"Objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense. A hill or tree
cannot make a good painting just because it is a hill or tree. It is lines and colors put together
so that they may say something.”-Georgia O'Keeffe.
Modernism
An art movement characterized by the deliberate departure from
tradition, apparent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
The beginning of “pure abstraction” or non-objective art in
the western world.
Non-Objective Art
A move to make shape and color independent of nature and the already observable visual world
Or giving form to the formless, for example, MUSIC can be converted to shapes and colors!
Some Musical Terms
• Legato …music performed smoothly and connectedly
• Staccato…music marked by disconnected parts, cut short, played crisply
Definitions adapted from the freedictionary.com
Color and MoodMYTH: Colors have inherent emotional triggers.TRUTH: Our moods and emotions do affect the colors we prefer. So we associate the colors we prefer in those moods, with those moods. What do you associate with each of these colors?
RED
ORANGE
YELLOW
GREEN
BLUE
VIOLET
Value equals how light or dark something is. A large value range is when many levels of value are used.
Color also can have a wide value range.
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