How to look at and understand great art. Episode 5, Space, shape, shade, and shadow
Examine geometric and "organic" shapes in painting and sculpture and the crucial relationship of figure to ground and mass to space. Then, explore the illusionistic use of shading, shadows, and overlapping shapes in Caravaggio's and Friedrich's works, and the compositional power...
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| Format: | Streaming video |
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| Language: | English |
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The Great Courses,
2011.
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| Summary: | Examine geometric and "organic" shapes in painting and sculpture and the crucial relationship of figure to ground and mass to space. Then, explore the illusionistic use of shading, shadows, and overlapping shapes in Caravaggio's and Friedrich's works, and the compositional power of shapes in paintings such as Matisse's "Dance" and Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam". |
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames. |
| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (31 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:30:06 |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |