Friday, 30 November 2012

Describing Art

Subjective / Objective

subjective - influenced by opinion or feelings
  • personal opinion
objective - not influenced by opinions or feelings
  • based upon facts
  • avoid saying; in my opinion... or i think...
Formal elements
  • line
  • tone
  • texture
  • shape 
  • pattern
  • form / composition
Describe the shape
  • square: geometric / outline / hollow
  • blob: natural / organic / irregular / uneven
Visual content
  • this is what is depicted from the image 
  • formal elements create visual content
  • typography is also visual content
'The Old Guitarist' Pablo Picasso
  • Tones - dark and dull with contrast is places
  • Composition - the main focal point of the image is the guitarist.
  • Visual Content - frail, ill, poor as he has no clothing in this image.

  • Qualitative - sorrow / despair- because of his expression and how his body is somewhat dis coloured and tense.
Suzanne Mooney magazine review
  • Written based upon facts
  • Very descriptive
Kandinsky’s 60th
Kandinsky’s birthday invitation was created by Bauhaus. The colour scheme in this image shows the information on the invitation in a minimalist style using a little amount of text as well as showing it in basic colours black and red this causes a contrast and displays the information in an obvious way. The positioning of the information being shown at an angle is another characteristic of the work of Bauhaus. The angle that the information is shown, works alongside the blocks colour as they create partitions between the information. The type size varies from the relevance of the information such as ‘KANDINSKY’ is shown in a larger font than other pieces of information.







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