FORMAL DESCRIPTION OF MANET"S A BAR AT THE FOLIES BERGERE

FORMAL DESCRIPTION OF MANET”S A BAR AT THE FOLIES BERGERE

Where does the subject matter come from for the artist. Possibilities include: perception (from life), photographs, imagination, the media (TV, Movies, magazines, the internet etc.) memories, drawings, or other art.

With abstract work often the subject matter is the formal elemnts and their arrangement.

What is the media of the work? Oil paint, Marble, charcoal on paper or some more esoteric media like lipstick, chocolate syrup, or elephant dung. How is the material used? Are there special or common tools in use or processes that produce specific or accidental results. What is the surface of the work like.

Now that you have described what is depicted it’s time to describe how the work is formally constructed through the use of the elements of design and the principles of design. Look for points, lines, shapes, masses, textures, values and color. How are the elements used.

Lines, what are their directions, sizes, color, weight

Shapes, are they geometric, biomorphic, hard edged, soft edged, a combination of these.

Masses, how are they created, are they geometric, biomorphic, etc.

Texture, what are the actual textures of the materials, are there implied or illusionistic textures.

Color, is there an overall color scheme, are the colors natuaralistic, blended, broken, or solid.

 

How are the elements arranged? How is unity created, are there repetitions? What are those repititions? Is there variety? Is there a certain perspective or point of view? What is the scale of the work, life size, smaller, monumental. Are certain things emphasized, is there a hierarchy as to how your eye moves through the picture or is the more a sense of an overall field. What type of balance is used, symmetrical, asymmetrical, or radial? How is the work composed? Do the elements or subjects arrange themselves into larger groupings or shapes.

 

What type of space does the work involve. In 2 dimensional work how is the illusion of 3 dimensions created? Overlap, transparency, placement, a sense of light and shadow, linear or atmospheric perspective. In 3 dimensional work, is there space within the piece, how does the work interact with the space around it or it’s site.

 

How is the work displayed. Is it site specific, framed, pinned to the wall, on a pedestal, what kind of pedestal, what kind of frame?

 

As you can see there is a lot that can go into the description of a work of art. Though you could probably talk about almost all of these things with almost any work, you should ask yourself which are the most important to the understanding or perception of a particular work. Try to gage the importance of the things you describe and talk about them accordingly.

 

ASSIGNMENT: FORMAL DESCRIPTION OF MANET"S A BAR AT THE FOLIES BERGERE

Begin with the basic info as above and describe the work using these guidelines. Do not get into meanings, just description. Write in essay form. At least 2 pages in Word, 12pt type, 1.5 spaced.

 

 

 

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