How to Look at Art
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Form refers to the elements and principles of art used in a work, like line, color, and balance. Content is the meaning or message conveyed, including what the artist intended to portray and what was actually depicted. The document provides examples of famous artworks like Goya's The Executions of the Third of May, 1808, Van Eyck's The Arnolfini Wedding Portrait, and Van Gogh's The Starry Night to illustrate form and content in visual art.
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How to Look at Art
- 1. How to Look at Art
- 2. Art is Form and Content. Form means: Content means: The Elements of Art What the artist meant to portray The Principles of Design What the artist actually did The actual, physical portray materials the artist used How we react, as viewers, to both the intended and actual messages
- 3. Francisco Goya, The Executions of the Third of May, 1808, 1814
- 4. Jan Van Eyck, The Arnolfini Wedding Portrait, 1434
- 5. Jackson Pollock, Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), 1950
- 6. Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps, 1801
- 7. Lucian Freud, Queen Elizabeth II, 2001
- 8. Norman Rockwell, Triple Self-Portrait, 1960
- 9. Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889