Watch this video about this extraordinary Mayan relief, and then try to explain what a relief is, and why you think the art form is used. What is its advantages?

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This week we′re dealing with the formal elements relating to three dimensional art. Geometric and organic form, open and closed volume, and relief vs. in the round sculpture. pgs. 61 to 75. Due Sunday September 26th at midnight 1. Watch the video and describe the differences between Michelangelo′s and Bernini′s David, as regards to how they use space. 2. Watch this video about this extraordinary Mayan relief, and then try to explain what a relief is, and why you think the art form is used. What is its advantages? Why might one want to carve into stone and then paint it, rather than just paint images on the flat stone? 3. Now let′s consider organic vs. geometric shapes. a a On the left is Gaudí′s Casa Mila in Barcelona, Spain, ca. 1907, on the right is Louis Sullivan′s Guaranty (Prudential) Building in Buffaflo, NY, ca. 1895 Describe how the geometric or organic shapes and lines in the architecture create feelings about the building. Is one more friendly than the other? Which do you prefer? Why? 4. dj Here are some more geometric vs organic shapes, in 2‐D media: photograph, and painting. On the left is Edward Weston, Pepper No. 30, 1930. On the right is Charles Demuth, Chimney and Watertower, 1931, oil on composition board *Describe the shapes you see. Explain the mood the shapes created. Do they create unexpected effects, as you view familiar objects? How? 5. Finally, open vs. closed forms. fs On the left is a Lyre Player, Cycladic Culture, Greece, ca. 2,600 BCE, and on the right is a portrait of Senmut, Grand Vizier, and the princess Neferue, from Egypt, 1,460s BCE. *Which one is an open form, and which one is closed? Describe each. Where is the negative space? What effect does a flow of negative space have vs. positive, solid space? Both are beautiful, explain how.

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