Source of subject Art Appreciation
Explanation:Sources of Art Subjects:
1. Nature-animals, people, landscapes. These 3 are the most common inspiration and subject matter for art.
2. History- artists are sensitive to the events taking place in the world around them. the dress, the houses, the manner of living, the thoughts of a period are necessarily reflected in the work of the artist.
3. Greek and Roman Mythology-these are the gods an goddess. its center is on deities and heroes
4. the judaeo christian tradition- religion and art, The Bible, the apocrypha, the rituals of the church
5. Oriental sacred texts-the countries of the orient, especially china, japan, and india, have all produced sacred texts of one kind or another, and these inspired various kinds of art. most fruitful have been the texts and traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism.
An actual work of art, whether a painting or a building, is a primary source. A primary source is "first-hand" information, sources as close as possible to the origin of the information or idea under study. Primary sources are contrasted with secondary sources, works that provide analysis, commentary, or criticism on the primary source. In literary studies, primary sources are often creative works, including poems, stories, novels, and so on. In historical studies, primary sources include written works, recordings, or other source of information from people who were participants or direct witnesses to the events in question. Examples of commonly used primary sources include government documents, memoirs, personal correspondence, oral histories, and contemporary newspaper accounts.
Books written by the artist, such as a journal/diary/autobiography/letters are examples of primary sources. Newspaper and magazine articles written by someone who attended an opening or a talk by an artist would be primary sources. Books and articles written by friends and associates during the artist's lifetime would also be primary sources.
Four Sources of Inspiration for Creating Art
Ordinary Experience
Most of children's spontaneous drawing fall in this category, often including some aspects of #3 below.
Natural and Constructed Environment
Observational work fall's in this category
Inner Feelings and Imagination
Expressive and imaginative work is in this category
Quest for Order
Careful and deliberate designs, patterns, and so on fit this category.
Order is generally found in all art work, whether it is figurative, narrative, or totally abstract in nature. Even chaos when it has been produced intentionally, might be interpreted as a form of order.
Knowing these lists helps us keep children on task and involved in meaningful learning activity. Our motivational questions may help inspire fresh ideas.
Knowing these lists allows us to give variety and balance to our planned art activities for children. We can help inspire children to follow their natural inclinations.
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DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART CRITICAL / GALLERY REVIEW
“Painting is a state of being….Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.”
Jackson Pollock (1912-56)
I chose to write Part 1 of the Museum Critical Review about “Portrait and a Dream” by Jackson
Pollock (1953). The contemporary artwork is very large, but not uncommon for Pollock, measuring 58
½ x 134 ¾ inches with oil and enamel on canvas as the medium. The artwork was observed by myself
at the Dallas Museum of Art on October 25, 2014 in the Marguerite and Robert Hoffman Galleries on
the 1st Floor. The image on the right side of the canvas has been interpreted as Jackson Pollock's
self-portrait, perhaps partially obscured by some kind of mask. A similar face appeared in numerous
drawings Pollock created over the years, which many critics have suggested relates to his
experiences with Jungian analysis, a branch of psychiatry that regards some symbols as universally
present in the human subconscious. On the left, an image of a sketchily painted reclining female figure
may embody the "dream" of the painting's title. (1)
“Portrait and a Dream” by Jackson Pollock (1953).
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In Portrait and a Dream, Pollock experiments with the figure yet retained the freedom of line and
composition he perfected in his abstract work. He said part of this "dream" denoted "the dark side
of the moon". Pollock’s painting is a diptych on a solid white ground. The left-hand side is an
abstract black and white drip painting; the right-hand is a figural self-portrait, attacked with color,
and carefully drawn. This may relate to the historical association of symbolic visual imagery with
Jungian thematic. Analytical psychology, or Jungian psychology, emphasizes the primary importance
of the individual psyche and the personal quest for wholeness. (2) To me, this is very reminiscent of
the Classicism Greek art with it’s since of perfection in the human body. Within the elements of art,
I can visually observe shape, form, value, lines and curves, color, space relating to the background and
foreground, and if you view it closely you can see the artwork has texture from the thick paint on
the canvas. Referring to the principles of art, I observed movement, harmony in the all over lines
style of painting, variety in the use of color, symmetrical balance between the 2 figures on the
canvas, and repetition.
“Me, Sommer Taylor, Being Jackson Pollock”
Like hundreds of artists since the early Renaissance, and probably from even before then, the true
meaning of Jackson Pollock’s paintings is not made apparent for the average art lover because, like
difficult poetry and even Christ’s teachings, it is hidden from the masses behind the colorful and.
1. AS ART EXAM 2012
ENCOUNTERS, EXPERIENCES AND
MEETINGS
2. Roni Horn
Roni Horn’s work
focuses on identity.
She says ‘Each
person would have
a different emotion
or reaction to the
set-up of the
pictures because
they experience
them differently’.
3. CONTEMPORARY QUILTS
Wandsworth Prison
Miriam Ringgold
Jennifer Vickers
Caren Garfen
Natasha Kerr
Tracy Emin
Miriam Schapiro
Greyson Perry
5. AMULETS, CHARMS and SYMBOLS
Indian
Buddhist
Pagan
Egyptian
Celtic
Masonic
African
Native American
6. "I use the erotic as a metaphor for
Cathy De angst," she explains. "A lot of people's
angst comes from how they relate to
Monchaux other human beings, and a lot of that
is to do with attraction and repulsion.
Every relationship becomes fraught
after the first burst of enthusiasm, and
I suppose I use the whole erotic thing
as a metaphor for that fraught-ness."
8. 'Infinitas Gracias'
Mexican votives are small paintings, usually executed on tin
roof tiles or small plaques, depicting the moment of
personal humility when an individual asks a saint for help
and is delivered from disaster and sometimes death.
9. Ron Mueck
Ron Mueck is an Australian hyperrealist
sculptor working in Great Britain.
Mueck's early career was as a model
maker and puppeteer for children's
television and films, notably the film
"Labyrinth" Mueck's sculptures faithfully
reproduce the minute detail of the
human body, but play with scale to
produce disconcertingly jarring visual
images.
13. Ann Goddard
Much of her work revolves around the concept
of Boundaries - boundaries between art and
craft, boundaries in the landscape and
boundaries between men and womens work.
Recent concern over climate change has
initiated the development of a new body of
work informed by the impact of human actions
on nature and the consequences for
biodiversity.
16. Architecture
Midtown Manhattan
St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow
Pompidou Centre Paris
Temple of Heaven Beijing
Houses of Parliament London
Taj Mahal India
Golden Pagoda Burma
Tigers Nest Monastery Bhutan