Names and Pictures of the Artists

Pierre Roy


   
Joan Miro


Man Ray


Andre Masson


Max Ernst



Salvador Dali

Compare And Contrast (Still life with old shoe by Joan Miro and The Persistence Of Memory by Salvador Dali)

         

The one on the left is Still Life With Old Shoe by Joan Miro and the one on the right is The Persistence Of Memory by Salvador Dali. Joan Miro uses a variety of colours and his painting really brings out the meaning of surrealism. Though, I am not trying to say that there isn't any surrealistic idea in The Persistence Of Memory painting, the way the clocks in the picture are melting is also surrealistic to some extent. But it does make sense that some objects will melt if kept under the sun for a long time due to the intense heat. So in that way, its not surrealistic.
Done By : Amina Afreen Mohamed Masood (5) 1M

Battle of the Fishes Formal Analysis

"The Battle of Fishes"

As the name of the art piece suggests, this painting illustrates fighting fishes. It was done by Andre Masson, a French surrealist.  Mediums used include sand, gesso, oil and charcoal on the canvas.The painting suggests a savage battle between the two sharp-teethed fish. The art piece was created in the year 1926. It features intricate brush strokes and well-thought textures as well as many lines. The painting also shows streaks of red which represent the bleeding fish. From this, I feel as though the painting was related to his experience fighting in the World War One. It is possible that he used his personal experience to relate to this painting as well as express the trauma and pain he felt during the war period.

//Samantha Toh// 

Part D Comparison

Part d) Compare and Contrast

My artist is Andre Masson and I will be comparing his work to ManRay's

The first difference between the two artists' works is their color scheme. Andre Masson's works consist of a larger variety and range of colors, mostly warm colors like red, orange and yellow. On the other hand, ManRay's works are in black and white. It is seen that Andre Masson's works consist of a diverse set of colors whereas ManRay's colors are more or less standardized.

Secondly, Andre Masson's works are very complex and have many complex components to it. One painting alone can consist of various distorted forms. However, ManRay's works are relatively simple to the eye, only consisting usually a single woman or a portion of the woman done in a dream-like manner.

Last of, the subject of the painting. ManRay's work illustrate human beings while Andre Masson's have many different subjects. Some of them involve greatly distorted people as well as some animals and many complicated lines and forms.

//Samantha//

Compare and contrast


Name of artwork: The Rope Dancer Accompanies Herself with Her Shadows


- Artwork consists of mainly shapes

- Is 2-dimensional

- No use of shades

- Colours used are rather dull

- Lines used are neat

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Name of artwork: The Table (Still Life with Rabbit)

- Artwork cosists of mainly tangible items (e.g Table , Rabbit)

- Is 3- dimensional

- Use of different shades

- Colours used are bright and attractive

- Lines are not so neat and are rather blurry

- Colours used in painting contrast each other greatly, giving it a very stunning effect



Done by Tang Delflyne (30) 1M

Formal Analysis


Name of painting: The Rope Dancer Accompanies Herself With Her Shadows




This painting is executed entirely in oil paint and it is a 2- Dimensional piece of work. It is a form of artwork which focuses on shapes. These shapes are the dancer's shadows when she does different acrobatic movements and they are distorted. In the painting, smooth and clean brush strokes are used. The lines are neat andeach shape has its own colour, and there is no use of different tones.The colours used are rather dull and dark and the shapes overlap each other. Based on the type of brush stroke and the colours used, I feel rather calm and not agitated at all. This artist shows movement beacuse of the different shapes and how they are represented. For example, the yellow shape shows movement as it makes me feel as if the dancer is putting both arms over her head.



Tang Delflyne (30) 1M

Compare and contrast

Compare and contrast

 Done by Julia Zhu(16) 1M

‘ The son of a man’ by Rene Magritte

•  This painting consists of a man in an overcoat and a bowler hat standing in front of a low wall, beyond which is the sea and a cloudy sky.
• The artist uses dull colours to express the mysterious feeling of the painting, as if the man is trying to hide something.

‘The Angel of the Home (or Hearth)’

• This painting consists of a joyous creature dancing happily
• The artist uses bright colours to express the happiness and the excitement of the creature