Atmospheric effects
Prequisites : Practice of search in reference material on the arts
Objectives:
  • the definition of concepts in picture analysis: cloudscape, atmospheric effects, vortex
  • the study of the aesthetics of flux down to computer animations
Description: The seminar will study the role of cloudscapes in the evolution of aesthetic notions

Questions
CLOUDSCAPES
A study of the rise of 'cloudscapes' in the arts

 

 

 

  • Clouds as a focus of attention

Clouds became a topic of study in the early 19th century for scientists and artists

  • Clouds and curvilinear perspective

Focusing on clouds caused a change in the approach to the structuring of space though curvilinear perspective
THE VORTEX IN THE ARTS
A study of compositions based on vortex-like motifs and their relation to the perception of the atmosphere

 

  • The history of the vortex

The motif of the vortex as a compositional structure can be traced from the Renaissance to the 20th century; it also affects the texture: from vortex to impasto

  • Vortex compositions in seascape painting

In some of Turner's paintings, the vortex is the main compositional motif
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