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PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts , Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, M. Kathryn Shields
Chapter 1.9 Pattern and Rhythm
Artists use to bring order to space, add visual interest, create area of focus, add cultural/historical references and signal a time element Patterns are created by the recurrence of an art element In a work of art, the repetition of such patterns gives a sense of unity Rhythm arises through the repetition of pattern amongst any visual element-fabrics, gestures, colors, shapes, etc. The rhythm of a series of linked elements guides the movement of our eyes across and through a design
Introduction-Pattern & Rhythm
PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts , Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, M. Kathryn Shields
Chapter 1.9 Pattern and Rhythm
The use of repetition in a work of art usually results in the creation of a pattern Artists often create unity in works of art by repeatedly using a similar shape, value, or color, for example An artist can use repetition of a pattern to impose order on a work Artists use alternating patterns to make a work more lively
The area covered by pattern is called the field
Pattern
PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS
Chapter 1.9 Pattern and Rhythm
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts , Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, M. Kathryn Shields
Suzanne Valadon,
The Blue Room
Includes three contrasting patterns The blue bed covering The pattern in the woman’ s pajama bottoms Above the figure is a mottled pattern The differences in these patterns energize the work Pattern influences much of Matisse’s work whose work is similar
Edouard Vuillard 1893 The Suitor
Henri Matisse The Robe 1937
Targets Vintage quilt piece 1950’s Unknown artist The motif is the square with the target in it. As it is repeated, it creates a field.
Self Portrait Chuck Close,, 1997. Oil on canvas MOMA, New York, 8’6” × 7’.
PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS
Chapter 1.9 Pattern and Rhythm
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts , Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, M. Kathryn Shields
Chuck Close,
Self Portrait
Uses motif to unify his paintings Uses a repeated pattern of organic concentric rings set into a diamond shape as the basic building blocks for his large compositions The motif that Close uses is the result of a working with grids and photographs PROSOPAGNOSIA
PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts , Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, M. Kathryn Shields
Chapter 1.9 Pattern and Rhythm
R a ndo m n e s s
The introduction of chance symbolizes-anti-order
Artists who introduce randomness to a work try to avoid predictable repetition, symmetry, any mathematical construct like the Golden Triangle
Works purposely contradict traditional methods
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Quej7ZXNp1k
Performance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK2c0A5CDvk
Random street art performance
PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts , Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, M. Kathryn Shields
Chapter 1.9 Pattern and Rhythm
Rhythm
Rhythm gives structure to the experience of looking, just as it guides our eyes from one point to another in a work of art
There is rhythm when there are at least two points of reference in an artwork
The intervals between elements provide points of reference for more complex rhythms
Laylah Ali. Untitled. 2000. 13 x 19 in. Gouache Ali often achieves a high level of emotional tension in her work as a result of juxtaposing brightly colored scenes with dark, often violent subject matter that speaks of political resistance, social relationships, and betrayal.
Bai-ra-Irrai, originally built1700 and periodically restored, c. Airai village, Airai State, Republic of Palau
1.158 slide 2: Detail of Bai-ra-Irrai
PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts , Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, M. Kathryn Shields
Chapter 1.9 Pattern and Rhythm
Rhythmic Design Structure
How artists divide visual space into different sections to achieve different kinds of effect
Lauren Vioers, Transparency 2007
Piet Mondrian 1942- Broadway Boogie Woogie Abandoned the representational in art “…destruction of natural appearance and construction through continuous opposition of pure means-dynamic rhythm” Rhythm, Music (jazz) irreverent and improvisational, echoing NY city streets. Use of purest, simplest shapes, and primary colors
