Art Y10 Sem1

Question 1

style formula

Answer 1

style = movement + influence +AQ

Question 2

Edward Hopper subject matter

Answer 2

-alienation of big city life in America
-lonely, solidarity + isolated figures in relatively bare settings
-women in windowed interiors

Question 3

Edward Hopped artist influences

Answer 3

-Edgar Degas
-Edouard Manet

Question 4

Edward Hopper influences

Answer 4

-moved to New York
-trips to Europe
-Studied at New York art school
-end of WW1
-Illustrator

Question 5

Influences of Harumi Nakashima

Answer 5

-Avante Garde -> inspired by experimental approach in contemp. Japanese ceramics
-Influenced by blue sometsuke (under-glaze)
-Sodeisha movement = rejected functional pottery -> sculptural expression

Question 6

Aesthetic qualities formula

Answer 6

AQ = Elements + principles + materials + techniques = Look, feel, mood (Experience/effect)

Question 7

Harumi Nakashima Sodeisha movement

Answer 7

-1940’s
-reactionary / against dominant folk-craft styles

Question 8

Edward Hopper style

Answer 8

-realism w/ a modernist influence
-use of light + shadow
-loneliness + isolation
-urban _ rural scenes +compositions
-use of window framing + reflections
-perspective + spatial arrangement

Question 9

Aesthetic Qualities - Edward Hopper

Answer 9

-Realistic painting style
-structurally composed
-contrasting colours
-contrasting light + shadow

Question 10

Historical + cultural

Answer 10

-time + place
- nationality/background
-cultural background
cultural identity

Question 11

Harumi Nakashima

Answer 11

-contemporary Japanese sculptor
-studied @ Osaka Art Collage where he switched from design to ceramics
-known for free-form sculptures + dot paintings

Question 12

Harumi Nakashima Aesthetics

Answer 12

-Far from being functional + traditional
-embellished w/ blue dots
-subtle, refined references to Japanese pottery

Question 13

Harumi Nakashima style

Answer 13

-exotic ceramics = life in ocean
-modern sodeisha movement -> biomorphic + slab-built geometric forms
-Avante Garde ceramicist
-flawless surface/form

Question 14

Harumi Nakashima materials + techniques

Answer 14

-influenced by under-glaze of traditional porcelain
-blue dots painted on after main firing
-organic, sprawling + fluid porcelain = hand-made
-world renowned ceramic artist
-use of space = form
-greatest living Japanese ceramic artist

Question 15

How to Analyse unseen images

Answer 15

-use reading time to select images to write about (studied artforms)
-correctly copy artist’s name
-apply appropriate terminology
-x restate info provided
-use informed analysis
-use practical knowledge

Question 16

Margart Preston’s background

Answer 16

-born April 29 1975
-studied @ National Gallery of Victoria Art School
-Inspired by Japanese woodblock

Question 17

Margaret Preston Influences

Answer 17

-Japanese woodblock
-European modernism
-Australian flora/landscapes

Question 18

Margaret Preston style

Answer 18

-flat areas of bold colours w/ little shading
-simplified forms + strong outlines
-limited colour palette (earthy tones)
-focus on Australian identity

Question 19

Margaret Preston printing materials

Answer 19

-woodblock for carving - Huan Pine
-3 cornered Japanese knife
-gouges
-small wooden hammer
-block printing ink
-paper -> puff laid paper
-baren

Question 19

Margaret Preston painting materials

Answer 19

-dry waterproof paints
-round tip + flat medium - small brushes
-palette
-absorbent cloth for drying off brushes

Question 20

Margaret Preston techniques

Answer 20

-cut along the grain of the wood to allow for more precise carving
-hand painted watercolour or gouche paints onto print using flattened brush techniques
-employed characteristics of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints such as bold lines + strong contrasts

Question 21

Claude Monet’s context

Answer 21

-the Barbizon school = group of artists who worked in the Barbizon area
-range of styles
-subjects painted in it’s “own right”

Question 22

Margaret Preston’s processes

Answer 22

1) develop compositional designs
2) draw preferred design on woodblock
3) cut around negative space to create relief print
4) prepare ink
5) apply ink
6)rub over print w/ a baren + paper
7) paint w/ dry watercolour

Question 23

Materials + techniques writing structure

Answer 23

-opening sentence : about artist + art form
-discuss processes + materials
-discuss techniques
-refer to examples in artwork (subject matter)

Question 24

Impressionism art form

Answer 24

-considered the first "modern movement" -developed in Paris in the 1860's -Shunned by art institutions -artists rejected the official govt. sanctioned exhibitions -science began to recognize that what the brain understood and what the eye perceived were different

Question 25

what did impressionist artists capture

Answer 25

-the moment -the impression made on the eye in an instant -optical effects of light -passages in time/seasons

Question 26

Claude Monet's materials

Answer 26

-hog-hair bristle paintbrushes -pre-made canvas -pre-mixed oil paints -sgraffito tools -portable easel

Question 27

Claude Monet

Answer 27

-Inspired by Edouard Manet -Explored a series of subjects eg. haystacks -directly worked on large-scale canvases outdoors, then finished them indoors

Question 28

Characteristics of impressionism

Answer 28

-visible loose brush strokes -light, bright colours -emphasis on light -pastel colours

Question 29

The alla-prima technique

Answer 29

-painting w/ 1 layer -a continuous painting -> "wet on wet" -canvas x left to dry -x need for underpainting -widely used after the 2nd half of the 19th century

Question 30

Commercial intentions

Answer 30

-private owned/operated -exhibiting + promoting + selling works -x govt. funding -make a profit through sales

Question 31

Public intentions

Answer 31

-educate -present -promote (create interest) -collect -conserve (preserve works)

Question 32

exhibition process

Answer 32

-curatorial content -exhibition space -exhibition design -conservation of artwork -promotion related to an exhibition

Question 33

R$PC (Commercial galleries)

Answer 33

-Represent -Sell -Promote Collect (through stock rooms)

Question 34

Claude Monet's techniques

Answer 34

-loose brushwork -lightened palettes include pure intense colours -abandoned traditional linear perspective -> avoided clarity of form -capture an ephemeral moment in time -colours applied side-by-side w/ decreased mixing -natural light = emphasized -close attention paid to reflections of objects

Question 35

Claude Monet's colour palette

Answer 35

-lead white -chrome yellow -lemon yellow -vermilion -Prussian blue -cobalt blue -emerald green -viridian green -chrome green