Photographers 'draw' and 'sculpt' using light and shadow. Their cameras are tools which are skillfully adjusted to record subtle changes in light on the surfaces of objects. (DN) Search other quality Visual Arts websites to locate Olive Cotton's photographic still lives: Tea Cup Ballet, Glasses, Hoover. Analyse Cotton's placement of items within each composition; her control of light and shadow, and symbolism within each image.
Another source of still life photographs which focus on reflection, refraction, shadow, light is at <a href="http://www.nga.gov.au/SurfaceBeauty/index.cfm">http://www.nga.gov.au/SurfaceBeauty/index.cfm</a>
The Kritios boy., Kritios sculptor, Post 480 BC, From the collection of: Acropolis Museum
Explain how this sculpture is like Cotton's portrait of Dupain.
What values of Ancient Greek society are represented in this artwork?
Do Australians share any of these values?
Sunbaker, Max Dupain, 1937, From the collection of: National Gallery of Victoria
By Dupain, of his friend Harold Savage. Sunbaker' is undoubtedly the most famous photograph made in Australia. The beauty of this image lies in its' simplicity in creating a powerful and mysterious image of the human form, as well as a symbol for the freedom of lifestyle found in Australia itself. At the end of a period of post-depression when Dupain made some of the most beautiful and cutting-edge images of the female nude, this image of the Sunbaker captures the turning of Australian morale from the depression era.
read more...http://annettelarkin.com/art-detail.asp?idImage=42733
The impact of the WORLD on the ARTIST. Explain how can we understand this artwork as a response to particular workd events? (you'll need to read above to answer !)
Max after surfing, Olive Cotton, (1939), From the collection of: National Gallery of Victoria
By Cotton, of her boyfriend Max Dupain.
Read the text on the National Gallery of Victoria's site.
(Just ***** on this title, then on details)
Why is the portrait of Max described as classical?
What visual qualities does it share with Kritios Boy - even though they are millenia apart?
Fork, André Kertész, 1928, From the collection of: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
What choices has Kertesz made in arranging and lighting the objects he photographed?
What choices did he make when setting and adjusting his camera in the studio?
Another source of still life photographs which focus on reflection, refraction, shadow, light is at
http://www.nga.gov.au/SurfaceBeauty/index.cfm
How did The New Vision of Photography in the early C20th change the imges that photographers made?
check this link to find out.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/nvis/hd_nvis.htm
Two Women from Tehuantepec with jicalpextle, Tina Modotti, 1000, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Arte
Tina Modotti was an Italian artist living and working in Mexico.
Her practice documents her interest in rural Mexican life and culture.
How did Modotti come to be in Mexico?
What was the political climaye like in Mexico at this time?
What values and beliefs did Modotti hold?
Explain how these are represented in this photograph or in others from this period of her career.
"Sombrero with hammer and sickle" is a good example to examine.
Search for good examples of her work on quality exhibition sites.
http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=4039
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=1830
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