Dallas Museum Of Art Project

Dallas Museum of Art Project

Example (pg. 504 in your book)

1. Andre Derain, View of Collioure, 1905, Fauvism.

2. Landscape, oil on canvas

3. FORM:

a. Color: the use of color is a predominant visual element. The very warm color Derain uses creates an emotional effect of playfulness and warmth.

b. Rhythm: rhythm, a principle of design, is based on repetition, and the repetition of the bright colored brushstrokes in the bottom half of the painting create a sense of movement, as if the wind is blowing the grass. Also, these rhythmic strokes move your eye around the painting.

4. CONTENT: the content of this painting is a landscape of a town by the sea. It fits into the Fauvist style because of the time period; the very bright colors used; abstract characteristics of image; and shallow perspective. This painting illustrates the experimentation of the fauvist artists with freeing the role of color in describing objects. Derain employs color to convey a sense of emotion, rather that depict objects and scenes realistically.

5. I selected this painting because I am drawn to it because of the color and the short choppy marks of the brush. The colors convey a sense of warmth, and the marks convey a light and breezy atmosphere. View of Collioure reminds me of a small seaside village on the coast in the south of France I saw when I was traveling there. It was very picturesque and inviting, and the colors I saw were very vivid, as they are in the painting.