Art 103 -The Visual Elements (Color) and the Principles of Design

Answer the following questions using vocabulary and ideas from Lectures 4 & 5 and your textbook. The page number corresponds to the page in your textbook on which this work can be found. Please make sure each answer is thoughtful, edited for grammar and spelling errors, and at least 5–7 COMPLETE sentences. Also, be as specific as possible and use examples to support EVERY statement. You must also include the visual elements when discussing the principles of design.

Cautionary note: Please make sure and use your own words in your answer. Don’t lift or slightly reword entire passages from your textbook or an online source. This is considered plagiarism, for which you’ll receive no credit. Use your textbook to provide factual support for your own description of these works.

Questions

1. Page 498- “The Joy of Life,” Henri Matisse, 1905-06, oil on canvas
Describe in detail the use of color in this painting. What hues are present (primary, secondary, and/or tertiary)? Refer to the color wheel on page 88 for assistance. How intense are these individual colors? What are their individual values? What are their temperatures? How has the artist used color to communicate mood?

2. Page 157 – “Hide and Seek, Kill or Speak”, Wangechi Mutu, 2004.
Is this an example of rhythm or pattern? Why? Please describe to what degree this object depicts rhythm or pattern.

3. Page 125 – “Death and Life”, Gustav Klimt, 1911.
Describe the balance in the image. Since no image utilizes just one type of balance, please use all applicable terms (horizontal, vertical, occult, etc) in your description. Remember to describe in detail why the image is balanced in this way by pointing out areas that demonstrate this.

4. Page 406 – “Sortie of Captain Banning Cocq”s Company of the Civic Guard (The Night Watch)”, Rembrandt van Rijn 1642
Define “contrast” as a principle of design. What is the level of contrast in this image? Explain in regards to the visual elements (light, line, texture, space, shape, etc). Make sure you consider all types of contrast present in the image, not just one or two.

5. Check link – “Naked Man, Back View”, Lucian Freud, 1991-92
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_1993.71.jpgWhat is being emphasized in this painting? Which visual elements and/or principles of design did the artist subordinate or allow to dominate in order to create this effect. Explain.