Posted: September 13th, 2017

SENSUALITY OF WOMAN IN PAINTING

Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements

sensuality and eroticism of Women is the main topic I wanted to focus on and my paper is for baroque class and paper should mainly focus on Diego Velazquez’ The Rokeby Venus. 
what is need to be done?
INTRODUCTION
-thesis statement and more about sensuality and eroticism of women in general
ANALYSIS OF A PAİNTİNG
1. Identification
–Who is the artist? 
–What is the subject or title?
–Where and when was the work painted?
2. Subject Matter
–What type of painting is it?
a. religious
b. historical
c. genre (scene of everyday life)
d. still life
e. portrait
–If the painting seems to belong to two categories, does one dominate?
3. Frame and Pictorial Area
–What is the actual size of the picture (height precedes width)?
–What is the proportion of height to width?
–What is the relationship of the shapes to the frame? Are they harmonious or
discordant?
–Does the frame cut the shapes?
4. Technique
–What materials are used for support: wood, canvas, cardboard, paper?
–What kinds of colors are used: oil, tempura, watercolor, pastel?
–How is the paint applied: thickly or thinly, with a fine or coarse brush, or by
other means?
–Are colors transparent or opaque?
–Have other materials been used, as in a collage?
5. Composition (arrangement of the parts that form the whole)
–Organization: Is it simple or complex? Geometrically ordered or free and
seemingly accidental? Do some forms dominate others? Is there symmetry?
Is the painting crowded or spacious? Do the shapes vary or do they repeat?
–Individual units: Are there many or few? Are they large or small (in relation to both the outside world and to the picture area)? What kinds of patterns do they form? What are the proportions of solid and broken areas? Is the emphasis on central or marginal areas? Are forms multi-dimensional or flat?
–Lines: Are lines clear or obscure? Angular or curved?
–Colors: Are they bright or subdued (‘saturated’ or ‘low-key’)? Are there many colors or few (is the palette ‘wide’ or ‘limited’)? Are the dominant colors warm (reds, oranges, yellows) or cool (blues, grays, greens)? Are there
moderate or extreme contrasts? Large areas or small patches? Repetitions or
echoes?
–Light: Is there a consistent source? Is the source inside or outside the picture? Is light used to emphasize parts of the picture, to create mood? 

–Space: Is the space shallow or deep, open or screened? Is the emphasis on solids or voids (intervals)? What kind of perspective is used (linear or aerial)? Is the main interest near or far? Is space suggested by in-depth or recessed planes? Is there any overlap? What is the degree of illusion?
5. Function
–Is the painting an altar piece, a devotional image, a cabinet picture, etc? How might function affect form? 

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