Lesson 18 – Action Theory - Pollock, Untitled No.

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- Pollock, Lucifer
1. Action Theory - theory which asserts that art is the
- Pollock, No.8
activity or work performed by the artists in the process - De Kooning, Excavation
of producing the art. - Kandinsky, Color Composition
2. Jackson Pollock - American painter (1912-1956) who
put into practice the Action Theory of Art. In the
Joya Karate
Philippines, the most famous action painter is Jose Joya
- Filipino action painter
(1931-1995).
Painting of Joya Karate
 Action Theory – style of abstract expressionism
- Joya, Granadean Arabesque
by Jackson Pollock
- Joya, Maranao
 Artist Product
- Joya, Makiling
 Action = Art
Using Computer
 Painting is a verb not a noun.
- Action painting, Humanities Student
Action Painting by Harold Rosenberg, 1952
Action Painting
“The canvas began to appear as an arena in which to
- Using Microsoft application paint
act… What was to go on the canvas is not a pictures but
an event”
Art of Painting
Lesson 19 – Institutional Theory
The process of putting, dripping, pouring and splashing
1. Institutional Theory- Theory which stresses that art
paints on the canvas.
is the integration of objects within the artworld. It is
Style Abstract Expressionism also called the Theory of the Artworld
- Pollock, Lavender Mist, 1947 2. Artworld - Social institution composed of people who
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) have been recognized to have influence and power over
“On the floor I am more at ease, I feel nearer, more part the production, exhibition, dissemination and
of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work consumption of art.
from the four sides and literally be in the painting.” 3. George Dickie - Philosopher (1924-2013) who coined
the word “artworld.” According to him, any object,
Sand Painting
whatever it is, may become an art if the social
- Art of pouring colored sand and powdered
institution considers it as an art.
minerals.
4. Arthur Danto - Philosopher (1926-) who defines an
- Native American Navajo
art work as an artifact “which has been conferred upon
Navajo Sand Painting
it the status of candidate for appreciation by some
- Believed to be a portal that attracts the spirits person or persons acting in behalf of a certain social
that heal the sick. institution (the artworld).
Action Painting
- Pollock Art is an institution in the society.
Paintings of Pollock “Artworld” Art
- Pollock, Painting, 1948
- Pollock, No.1
The Artworld –people in the position of power
- Pollock, Black and White, 1952
 artists
- Pollock, No.32
 art critics
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  art historians/educators  Study in art school
 art patrons/curators  Has degree in fine arts
 art museums/galleries schools/clubs  Become a member of art organizations
 art awards recognitions/popularity  Win recognitions, prizes and awards
 art journals  Has artworks exhibited in museums, galleries
 TV/newspapers  Mentioned in books, media and art history
 Become well known
Art  Revolutionized art
 For something to become art is like for
someone to become a dentist or an “A thing becomes art because it is acknowledged to be
engineer, must pass all the standards set by art in the Artworld”
the school as an institution. World of ordinary objects – Non-Art
 For someone to become an artist is like for Artworld- Art
a person to become a member of the
Catholic Church and rise to the hietatchy,
Duchamp, Fountain (Urinal) 1917
must go through all the stages prescribed
• Bedfordshire Model Urinal
by the Church as an institution.
• Entry in art competition by the Society of
Independent Artists
How to be an Engineer?
• Submitted by Marcel Duchamp (R. Mutt) in 1917
- Elementary graduate
• Has 8 reproductions, one copy sold for 1.7 million in
- High school graduate
1999
- College graduate
- Pass the board exam • Exhibited in many museums in the world
- Work in company • Voted as the most influential artwork of the 20th
century
How to be the Pope in the institution of the Catholic
Church? • Represents a “Copernican shift in art”
- Seminarian • Included in art history books
- Deacon • Discussed in classroom lectures
- Priest
- Bishop Duchamp, Bicycle Wheel, 1914
- Cardinal “That is art because I say so!”
- Pope
Boxing as an Instituition
“A Great Art!”
- Nevada athletic commission
- Made by Leonardo da Vinci, it is the most
- Three judges
historical, the most popular and well-known,
- Referee
the most influential, the most expensive,
- Promoters
Renaissance painting in the world
- Pacquaio and Mayweather
Pablo Picasso
- Media
- Audience - “The most famous and successful artist of the
20th century.” “The most influential painter in
How to be recognized as an artist by the artworld-
the history of modern art.”
institution?
- Art genius
 Has skill and talent
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 - Originator of cubism Medio Cruz in the Artworld
- 75 years of art career  Recipient, CCP Artist Award, 2003
- 13,500 paintings  Grantee, Art Tuilage, Burgundy France, 2005
- 100,000 prints  Resident Artist, Gauchet Gallery, Vancouver
- 34,000 illustrations Canada, 2007
- 300 sculptures  Fellow, Asian Cultural Center, New York, 2009
Rhea Regis, Feminist Arrest, 2009

 Resident Artist, Headland Center for the Arts,

Christo Javacheff San Francisco USA, 2008
- Vienna Academy of Fine Arts  Recipient, Visiting Foreign Artist Fund, Canada
- Honorary Degree, Occidental College Council for the Arts, 2010
- Elected into National Academy of Design  Art Exhibits in Switzerland, Singapore, Australia,
- Awardee, Premium Imperiale US, Serbia, China, Germany

Installation Art Work of literature?

- Javacheff, Wrapper Reichtag, Berlin Germany, Is she a great writer?
1995 Doris Lessing, The Fifth Child - Won the Nobel Prize for
Artworks Literature in 2007
- Javacheff, Wrapped Trees, Switzerland, 1998
- Javacheff, Wrapped Cans and Bottles, 1972 Trisha Co Reyes, (13 Years Old), Life in the Forest 2011
- Javacheff, Wrapped Woman, 1968
First Place, 20th International Children’s Painting
Competition on the Environment organized by the
Fernando Amorsolo United Nations Environment Programme
 “Grand old man of Filipino painters”
 “Master of tropical scenery” Godofredo Fabreo, The River and My House, 2008
 “First Filipino impressionist”
 Most popular painter in the country
How much do you exit in the www?
 Made more than 10,000 paintings
Name Number of Hits
 Won First Prize, New York Fair, 1939 Dean, UP
Leonardo da Vinci 33,700,000
College of Fine Arts First Philippine National
Artist Pablo Picasso 20,100,000
Marcel Duchamp 958,000

Illustration in the Book Philippine Reader – by Fernando Fernando Amorsolo 98,000

Amorsolo
Pop Art – Amorsolo, Label of Ginebra Sun Miguel
Don S. Amorsolo Bridges: Flux 2010
Don S. Amorsolo Bridges: Journey 2010
Don S. Amorsolo Bridges: Complexity 2010
Serial Painting – Don S. Amorsolo, Bridges, 2010
Style Installation Art – Medio Cruz Poleteismo Kulo
Exhibit 2009, CCP
Allan Orate 1,560
Lesson 20 – Art Criticism and Analysis
How To Criticize Art
1. Art Criticism -process of considering the merit or
demerit of a work of art. It is to consider whether the
art is great or not, and the reason why is it so.
Three Areas for Criticizing Art
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1. Art Analysis - Criticizing the form and content of the the Sistine Chapel painting by Michelangelo and in the
art. paintings by Giotto. From the Italian meaning "fresh,"
2. Art Judgement - Criticizing the aesthetic value of the it may be called palitada in Filipino.
art, whether it is beautiful or ugly 5. Tempera - Kind of painting medium consisting of
3. Art Evaluation - Criticizing the moral value of the art, colored pigment mixed with glutinous material such as
whether it is good or bad egg yolk, used for example in the Leonardo’s Last
Supper.
6. Encaustic - Kind of paint which uses wax as its binder.
It was used in Egyptian art.
Questions for Analyzing Art
7. Impasto - Term that refers to the thick paints heavily
1. Description - Who is the artist? What is the title?
applied on the surface, for example in the paintings by
When was it composed? What is the size of the
Van Gogh.
artwork? Where is the original art displayed? What
historical information are available about it?
2. Subject - What is the art about? Art Analysis
3. Function - What is the art for? - Description
- Subject
4. Medium - What substance or material is the art
- Medium
made of?
- Function
5. Organization - How are the elements put together?
- Organization
6. Style - What is the mood or temper of the artwork? - Style
Art Judgement
Physical and Visual Parts of Painting
- Aesthetic taste “beautiful” and “ugly”
1. Picture Plane - Two dimensional area where the Art Evaluation
painting physically exist.
- Moral value “good” and “bad”
2. Figure - Painted element or representation that
Themes and Questions for Analysis of Art
seems to visually exist in the painting
- Description
3. Background - It seems to visually exist behind the
- “Who?” (Artist)
figure.
- “What?” (Title)
4. Foreground - It seems to visually exist before the - “When” (Time composed)
figure. - “Where” (Place displayed)
5. Frame - The physical piece that surrounds and holds - Size of the original Some historical information
the painting. - SUBJECT “What is the art about?”
- FUNCTION “What is the art for”
Media of Painting - MEDIUM “What is the art made of?”
1. Canvass - Cloth used as a surface medium of - ORGANIZATION (FORM) “How are the elements
painting. put together”
2. Paints - Coloring matter applied to the surface of the - STYLE “What is the mood or temper of the
painting. artwork?”

3. Mural - Painting done on a wall Analysis

4. Fresco - Often used in Medieval and Renaissance art, - Description

it is a medium using lime plaster in which the paints - Title: Alma Mater Lualhati
become an integral part of the wall, used for instance in - Year 1952
- Place: UE-Manila
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 - Model: Ofelia Salas
- Subject: Woman Leonardo Da Vinci – “art is a window to nature”
- Function: Symbol of UE Painted Frame – Ben Cabrera, The Huntress
- Medium: Bronze
The Frame is a part of the painting
- Organization: Welcoming Posture
- Frida Kalo, The Suicide of Dorothy Hale 1939
- Style: Neoclassicism
- Frida Kalo, A Few Small Nips
Title
The succession of frames shows the passage of time
- Monet Woman with a Parasol
- Shultz, Snoopy (Comic Strip)
- Picasso, Les Demoiselles d’Abignon 1907
- Paul Medina, Pugad Baboy
- The Starting Point of Cubism
- Pollock, Painting
- - Pollock, Untitled No.2
- - Whisler, Composition with Gray or Whisler’s
Mothers Japanese Comics Strip
- Picasso, Guernica The dialogue boxes get out of the frame
Pop Art
Abstract Metaphysical Surrealism - uses comic strips as the subject of art
- Miro - Lichtenstein, Wham, 1963
- The Lark's Wing, - Contains drawings and dialogue boxes
- Encircled with Golden Blue, - Lichtenstein, The Drowning Girl, 1963
- Rejoins the Heart of the Poppy Media Painting
- Sleeping on a
Surface Media
- Diamond-Studded Meadow
- Canvas
Size
- Wood panel
- Monalisa (21x31 inches) - Wall (mural)
- The Last Supper (14x28 ft.) - Paper
Pigment Media
Longest Installation Art - Paints (oil, acrylic)
Javacheff, Running Fence, California - Tempera
5.5 m high, 40 km long. - Fresco
2,152,780 square feet of white nylon fabric, hung from - Encaustic
a steel cable strung between 2,050 steel poles secured - Ink
by 350,000 hooks. - Pastel
- Water color
Smallest Origami, 2mm - Charcoal
- Mixed media
Physical and Visual Parts Painting
Oil on Canvass
- first painting that used this medium
- Van Eyck, Arnolfini Marriage, 1434
- creates luminous effect on the canvass
- Amorsolo Woman with a Jar, 1954
- Amorsolo Girl with Basket of Fruits

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Impasto
- Application of thick paint on the surface
- Suggest a sense of texture
- Van Gogh, Crows in the Wheatfield, 1890
Enamel Or House Paint on Canvas
- Pollock, Lavender Mist
Fresco – colored cement on concrete wall (palitada)
- Michelangelo, Painting in the ceiling of Sistine
Chapel 1508-1512
- The Creation of Man (Sistine painting detail)
- Fresco paint becomes an integral part of the
wall, so that it lasts for centuries.
- Michelangelo, The Last Judgement Altar Wall of
Sistine Chapel 1537-1541
- The nakedness of the people means the
revelation of their sinfulness.
- Michelangelo, The Last Judgement (Detail)
- Shows a man being dragged down into hell.
- Fresco painting: Giotto Lamentation Over
Christ, 1304
- Giotto Adoration of the Man, 1306: about the
three wise men who visited the baby Jesus
when he was born in Bethlehem.
Encaustic
- Egyptian paintings
 Water color on paper: final project of a
humanities student
 Ink on paper: Picasso, Drawing study on the
Guernica
 Ink on parchment paper: Leonardo, Scientific
Drawing, Design of War Chariot
 Ink on parchment paper: Leonardo, Scientific
Drawing, Design of Battle Tank
 Ink on blots on paper: final project humanities
student
 Ink on paper: Chinese drawing
 Zen painting: Bamboo, landscape, river, monk
meditating, circle,
 Minimalism – use of least number of elements
 Action painting – spatters of blood on paper
 Coffee painting – landscape, Alexander Dart
 Latte Coffee Art
 Sand painting – Joseph the Artist, Talendtadong
pinoy
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