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Abstracting the Figure

Abstracting the Figure. Analyzing Art. Seeing Things Differently. Portrait of Sally Taylor Smith Adalbert Wunder ca. 1850-60. Reflection. Make a list of facts: Make some inferences:. Self-Portrait in Green Gertrude Abercrombie 1938. Reflection. List of facts:

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Abstracting the Figure

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  1. Abstracting the Figure Analyzing Art

  2. Seeing Things Differently

  3. Portrait of Sally Taylor SmithAdalbert Wunder ca. 1850-60

  4. Reflection • Make a list of facts: • Make some inferences:

  5. Self-Portrait in GreenGertrude Abercrombie1938

  6. Reflection • List of facts: • Compare with the portrait of Sally Taylor Smith: • Does Gertrude look as friendly as Sally? • Why or why not?

  7. Figure by the WindowManierre Dawson1915

  8. Reflection • What is different about this picture? • Which picture seems to have movement? • What might this picture represent?

  9. Young Woman with a Water JugJan Vermeer1662

  10. Reflection • What is similar to the Dawson painting, “Figure by the Window”? • What is different? • Do you think Dawson used the Vermeer to begin his composition? Why or why not? • Is it okay for an artist to copy another artist’s work? • Why or why not?

  11. Colour • Abstract artists use a variety of strategies as they choose colour for their paintings. • Local Colour • Emotional Colour • Arbitrary Colour

  12. Local Colour • Artists might use some of the colour that is actually present in their subject matter as a beginning for their colour choice. • Yellow = blonde hair • Pink = Caucasian skin colour

  13. Emotional Colour • Sometimes artists use colours as stand-in symbolism for emotion. • Bright red = anger • Cool blue = sadness

  14. Arbitrary Colour • Arbitrary colour choices might be part of a program, eg: variations on blue, or chosen by chance (close your eyes and choose a colour). • May be whatever colours are available to the artist.

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