Category: 11 AM Class

Formal Analysis

Formal analysis is the way you describe a visualization through the use of colors, lines, contrast, position, material, illusion, space and mass. You can use colors because the pallet that the author chose to use in his painting can help determine the mood that the painter was feeling. You can use the the size of certain objects to see the importance of the item to the artist see if they saw it as important. The way things are modeled in a painting are important because you will be able to see how the artist intended for something to be looked at.

SN: Comment on a blog post

I commented on Michael DeGennaro’s post named My Art Story.

Both of our posts were very similar in a way we organized it into paragraphs, described our answers in full details and used pictures to add color to our post to make it more enticing.
He added pictures of his Christmas Tree and presents to show how art fits in his life through decorating. I posted photos of my artwork I created my  senior year of high school, which was a tile, a vase, and an owl. We both described what art means to us and each of our paragraphs had a different topic.
In addition, we put our pictures after our writing.
Our posts only differ by the information we put into our blog posts. That is because each of us have a different story to tell, different opinions and different ideas, but that is what brings all of our posts to a whole.
I look forward to reading more of everyones blog posts in the future and learn from them! 🙂

How To Blog Post

How to blog post in easy, simple steps!

Step 1: Log onto your Cuny Academic Commons account or go to your class site and on the upper right hand corner, log in through there.(https://art1010shawfall18.commons.gc.cuny.edu)

Step 2: Click on your class (either 9AM or 11AM) and check the calendar and the due date for your homework. This is shown under the assignments column.

Step 3: On the left side of your screen, click the Add Me option.

Step 4: On the top of your screen now is a plus sign next to the word New. Click on that.

Step 5: Now you are ready to write your post. Choose your title, add your answers to your homework, and don’t forget, include pictures (drag it to your blog screen)!

Step 6: Choose your class in the Category Section and then click on Publish.

You have officially created your blog post! Congrats and Enjoy! – SN

Formal Analysis

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Formal analysis is an explanation of structure in ways which visual elements function with a piece of work. The purest form of formal analysis is defined to what the viewer sees because that’s how the eye looks at art. Visually speaking there are numerous of ideas and images we see off a piece of art. We use different components such as line, shape and form, space, color, and texture to evaluate what the art means. These components break down the significance of what the artist is truly trying to depict. Also, there are different characteristics and concepts in the components that can describe what is happening. Formal analysis can help us understand a piece of art better by asking us questions and thinking about things we usually wouldn’t.

What is Formal Analysis?

Formal Analysis is a form of critiquing an art piece from any era. In other words, this is when someone who writes a description and a study on a piece of art of any form and pinpoints the various areas of attention that the artist (deceased or alive) intended and unintentionally implemented into the piece. The text provides more concrete evidence than most descriptions because it dives deep into the smaller elements of the art. This includes components like line, shape and form, space, color and texture. Through each component, every little bit of the art is broken down and further examined for their purpose in the literal and implicit meanings.

As mentioned, Formal Analysis is composed of various components that build up to a completed conclusion of a piece of art. Of these components, the subsections build each part of the core subject and makes the picture easier to consume by section. Each section compiles different approaches and further breaks down why it was made this way. Works of art are often unique and some artists have a continuity of details they exploit to make each work different yet theirs when it is observed down to the roots. Details like this can be explored much deeper when looking specifically for a class of structures like the way some lines are drawn or painted and the posture of the drawn figure. Hence, it can be said that Formal Analysis strives in the need to observe a work of art down to its core for the most meaning full explanation.

Formal Analysis

As a modern society everyone is exposed to images and pictures in whatever modern device they are using. However people cannot really take in an image and break it down in order to fully understand all its elements that is made out of. In art history the method to analyze an image is called Formal Analysis. Formal Analysis is used to describe a work of art and more than analyzing what the image means, the concept focuses on what elements were used in order to make the work of art. Some of these elements are, composition, tone, colors, lines, depth, lighting, scale, modeling, material, texture and historical context. This elements are helpful when looking at art because it helps the view  understand why the artist used them in the first place.

 

 

What is Formal Analysis?

    What is formal analysis? 

                      Formal Analysis can be defined simple as exploring the visual effects the work has on the viewer and what the artist wanted to accomplish visually. This method focuses primarily on questioning the visual and physical aspect of the artwork. Focusing on lines,shapes,color schemes,texture, form,etc. It’s questioning the work and looking for the answer in the work itself.  Formal analysis is the explanation in which, why certain visual effects are arranged and placed in the composition.

Formal Analysis

Formal Analysis is how people contextualize the ideas, themes, and purpose of The given art.  In formal analysis we study and compare color, line work,  space and mass, and scale to break down the piece to get a basic idea of what the art wants to portray. Color attributes to how different hues, shades and the saturation of a piece. This works with the composition with space, mass and lines; different spots are highlighted to focus an object or and action creating a contrast. Lines give a better silhouette playing with the light and dark. Scale maintains the proportion and visually presents the most dominance.

Contextual analysis is to define the meaning of the art by inspecting the surrounding history of it, the reason it was made. Since formal analysis and contextual analysis are inseparable we must study both to interpret the full meaning to the art. People usually try to contextualize it themselves and due to different bias can come to different conclusions.

What is Formal Analysis?

Formal analysis is a visual structure the artist decides to use in order to get their painting to convey what they would like.  This includes lines, shapes, space, color,  texture, and value.  The artists choses where to place their main subject and with formal analysis they place the color that would contrast to help get their message across.  Formal analysis can be used in both two dimension and three dimension art by choosing specific material in order to create a specific texture in an art piece.

We can use principles of designs and elements of design to describe and understand a painting.  For example the artist creates a negative space and a positive space, with it his focus turns a specific are of the art work.  They also use balance, where they can make the art symmetrical and the “weight” can be the same on both sides.  Lastly for texture, they can visualize with paint and lines.  With the help of formal analysis we can understand a piece of art better by knowing why the artist used a specific structure in their art work.

Blog 4 : Formal Analysis

Formal analysis is basically explaining a form of art from your personal interpretation, or the creators point of view, it can be analyzing a piece of art for a different meaning than it was intending to be. It can either be different features of the art or the significance of the art piece in correlation to the time period it was made. From the size, shapes, colors and lines, you can analyze an art by looking at what makes it special and what meanings does it have.