World off art 8th edtion by henry m sayre chapter 08

WORLD OF ART EIGHTH EDITION CHAPTER Drawing World of Art, Eighth Edition Henry M Sayre Copyright © 2016, 2013, 2010 by Pearson Education, Inc or its affiliates All rights reserved Learning Objectives Discuss the history of drawing in the Italian Renaissance and how it came to be considered an art in its own right Distinguish between dry and liquid drawing media and list examples of each Give some examples of how drawing can be an innovative medium Introduction • The video for the band a-ha's "Take On Me" was animated via rotoscope by Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger  Viewers became entranced by the young woman's being inserted into the world of drawings • Drawing can be both a starting point and a finished artwork in itself Video for a-ha's "Take On Me" 1985 Video stills Animation by Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger Directed by Steve Barron Courtesy of Rhino Entertainment Company © 1985 Warner Music Group [Fig 8-1] Video for a-ha's "Take On Me" 1985 Video stills Animation by Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger Directed by Steve Barron Courtesy of Rhino Entertainment Company © 1985 Warner Music Group [Fig 8-2] From Preparatory Sketch to Finished Work of Art of • Through drawing, artists can illustrate different approaches to compositions  It is useful in its directness as well as its ability to record visual history  Today, drawing may be viewed as an activity accessible to both artists and ordinary people From Preparatory Sketch to Finished Work of Art of • An early drawing, possibly by the workshop of Maso Finiguerra, shows a youth working on expensive paper which he would have sanded clean after each drawing • Paper was not manufactured in the West until the thirteenth century and was preceded by papyrus in Egypt and parchment in ancient Rome Workshop of Maso Finiguerra, Youth Drawing 1450–75 Pen and ink with wash on paper, 7-5/8 × 4-1/2" The British Museum, London 1895,0915.440 © The Trustees of the British Museum [Fig 8-3] From Preparatory Sketch to Finished Work of Art of • Gutenberg's invention of the printing press spurred a need for paper • Because it required large quantities of cloth rags to produce, paper remained a luxury commodity and drawing was often not done on paper  Students learned painting from copying a master's work From Preparatory Sketch to Finished Work of Art of • In Lives of the Painters, Giorgio Vasari wrote that crowds flocked to see Leonardo's cartoon drawing for Madonna and Child with St Anne and Infant St John the Baptist  This account is the earliest recorded example of the public admiring a drawing Innovative Drawing Media of • Henri Matisse considered working with scissors to be a kind of drawing  When he was confined to a wheelchair, he cut large swathes of color freehand and arranged them into his desired compositions  In Venus, the goddess's form is featured in the negative space of the composition Henri Matisse, Venus 1952 Paper collage on canvas, 39-7⁄8 × 30-1⁄8" National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C © 2015 Succession H Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York [Fig 8-21] Innovative Drawing Media of • Whispers from the Walls is an installation recreating a 1920s North Texas house  The African-American family that lived there is portrayed life size in charcoal, based on actual photographs  The medium was inspired by the artist's 1993 visit to an Italian villa that had been owned by a slave trader Whitfield Lovell, Whispers from the Walls 1999 Mixed-media installation, varying dimensions Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York [Fig 8-22] Innovative Drawing Media of • South African artist William Kentridge employs drawings in his animated films  These films are made of hundreds of photographs of charcoal drawings that have been altered successively through erasure, additions, and redrawings  The work is inspired by the concept of memory, particularly of apartheid in South Africa as well the working force Innovative Drawing Media of • South African artist William Kentridge employs drawings in his animated films  History of the Main Complaint explores the meaning of white businessman Soho Eckstein's life; the theme is recognition of both his own and white South Africans' responsibility to admit their guilt William Kentridge, History of the Main Complaint 1996 Stills Film, 35 mm, shown as video, projection, black and white, and sound (mono), 50 sec Courtesy of Marion Goodman Gallery, New York Courtesy of Marion Goodman Gallery, New York [Fig 8-23a] William Kentridge, History of the Main Complaint 1996 Stills Film, 35 mm, shown as video, projection, black and white, and sound (mono), 50 sec Courtesy of Marion Goodman Gallery, New York Courtesy of Marion Goodman Gallery, New York [Fig 8-23b] William Kentridge, History of the Main Complaint 1996 Stills Film, 35 mm, shown as video, projection, black and white, and sound (mono), 50 sec Courtesy of Marion Goodman Gallery, New York Courtesy of Marion Goodman Gallery, New York [Fig 8-23c] Innovative Drawing Media of • In the world of popular culture, comic books prize the medium of drawing • Marjane Satrapi was inspired to create her graphic novel, Persepolis, particularly by Art Spiegelman's Maus: A Survivor's Tale  Satrapi was ten years old when fundamentalists under Ayatollah Khomeini took over Iran Innovative Drawing Media of • The featured page from the "Kim Wilde" chapter of Persepolis shows the heroine defiantly wearing clothing from Western culture, an act encouraged by her parents  The black and white illustrations signify the lack of moral middle ground in revolutionary Iran Marjane Satrapi, page from the "Kim Wilde" chapter of the graphic novel Persepolis 2001 Ink on paper, 16-9/16 × 11-11/16" Courtesy of the artist © Marjane Satrapi [Fig 8-24] The Critical Process Thinking about Drawing • Frank Auerbach's Head of Catherine Lampert VI was created through a series of drawings that were wiped out over a period of years  An eraser established light planes across the figure's face • Auerbach's studies were often an effort to capture the subject's energy for later creations Frank Auerbach, Head of Catherine Lampert VI 1979–80 Charcoal and chalk on canvas, 30-3/8 × 23" Museum of Modern Art, New York Purchase, 436.1981 © 2015 Digital image, Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence © Frank Auerbach [Fig 8-25] Thinking Back Discuss the history of drawing in the Italian Renaissance and how it came to be considered an art in its own right Distinguish between dry and liquid drawing media and list examples of each Give some examples of how drawing can be an innovative medium ... × 14-3/4" Museum of Modern Art, New York Given anonymously (by exchange), 21.1936 © 2015 Digital image, Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence © 2015 Georgia O'Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights... 2015 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II/Bridgeman Images [Fig 8-5] Drawing Materials • Drawing materials are often divided into dry media and liquid media Dry Media of 11 • Dry media includes metalpoint,... from the Museum of Modern Art, Lillie P Bliss Dry Media of 11 • Graphite  Georges Seurat's Conté crayon study exhibits the wide range of tonal effects afforded by the new medium  Vija Celmins's