brushstrokes on the head fur
makes it seem fluffy and gives it a
different texture than the body,
which seems to be smooth due to
the plain color, no vivid strokes or
marks. Everything in the lions
body is defined due to texture, just
as the fur and the body, the paws
seem raised, making them look
like paws. It makes us feel that the
body would be tense and hard
since some of the muscle are
defined.
Romantism he movement validated strong emotion as an authentic
source of aesthetic experience, placing new emphasis on such
emotions such as horror and terror which is coneyed in this painting.

6.  This piece does a great job in
conveying what type of cloths the
people might be wearing. To show the
difference between the maid’s cloths
and the wealthy gentleman’s cloths,
the artist made it look like the man’s
clothing is smooth, without wrinkles.
The woman's cloths are wrinkled so
it might be a different type of cloth.
Also the shading in plant gives the
plant texture and shows that it is a
real plant. The plant, the man’s cloths
would be smooth and soft since they
do not have wrinkles in them. The
lady’s cloth might feel a little rough
though.
Realism was a time where artists tried to present subject matter
truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding artistic conventions and
this painting shows a normal event in that time period.

7.  The texture in this piece shows that the
person is naked. The perfect carving
gives the body life and shows the
different parts of the body. Sculptures
are great in texture because one can
actually feel the smoothness of the
piece and its bumpiness in some parts.
The muscles are vividly described and
are touchable. They would feel of a
bump, yet it would be a gradual change
in texture in this sculpture because
different parts o the body do not have a
sudden change of texture. Therefore this
sculpture does not either. Even without
touching it one can tell that the head is
less smooth than the rest of the body
since it has so much detail in it.
Impressionism had crucial element of human perception and
experience, and unusual visual angles, which is depicted in this
sculpture which shows all the elements.

8.  This is a painting of a lake in the French
alps, and without texture it would not
look anything like what a real lake looks
like. The only reason we can see the
difference between the lake and the
mountain is because of texture. The alps
are shown to be rough and bumpy shown
through the lines and shading. While the
lake is shown to be smooth and reflects
the mountains. It also shows that the lake
is still, there are no winds and the lake is
not moving. The tree’s shading also
gives the tree texture and makes it more
realistic.
In Post impressionism emphasize geometric forms, to distort form for
expressive effect, and to use unnatural or arbitrary color, which is shows
n in the picture.