AP Art History PowerPoint Project

by Jake Schrass

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100 WELL KNOWNWORKS OF ART

Interpreted Using

The

Feldman Model of Formal Analysis

#87 Giambolonga, Rape of the Sabine Women

Feldman’s Model of Art Criticism

From the work of Edmund Burke Feldman,

During the late 1960’s and early 70’s

1. Description-List the visual qualities of the work that are obvious and immediate.

“What do you see in the artwork”?

Include content and subject matter in representational works-

Include abstract elements in nonrepresentational pieces.

2. Analysis-Focus on the formal aspects of elements of art, principles of design.

“How does the artist create a center of interest?

How does the use of color impact the painting?”

3. Interpretation-Propose ideas for possible meaning based on evidence.

“What was the artist trying to communicate”?

4. Judgment-Discuss the overall strengths/success/merit of the work.

How and why has this work achieved cultural value?

Giambologna (Jean Boulogne)Rape of the Sabine Women1579-1583RenaissanceSculpture167.5 inches tall Florence, Italy

1.DESCRIPTIONa. Sculpture

b. Single Marble Slab

c. 167.5 inches tall

d. Two men abducting a woman

e. Vertical/static

f. 3-Dimensional, real

g. The lines are contour lines on the people, and the people are a real form

h. Variety in the people

i. white

j. Real texture in the marble

k. Florence, Italy – 1579-1583

2.ANALYSISa. Similar to the Roman myth when

Romulo’s companions rape a Sabine

women

b. Emphasis on form and shape, also is balanced and can be viewed from any side.

c. Vertically oriented in the bodies of the people

d. The three people are unified by their intertwined bodies

e. There is only a white color in the work, showing the pureness of the love.

f. Naturalistic space in the shapes of the bodies, all at one level.

g. Dynamic composition in the fake movement of their clothes and their bodies.

h. The sculpture is influenced by the specific marble he made the work with.

i. The overall impact is a rushed, anger and sadness as the woman is taken from the older man.

3. Interpretationa. Focuses on the universal metaphor of

love, and highlights the power of youth.

b. This sculpture focuses on the strength

of youth and the power of love.

c. The expression of grief on the faces of the older man and the woman show their separation, and the younger man appears to be lusting after the woman as he holds her.

4. Judgmenta. What sets this work apart and makes

it worth studying? Giambologna Sculpture Info

b. How does this work fit into the context

of what came before and after it? Encyclopedia Britannica

c. How have critics, historians, and the public reacted to this work? The Great Masters

d. How has this work changed the way art is viewed? Oneoneta

Bluffon.eduArtCyclopedia

The Florence Art Guide

Compare and Contrast

Derived from the Italian maniera, used by sixteenth-century artist and biographer Giorgio Vasari, the term Mannerism refers to the movement in

the visual arts that spread through much of Europe between the High Renaissance and Baroque periods. It originated in Italy, where it lasted from about 1520 to 1600, and can be described as "mannered" in that it emphasized complexity and virtuosity over naturalistic representation. While the formal vocabulary of Mannerism takes much from the later works of Michelangelo (1475–1564) and Raphael (1483–1520), its

adherents generally favored compositional tension and instability rather than the balance and clarity of earlier Renaissance painting. Some

characteristics common to many Mannerist works include distortion of the human figure, a flattening of pictorial space, and a cultivated

intellectual sophistication.

Mannerist School

1520-1600

Interesting Facts About Artist• When he died in 1608, he was buried in the beautiful

chapel he had designed for himself using caste bronze.

• He would do all types of art, from architecture to sugar sculptures.

Floor plan of the SS. Annunziata, the church where Giambologna was buried.

References

1. Encyclopedia.com Giambologna Article