Assessment Task 8

Assessment Task 8
I. A Research Artist
1. Choose any visual artist whose work you enjoy. Pick one or more pieces of art that they created. In a descriptive list, a
paragraph, or an essay, examine how those pieces embody the elements and principles of art. For instance:
Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh was a post-Impressionist painter whose work influenced 20th-century art with its beauty,
emotion, and color. Throughout his life, he struggled with mental illness and remained impoverished and virtually
unknown. He was one of the world's greatest artists, with works such as "Starry Night" and "Sunflowers," but he was
largely unknown until after his death.
Café Terrace at Night (1888)

This was one of the first scenes Van Gogh painted while in Arles, and it was also the first painting in which he
used a nocturnal background. Van Gogh created a luminous surface that pulses with an interior light, almost defying the
darkening sky, by using contrasting colors and tones. The composition's lines all point to the center of the work, drawing
the viewer's eye along the pavement as if they were strolling down cobblestone streets. The café is still open today and is
a "mecca" for Vincent van Gogh fans visiting the south of France. "Here you have a night painting without black, with
nothing but beautiful blue and violet and green and in this surrounding the illuminated area colors itself sulfur pale yellow
and citron green," he wrote in a letter to his sister. It's a lot of fun for me to paint the night on the spot..." Van Gogh
recreated the setting directly from his observations while painting on the street at night, a practice inherited from the
Impressionists. However, unlike the Impressionists, he imbued the image with a spiritual and psychological tone that
echoed his individual and personal reaction, rather than simply recording the scene as his eye observed it. Van Gogh's
brushstrokes are alive with the excitement and pleasure he felt while painting this piece.
2. Are some principles and elements more obvious in the work than others?
I think it’s more obvious in the work than others. Let's take a look at the elements and principles of art using The
Cafe Terrace at Night as an example. We'll start with color. He uses different colors both dark and light. In terms of
intensity, the painting has an overall high intensity. He uses like three-dimensional shape or 3D in forms. Van Gogh is
known for his use of line. The space was proportional to the things at the painting. The texture of the paint was creating
an illusion as you can see on the ground. The proportion of light and dark makes the painting to have a good value.
Now let’s talk about the principles of art. In the painting’s balance, although there is an understood division in the
center of the painting, I would describe this piece as asymmetrical. Since the eye is drawn to the left side of the painting,
rather than the center, it has more of an informal asymmetrical composition. Contrast helps each part of a painting stand
out on its own. The most obvious contrast in Van Gogh's painting is the use of color. By using colors of equal intensity,
the blue and yellow make one another stand out even more than they would by themselves. He also used a variety of
values and textures to create contrast and visual interest. Next, walk away from the image for a moment, then come back
and note where your eye is immediately drawn. Van Gogh uses movement in this piece through the use of color, line, and
texture. That is the emphasis of the painting. Van Gogh uses movement in this piece through the use of color, line, and
texture. The pattern was fit to the painting. Rhythm is similar to pattern and refers to the repetition of at least one
element of art. Lastly, having a good painting and principles and elements are more obvious in the work than others
makes the unity create a strong piece.
3. Which ones does the artist use most effectively?

Vincent Van Gogh, the iconic tortured artist, strived to convey his emotional and spiritual state in each of his
artworks. Despite the fact that he only sold one painting during his lifetime, Van Gogh is now considered one of the most
famous artists of all time. Van Gogh's canvases, with densely laden, visible brushstrokes rendered in a bright, opulent
palette, highlight his personal expression brought to life in paint. Each painting conveys a clear sense of how the artist
perceived each scene, as seen through his eyes, mind, and heart. This radically idiosyncratic, emotionally evocative style
has influenced artists and movements throughout the twentieth century and up to the present day, ensuring Van Gogh's
importance for the foreseeable future.
4. How does all of this come together to create unity?
Van Gogh's dedication to articulating man's and nature's inner spirituality resulted in a fusion of style and content
that resulted in dramatic, imaginative, rhythmic, and emotional canvases that convey far more than the subject's mere
appearance. Despite causing him much grief during his lifetime, Van Gogh's mental instability provided the frenzied
source for his emotional renderings of his surroundings, imbuing each image with a deeper psychological reflection and
resonance. His volatile personal temperament came to be associated with the romantic image of the tortured artist. His
self-destructive talent was mirrored in the lives of many artists throughout the twentieth century. Van Gogh expressed
subjective emotions through an impulsive, gestural application of paint and symbolic colors. From Fauvism to Abstract
Expressionism, these methods and practices came to define many subsequent modern movements.
II. Create Your Own Work of Art

You know the principles. You know the elements. You've done the research. Now it's time to put your skills to the
test. Using the visual medium of your choice, create a work of art. Allow the basic principles and elements of art to guide
you and influence your style. Think about creating unity in your work. Which artists inspired this particular work of art?
Write an artistic statement to go along with your work.
The Scream is the popular name given to a composition created by Norwegian Expressionist artist Edvard

Munch in 1893. The original German title given by Munch to his work was Der Schrei der Natur (The Scream of Nature),
and the Norwegian title is Skrik (Shriek). The agonised face in the painting has become one of the most iconic images of
art, seen as symbolising the anxiety of the human condition. Munch recalled that he had been out for a walk at sunset
when suddenly the setting sun's light turned the clouds "a blood red". He sensed an "infinite scream passing through
nature". Scholars have located the spot to a fjord overlooking Oslo and have suggested other explanations for the
unnaturally orange sky, ranging from the effects of a volcanic eruption to a psychological reaction by Munch to his
sister’s commitment at a nearby lunatic asylum. Munch created two versions in paint and two in pastels, as well as
a lithograph stone from which several prints survive. Both of the painted versions have been stolen, but since recovered.
One of the pastel versions commanded the fourth highest nominal price paid for an artwork at a public auction. According
to Munch himself, The Scream was a picture he painted his soul. After painting The Scream, Munch checked himself into
a mental hospital because he claimed he was hearing voices.
I believe that The Scream is such a famous painting because we can all relate to it. It is completely timeless.
Anxiety is something that many people suffer, and the time period we are in has not changed that. We are human. We go
about our lives, and we experience things that we would rather not have experienced. When I look at the painting, I see
myself in it, frozen in a perpetual scream of horror. It is my anxiety, hurt, suffering, and mental illness. I, we, too suffer
alone.

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Vincent Van Gogh

Café Terrace at Night (1888)

3. Which ones does the artist use most effectively?

II. Create Your Own Work of Art

The Scream is the popular name given to a composition created by Norwegian Expressionist artist Edvard

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