Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Art Deco & Nouveau

Art Nouveau: 1880 - 1910

Modernising the previous style
First art movement to look towards the future
Flowing forms
France
Paris Metro entrances
New art for the new century
Metalwork, glass, marble
Alphonse Mucha - Graphic Design Poster

Art Deco: 1910 - 1940

Squares & other shapes
End of World War
America
Embraced both mechanical production & handcrafting

Both originated in France but Art Deco was more commonly known in America

1920's
Everyone happy & Rich
Swing music/jazz
Cars, buses (Charabanc)
Machinery
Art Deco - Boxlike
Women - Short hair, short skirt, stripes, straight clothing (losing curves), Cleopatra hair
Less femininity
Seaside holidays
A lot of money being spent

Monday, 12 October 2015

Dali & Dreamscapes

Dreamscape- A landscape or scene with the strangeness or mysterious characteristics of dreams
Popular works include that of Salvador Dali
 
 
Salvador Dali is famous for his melting clocks barren deserts and distorting the border between dreams & reality
Skilled draftsman in surrealist art
 
Class Notes: 
Buster Keaton - Films, Actor, Stunt man
Dali
- Videos
- Un Chien Andalou
- Paintings
- Alcohol
Surrealism - Link to Animation/Illustration
                  - How does it relate to my work
                  - Influences

Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Surrealism

Rene Magritte - 1898-1967
Turns meanings upside down or destroying them completely
''Dislocated objects from their settings''
The point of his paintings were to make a point & not distract from that

-This is not a pipe - Ceci n'est pas une pipe
-Son of Man
-The Blank Signature
-Clairvoyance (shown below)

Painting were simple, easy to look at, safe colour, colours don't distract you from the abstractness, mild colours. Making the eye believe it more.

Non Sequitur- A conclusion or argument which does not logically follow the previous argument or statement

Giorgio De Chirico
-The Uncertainty of the Poet

Metaphysics - the branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, identity, time, and space.

Dave 3D Work

We had to convert our propaganda posters into 3D pieces of work/sculptures.
I too influence from the Channel 4 advert where it shows there logo in separate parts which only looked correct from one angle where as the other angles it looks distorted/incorrect.