Spring10 Reading3
The third reading assignment is from David A. Lauer and Stephen Pentak, Design Basics pp.114-123 about RHYTHM. Comments about the reading are due by 3/9.
In addition, please watch this video about painter Wayne Thiebaud and leave a sentence in your comment about the use of repetition in his paintings.
Also, remember there is a retrospective of Thiebaud’s paintings currently at the San Jose Musuem of Art called WAYNE THIEBAUD: SEVENTY YEARS OF PAINTING.
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The video is not up yet; I’ll just add another comment when I can watch or find it. The reading about Rhythm was…long. What held my interest was the book cover image shown- the one with lots of yellow and wavy lines, and I actually felt something from it. I wanted to understand how an artist could convey sound or sensations just through a visual media. I think I have a better understanding after reading all (5) pages of text.
After refreshing the page a few dozen times then finally just restarting the browser the video finally pops up for me :3 yay. His repetitious designs remind me of graphic design; he was a sign painter though so I guess it fits :3 The repetition adds a kind of “life” to his work; instead of just flat inanimate objects it feels like they contain a kind of heartbeat.
Just showing everyday objects has kind of effect, not trying to find meaning but recalling. Like when looking at Thiebaud’s paintings of pasteries it triggers memoeries of going to the bakery or just makes you hungry.
The readings are getting longer and longer. This reading was pretty informative and I liked the images they used. I also liked how they defined rythm as progressive and involving repetition, “but repetition of a shape that changes in a regular manner”. That’s exactly how I see rythm to be: repetition.
I agree with Daniel that in Wayne Thiebaud’s paintings, repetition makes the flat inanimate objects contain a sort of heartbeat. The way the cakes are repeated, and yet in a manner that makes them look different from one another adds rythm to the portrait; making it appear to have a “heartbeat”.
I thought it was cool how there were so many different examples of rhythm. It was interesting how it was found in paintings, drawings, architecture, nature, sounds and even parking lots. This reading made me think about how there is rhythm everywhere. I just have to look for it. I also found it interesting how Alan Crocket was able to incorporate rhythm into such an abstract looking painting.
Wayne Thiebaud uses repetition in his paintings when he paints the same object more then once, like putting cakes in a display case or shoes in a row.
There is a lot more to rhythm than I thought. When we were asked to choose a song to analyze, I though that it would be preferable given the topic to choose a song with a noticeable beat. The reading has given me more options to consider than just that. Legato is an OK for melodic music, it seems. By the looks of it, it seems that repetition and motifs are the important factors of the songs we choose.
Thiebaud has a lot of drawings of everyday objects, which makes his work easier to relate to. I highly prefer his drawings of San Francisco street/hills to the ones of sweets. Unhealthy treats make my stomach sick on viewing. Back to the video, I am daunted by his words: “You can draw whatever you want. It just has to be good *lol*” I can try to draw what I want to draw, but what makes a work “good”? Fufilling requirements? Appeasing the crowd?
Repetition… when I think of repetition, I think the repeat of elements, or shapes, or copy over and over. Relating to the music album cover we are all doing, repetition fits in nicely, particularly in connection with the rhythm of sounds, melodies, and how they compose into one unified track.
Beautiful, isn’t it? Repetition seems to be more than just what I thought it was before.
I never thought of rhythm in paintings before. Not only is it found in repeating shapes and lines, it can also be found in light and dark shades of color, and even in non-repetitious paintings. The most interesting part of this video is where he talks about how Vermeer captured and invented “a frozen moment in eternal time”. Also when he talks about including different kinds of light “glints, gleam, glow” and the “life of light”. Light is very difficult to capture when painting, but I look forward to attempting this feat with the album cover in black and white.
I felt like this reading assignment contained some information that I already knew but in different wording. It was much clearer than in my mind actually. The thing I did find new is repetition in lighting. I never really thought about that but now that I go back I can actually see it. I see things in a more flat black and white perspective so this really is making me curious to attempting my own repetition containing lighting rather than what I was trying to do with my album cover. I want more depth and shape to it like Thiebaud was saying. Back to the reading, I loved the examples featured really inspired me to try my own work of art!
It was interesting to read about repetition and how it can be found anywhere. I especially was drawn in by the photo of the trees and how there was repetition and Rhythm. I didn’t know that size had anything to do with Repetition and rhythm so I learned something new in the reading. The video about Wayne Thiebaud shows how he uses repetition in his works. Such as the cakes and the ice cream. He has them all in a row just repeating.
After reading the article on rhythm and motion I began to understand just how synchronized an art piece can be with any kind of music. Before the read I never really considered just how much the terms staccato and legato correlated with both music and paintings. I also found “kinesthetic empathy” to be an interesting way of viewing a piece because it amplifies art work by allowing the viewer to use senses such as memory.
I found the Thiebaud video very interesting mainly because he makes ordinary objects such as deserts and scenery seem so vibrant. Subtle ways like adding blue and purple hues in order to create shadows really allow for a more intriguing composition. Thiebaud utilizes repetition by incorporating patterns between objects such as having many of the same figures in unison.
The most interesting point I learned from the reading is that the space and different size of the shapes can create different kind of rhythm. For example, the irregular space of the small squares cause the rhythm to be lively rather than monotonous. I like the video about Wayne Thiebaud. His paintings are simple and colorful. I like how he said he can only give his students the tools to art, but they have to solve their problems themselves, which is very true.
The readings and video this week was perfect. I have went to the San Jose Museum of Art last week and saw Thiebaud’s exhibit, and it was fantastic. i definitely agree that his paintings have some sort of rhythm. When you see his paintings in person, you see the motion of his brushstrokes because he applied a lot of paint. I absolutely enjoy his paintings– the repetition of the objects, and the simplicity of each.
This video was great, it was like reliving the moment when i was in the museum and seeing his work in person.
The rhythm and repetition in Thiebaud’s still-life are calming in a way when you see the light hitting the different objects in them. Hearing how he started out as a painter and worked his way up seems awe-inspiring. I could see how Thiebaud interpreted his life just by looking at his paintings.
I really like Thiebaud’s artworks. They are all based on real life objects or scenes or his life experiences. They content a lot of different meanings. We can see how his image express himself through out his rhythm of painting.