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Feldman’s Art Criticism
Gloria Marubio, B.S. M.Ed
What do you see?
What subject matter?
What is happening?
What art elements do you see?
“The Equatorial Jungle” - Henri Rousseau - (May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910) was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the naïve or primitive manner. Ridiculed during his life, he came to be recognized as a self-taught genius whose works are of high artistic quality.
Similarities/Contrasts
Movement/Repetition
Dominance
Balance
Relationships
Relate the information you have collected to your feelings, ideas, and emotions inspired by the art work.
Hypothesize a meaning for the work.
Use the evidence gathered in the first two phases to defend your hypothesis.
Based on youranalysis of the first 3stages, how wouldyou judge the artist’ssuccess?
CraftsmanshipDesign QualityExpressivenessPersonal ResponseOriginalityComparison
What colors were used to create this painting?
Describe the quality of color and shade in the sky.
“The Elder Sister” (1869)
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
REALISM
What textures would you expect to feel in this painting?What feelings do you think the artist was trying to show?
“Susan Comforting the Baby” (1881) Mary Cassatt
IMPRESSIONISM
How are the colors arranged? Are the colors predominantly light or dark? Warm or cool? Bright or dull?
“The Large Pine” (1892) – Paul SignacPOINTILLISM
Pretend you are in thispainting. What does itfeel like?
How has the artistcreated a sense ofspace?
“The Orange Tree” (1878)
Gustave Caillebotte
IMPRESSIONISM
What geometric and organic shapes do you see in this painting?How do the shapes contribute to a sense of unity?“Basket of Apples” (1893) Paul Cezanne
POST-IMPRESSIONISM
What is the first thing you notice in this painting? How do the arrangement of the parts of the picture draw your attention to the dominant image? Why?
“The Rocks” (1888) Vincent van GoghEXPRESSIONISM
What do you see inthis picture? How didyou arrive at thisstyle?
Why do you think theartist may havechosen to illustratethe images this way?
“Fishing Boats” (1909)
Georges Braque
ABSTRACT
Do you see geometric or organic shapes?Is there one principle shape or is it composed of
interrelating combinations of shapes?“The Rower” (1910) Pablo PicassoABSTRACT
Primary Colors:Red, Yellow, Blue
Secondary Colors:Orange, Purple,
Green
Complimentary Colors:
Red – GreenOrange – BlueYellow - Purple
The Color Wheel
Describe the colors interms of theirharmony or contrastwith each other.
What types of linesand patterns do yousee in this painting?
“Woman in the Purple Coat” (1937)
Henri Matisse
COLOR AND PATTERN
Is the visual weight on one side of the image about the same as the other?
How does your eye move around the format? How do rhythms and patterns contribute a sense of visual movement?
“Red, Blue, Black & Yellow Composition” and “Broadway Boogie-Woogie” (1943)
Piet Mondrian
What elements are repeated? Do they form a strong visual rhythm? Do they form a pattern? How?
“Farbstudie Quadrate” (1913)
Wassily Kandinsky