Art fundamentals ch06 texture 2 12-2017

1. Art Fundamentals
Chapter 6
Texture

2. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 Texture
 The surface
character of a
material that can
be experienced
through touch or
the illusion of
touch.

3. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 Texture
 Texture
produced by
natural forces or
through an
artist's
manipulation of
the art elements.

4. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 abstract texture
 A texture derived
from the
appearance of an
actual surface but
rearranged and/or
simplified by the
artist to satisfy the
demands of the
artwork.

5. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 accent
 Any stress or
emphasis given to
elements of a
composition that
makes them attract
more attention than
other features that
surround or are
close to them.

6. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 accent
 Accent can be created
by a brighter color,
darker tone, greater
size, or any other
means by which a
difference is
expressed.

7. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 actual texture
 A surface that can
be experienced
through the sense
of touch (as
opposed to a
surface visually
simulated by the
artist).

8. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 assemblage
 A technique that
brings together
individual items of
rather bulky three-
dimensional nature
that are displayed (in
situ) in their original
position rather than
being limited to a
wall.

9. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 atmospheric (aerial)
perspective
 The illusion of deep space
produced in graphic works by
lightening values,
softening details and
textures, reducing value
contrasts, and neutralizing
colors in objects as they
recede.

10. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 collage
 A pictorial technique
whereby the artist creates
the image, or a portion of
it, by adhering real
materials that possess
actual textures to the
picture plane surface,
often combining them
with painted or drawn
passages.

11. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 genre
 Subject matter that
concerns everyday life,
domestic scenes,
family relationships,
and the like.

12. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 invented texture
 A created texture whose
only source is in the
imagination of the artist.
 It generally produces a
decorative pattern and
should not be confused
with an abstract texture.

13. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 natural texture
 Texture created as the
result of nature's
processes.

14. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 paint quality
 The use of paint to
enrich a surface through
textural interest.
 Interest is created by the
ingenuity in handling paint
for its intrinsic character.

15. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS

16. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 papier colle
 A visual and tactile
technique in which
scraps of paper
having various
textures are pasted
to the picture
surface to enrich or
embellish areas.

17. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 papier colle
 In addition to the actual
texture of the paper,
the printing on adhered
tickets, newspapers,
and like functions as
visual richness or
decorative pattern
similar to an artist’s
invented texture.

18. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 pattern
I. Any artistic design
(sometimes serving as a
model for imitation).
2. A repeated element
and/or design that is
usually varied and
produces
interconnections and
obvious directional
movements.

19. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 simulated
texture
 A convincing
copy or
translation of
an object's
texture in any
medium.

20. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 tactile
 A quality that refers to the sense of touch.

21. THE VOCABULARY OF
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
 trompe I'oeil
 Literally, "deceives
the eye"; a
technique that
copies nature with
such exactitude
that the subject
depicted can be
mistaken for
natural forms.

22. INTRODUCTION TO TEXTURE

23. Introduction to Texture
 Touch something
 Hands and fingers
 Looking at
something
 Everything has
texture: Glass,
carpet, acoustical
tiles, …
 Seen not Felt

24. Texture and the Visual Arts
 Involves 2 sensory
processes:
 Seeing & Touching
 Viewing a picture and
predict its feel.
 Visual and Tactile
experience.

25. Texture and the Visual Arts

26. Texture and the Visual Arts

27.  2-dimensional or 3-
dimensional.
 Sculptors: choice of
material and degree
of finish; hair, cloth,
skin, …
Texture and the Visual Arts

28.  Touch inform us about
immediate
surroundings.
 Smooth – Rough –
Soft – Hard.
 The nature of objects.
 Texture is surface.
The Nature of Texture

29.  Depends on the degree to which its broken up
by its composition.
 Glossy surfaces reflect the light more evenly,
giving less broken appearance.
The Nature of Texture

31.  4 Basic types of
texture:
1. Actual
2. Simulated
3. Abstract
4. Invented
Types of Texture

32.  The “real thing”.
 Looks and feels.
 We can get a
preliminary idea of
the feel by viewing
the object.
Types of Texture - Actual

33. Types of Texture - Actual

34.  Buildup of paint.
 Paint Quality.
Types of Texture - Actual

35.  Application of actual
texture involves fixing
a textured object or a
natural texture to the
work surface.
 The texture
represents itself.
 Picasso and Braque.
 Picasso 1908: Papier
colle’.
Types of Texture - Actual

37.  Papier colle’: later
expanded to include
the use of tickets,
portions of
newspapers,
menus, and the like.
Types of Texture - Actual

38.  Collage: An art form
where actual textures
are employed.
 Simulated textures.
 Not accepted easily in
art; uncertainty.
 Mixing objects and
paintings: what is real-
objects or artistic
elements or both?
Types of Texture - Actual

39.  Pattern: Arising out
of interest in texture.
 Surface application;
aggregate (sand,
gravel, …) mixed into
the paint to make the
surface smoother or
rougher.
Types of Texture - Actual

40. Types of Texture - Actual

41.  Assemblage:
Assemblages usually
bring together rather
bulky individual
items that are
displayed in
different positions
rather than on a
wall.
Types of Texture - Actual

42.  LOOKS real but in fact
is not; copying.
 Flemish artists produced
naturalistic effects in
still-life and genre
paintings.
 Interior designers
painting “faux” fake
surface treatments of
imitation stone or
marble.
Types of Texture - Simulated

43. Texture and the Visual Arts

44.  trompe l’oeil: “fool the
eye”.
Types of Texture - Simulated

45.  HINT of the original
texture.
 Simplified version of
the original,
emphasizing pattern.
 Decorative.
 Accent or diminish
areas.
 Control movement.
Types of Texture - Abstract

46.  Textures without
precedent.
 The creation of the
artist’s imagination.
 Appear in abstract
works.
 Entirely nonobjective.
 Abstracted vs
Invented.
Types of Texture - Invented

47.  Pattern is not
concerned with
surface feel but with
appearance.
 Pattern serves as
ornament
independent from
any tactile
possibilities.
Texture and Pattern

48. Texture
Pattern
Both Texture & Pattern

49.  Pattern suggests
repetition; random or
controlled.
 Aerial view shows
pattern.
 Closer view shows
texture.
 Pattern is 2-D
 Texture is 3-D
Texture and Pattern

50.  Texture is variation of light and
dark that is exciting and
attractive.
 Our attention is constantly being
maneuvered about the surface
of an artwork by the degree of
emphasis given to the various
areas of that surface.
Texture and Composition
Relative Dominance and Movement

51.  Texture can provoke psychological or
emotional responses.
 Pleasant or Unpleasant.
 Environments.
 Experiences.
 Objects.
 Persons.
 Symbolic or associative meanings.
 The artist can also use textures to simulate
our curiosity, shock us, or make us
reevaluate our perceptions.
Texture and Composition
Psychological factors

53.  Texture can help to define
space.
 When textures appear blurred
and lack strong contrasts, they
make objects seem distant.
 When they are sharp and have
strong contrasts, the objects
appear move forward.
 Atmospheric Perspective
Texture and Space

54. Texture and Space

55.  The architect balances the
smoothness of steel and
glass with the roughness of
stone, concrete, and brick.
 The ceramist.
 Jewelers.
 Printmakers.
 Sculptors.
 Texture is involved in all forms.
Texture and Art Media

56. Texture and Art Media

57. Texture and Art Media

58. Texture and Art Media

59. Art Fundamentals
Chapter 6
Texture
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