ART_GNRL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Claes Oldenburg, Golden Ratio, Romare Bearden
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Time and motion: duration, tempo, intensity, scope, setting, and chronology are all attributes that exist in, ex: fred ott"s sneeze by thomas edison and w. k. Dickison time and motion: first american movies. Unity: gestalt: complete order and invisible unity of all aspects of an artwork"s design, compositional unity, ex: the dove by romare bearden, conceptual unity, ex: untitled (the hotel eden) by joseph cornell. ***gestalt unity occurs when compositional unity and conceptual unity work together: ex: vishnu dreaming in the universe , variety, ex: monogram by robert rauschenberg--this artist used variety to energize his work and challenge his viewers. Balance: six persimmons by muqi used asymmetrical balance to reflect on life and spirituality in his work. In ancient egypt, the hand was the common unit of measurement to gage accurate proportions: ex: the school of athens by raphael--the italian painter showed sensitivity to proportion in this work.
