Name:JoshuaL.

Bal
opi
ños
Pr
ogr
am/
Year
:BSE2D Dat
eSubmi
tt
ed:Mar
ch30,
2022
Act
ivi
tyNo.1.
3.2a
Ar
tCr
it
ique
Act
ivi
tyDet
ail
s:
▪Letussaywear einagall
ery.Ther
eisapar t
icul
arwor kthatstr
ikesyou.Thecurat
orcomes
toyouandasksy ouhowhemayhel py ou.Youdon’tknowexact l
ywher etostartwi
thyour
queri
es.Howdoy ouactual
lyreadanartwork?Youj ustknowthaty oul
ikeit
.Somepeople
haveabackgroundinpsychol
ogyorartcrit
ici
sm thatmakest hem famili
arwit
hsemioti
cs
(st
udyofsigns)
.Butwhatifyouhavenoneoft hose?

▪Let
’ssayt
hatt
hisar
twor
kbel
owi
swhaty
ousaw.
Act
ivi
tyNo.1.
3.2b
Ar
tCr
it
ique(
Anal
ysi
s)(
cont
inued)
Act
ivi
tyDet
ail
s:
▪Now,
cri
ti
quet
hewor
kbasedont
hef
oll
owi
ng.Wr
it
eyouranswer
sont
hespacespr
ovi
ded.
1.For
malqual
it
ies:si
mpl
yenumer
atet
heel
ement
sthaty
ousee:t
hequal
it
yofl
ines,
shapes,
color
s,et
c.

 Lines,shapes, colors,li
ght,value,andf orm areall r
epresentedint hispieceofar t.I
t
demonst ratesdi ff
erentstrokesofl ines,suchast hi
nandt hicklines, curved,str
aight,
direct
,meander i
ng, zi
gzagorser pentine,dist
inctandbl urr
ed,accor di
ngt omy
observat i
ons.Thear t
ist'
sli
neswi l
lvarydependi ngont hecharacterheorshei s
drawing. Ont heot herhand, thear t
ist'
sshapei scal l
edabi omor phicsi nceitresemblesor
suggest sat ypeofl i
vingentity.Colorsofv ari
ouscol or
sar ealsodi splayedbyt hearti
st.
Somepor ti
onshav eadar kcol or,whileothershav eal i
ghtcolor.Ial sopayat tenti
onto
theartist'
sst y l
e.Thispainti
ng'schar acterisintwo- dimensionalshape, or2-D.Thev alue
wast hel astar taspectInot icedint hispiece.Simi l
artowhatIsai daboutcol or,i
tcomes
i
nav arietyofshadesdependi ngont heimaget hatthear t
istwantst osendt ohisorher
audience.

2.Subj
ectmatt
er:Whati
stheart
istt
ackl
ingabout?Cany
ouseeanyr
epr
esent
ati
onalf
orms?
I
fnone,whatdoyouthi
nkisthemainsubjectmat
ter
?

 Thearti
stdiscussest hetypi
cal ethnicweddingcer emony .Ayoungcouplekneel satopa
bamboopl atfor
mt ocol l
ectblessingsfrom apr i
estorimam; t
heyaretherepresentati
ve
shapethatIhav eidenti
fi
edint hisartwork.Icandef i
nit
elyrecogni
zethesubjectmat ter
thatt
heartistwishest oexpresswi ththi
sphot ograph.Thewayt hi
stri
bedoest hei
r
engagementcer emonyi squitepleasantandunusual .

3.Composit
ion:Consi
derthear
rangementofobj
ect
s,peopl
e,orel
ements.Whati
smost
promi
nent?Whoorwhati sontheforegr
ound,mi
ddl
eground,andbackgr
ound?

 They oungcoupl eandt hepri

est/imam wer e,
asfarasIcoul dt el
l,t
hemostsi gnif
icant
i
magesont hi
sartwork.Asidefrom thefactthattheyar eatthefrontofthepainti
ngs,
theirmov ementoractionisalsonot eworthy.
Thej arandthev ase-
li
keshapewer ei nthe
foregroundofthisart
wor k,whil
et heyoungcoupl e, t
hepri
est/imam, severalv
isi
tors,and
thenakeddancer swer einthemi ddlearea.Fi
nall
y ,themount ai
nrangesi nthe
backgr oundofthepeopl egat
her edforthateventf ormedthebackdr op.
4.Techni
que:Lookingatt
hetechni
queandmannerofpai
nti
ngandcomposi
ti
on,
howi
sit
rel
atedtothear
tist
’sobj
ecti
ve?

 Thearti
st'
sgoalwastodemonst rat
ehowbeaut if
ulanethni
ctribe'
stradit
ional
engagementri
tuali
s.Thearti
st'
scomposi t
ion,paint
ingstyl
e,andtechniquewer eal
l
highl
yeff
ecti
veincommuni cat
ingthi
sgoal.Itwaspl ai
nlypai
ntedwi t
ht heimageofa
youngcouplegai
ningapprovalf
rom thepri
es/ i
mam.Thear ti
st'
suseofcol orandshapes
wasperfect
lysui
tedtothesceneshe/ shepainted.

Act
ivi
tyNo.1.
3.2c

Ar
tCr
it
ique(
Anal
ysi
s)(
cont
inued)

5.Content
:Whatdoyouthi
nkt
heart
worki
sallaboutaft
ercar
eful
lyexami
ningi
tspar
ts?What
stor
y,whatmessage,
andwhatar
gumenti
sthearti
sttr
yingt
otell
?

 Thispiecedepict sat r
adi
ti
onal rel
igi
ousengagementr i
tual.Thi spai nti
ngdepictsa
youngcoupl ekneel ingonabamboopl at f
orm accepti
ngthei rtri
bel eader'
sblessings.
Theseat edweddi ngguest sandent husiasti
cnudedancer swhohav egatheredto
celebrat
etheauspi ciouseventar eprotectedbyhumbl escaf foldings.Theazur e
mount ainrangesi nt hebackgroundaddedt othestory'
saest heti
cappeal .Itsimply
statesthathavingsuchapr acticewasabl essing.I
tistr
ulyone- of-
a- ki
ndandgor geous,
andweshoul dbepr oudofit.Wear eapeopl ethathavear ichandbeaut i
fultr
adit
ion,
whichwemustl oveandembr ace.

6.Analysi
s:Furt
herdi
gintotheart
ist
’si
ntent
ionint
ermsoftherel
ationshipofeachpar
tto
thewhole.Keepaski
ngwhy ,
andtrytoanswerthem basedonv
isualclues.Resear
chfur
theri
f
needed,
especial
lyi
fther
eishist
ori
calconnecti
on.

 Ifi
nal lygotananswerasIdugmor eintothepai nter s'mot i
vati
onf ormaki ngthi s
paint i
ng." Musli
m Bet rot
hal,
"anexpensi veoilpai ntingbyCar l
os" Botong"Vi l
l
ar uz
Franci sco, wasthet i
tl
eoft hispainti
ng.Itdepictst heTausugt ribeoft hePhi li
ppines
duringanengagementr it
ual.Thepai nt
ingdepi ctsay oungcoupl ekneelingonabamboo
pl
at for m accepti
ngbl essi
ngsf rom animam.Theseat edweddi ngguest sand
enthusi asticnudedancer swhogat hertocelebr atet hesignifi
cantoccasi onar e
prot ectedbyhumbl escaf f
oldings.Bluemount ainsr ecedeintot hehorizon, prov i
dinga
wel comebr eakfrom theot herwisetumul t
uouscomposi t
ion.Thewor k'st angled
struct ureisreminiscentofDi egoRiver'
smet iculousl ybuiltfr
esco" TheGr eatCi tyof
Tenocht it
lan.
"
7.Yourowncr
it
ici
sm aboutt
hewor
k:pr
ovi
deacoher
entandconv
inci
ngj
udgmentaboutt
he
work.

 Forme,thisart
worklookedincredi
blyreal
i
sti
c.Theart
ist
'snoti
onappeal
st ome.Hedid
anexcell
entjobwit
ht hecolorandtonesheused.It
'si
ncredi
blehowheappl i
edaty
pical
att
acktoit.I
twasasi mplepieceofartworkwit
halotofmeaningasyoulookedatit
.
Theacti
onsoft hecharact
erheusesher eoccurinr
ealli
feaswell
.Thepainti
ng'
svi
sual
ambianceappealstome.