ART 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Museum Of Modern Art, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Theatricality
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Learning objectives: explain the difference between actual texture and visual texture, outline some of the ways that time and motion inform our experience of visual art. Texture describes a work"s ability to call forth tactile sensations and feelings. How can we describe texture: actual texture refers to the real surface quality of an artwork, visual texture describes an illusion of texture. Example a: a cardinal commissioned michelangelo"s pieta for his tomb. This sculpture demonstrates the importance of texture as an element of art. In this detail of christ, we see that the figures appear to be so real that we forget that this is hard stone. The figure"s bones, musculature, and veins with blood are visible underneath the skin. The smooth texture of mary"s skin shows her perfect complexion. Mary looks very young and beautiful to portray her everlasting purity. She is tender and sad, but not weak.
