Course Overview

It creates a sense of chaos and complexity.

It suggests balance and harmony.

It focuses attention on the imperfections in the art piece.

It leads to a feeling of movement and dynamism within the work.

Period-Specific Genre Critique

Postcolonial Symbolic Interpretation

Transhistorical Thematic Evaluation

Technological Progression Analysis

Employing monochrome palettes with heavy emphasis on symmetry and geometric forms.

Focusing primarily on capturing fleeting moments through loose brushwork and light effects.

Utilizing detailed linework accurately representing subjects without variation or interpretation.

Laying down thick layers of paint for deep texture, mimicking relief sculptural qualities.

Orange

Purple

Brown

Yellow

Variety introducing completely unrelated images within the sequence

Proportion keeping figures exactly the same size regardless of chronological context

Rhythm incorporating recurring motifs that change slightly with each repetition

Unity emphasizing consistent visual style throughout all panels for coherence

Using symmetry as a metaphor for equal opportunities among different societal groups.

Placing identical shapes across the canvas to represent uniformity across classes.

Positioning elements unequally on either side to suggest imbalance and tension in society.

Equally distributing visual weight for aesthetic appeal and compositional harmony.

Use of chiaroscuro enhances depth and dramatic tension in scenes depicted.

Light and shadows are applied uniformly across the entire composition in both styles, serving merely to separate the foreground and background.

Chiaroscuro technique is reserved exclusively to portray members of high society in European Baroque, yet in Japan, anyone could be the subject matter.

While European masterpieces utilize naturalistic light and shading, Japanese works employ stark contrasts and abstractions instead.

Painters completely abandoned figurative art for abstract expressionism due to photography's ability to capture reality.

Traditional painters replicated photographic images directly, making original compositions obsolete.

Artists began experimenting with new perspectives and compositions influenced by photographic realism.

The use of color in painting was greatly diminished as black and white photography grew popular.

Proportion

Rhythm

Balance

Movement

Introducing random elements through chance operations like dripping or splattering paint.

Carefully measured geometric shapes arranged in a grid-like pattern.

Smooth gradients achieved by meticulous blending techniques for harmony.

Symmetrical compositions with balanced color schemes throughout the piece.