Lines and Meaning Melissa Kennedy Pablo PicassoGuernica 1937

Lines and Meaning Melissa Kennedy

Pablo Picasso-Guernica, 1937

What was Picasso feeling? • How did he use line? He wanted to show feelings of war, used line to make the shapes of people and animals. He used shading to give tones of color which gives a DRAMATIC feeling.

Types of lines… • Looking at Picasso’s Guernica, What are 3 types of lines that stand out to you, give their meanings:

How do you feel? • If you were in this painting, which character would you be? • How do you feel? A feeling of sadness comes over the viewer. • Tell us your story……

Woman with a guitar, 1913 • Pablo Picasso, Cubism

Cubism and Meaning • Where are the view points in this artwork? • How are these lines different from the lines in Guernica by Pablo Picasso? • What type of feeling or meaning did the artist want to show?

Cubism lines… • Looking at this type of artwork done by Picasso in the early 1900’s, give 3 types of lines that stand out to you, and what type of feeling do they imply…

Jackson Pollock- Number 18

Painting Style-Pollock • If you were a flicker, a dribble, or a splash of line in Jackson Pollock’s Painting, which one would you be?

Pollock’s artwork • When you look at Number 18, how do you feel? • If you were to give this artwork a new title, what would it be? • What was Pollock trying to tell us in this artwork?

Jackson at work… • Photo taken from www. wikipedia. com, by Hans Namuth

Your turn… 1. Lay lots of news paper down on the floor and get a large piece of paper. 2. Use different types of brushes, sticks, and materials to flick and drip one color at a time onto the paper. 3. Put some watered down paint into a plastic bag with a hole in the corner (or a use a pot) and swing around your artwork. What have you come up with? ? ?

Lines in Pollock’s Action Painting • What are 3 types of lines that stand out to you, give their meanings:

Wassily Kandinsky-Composition IV, 1911

What types of lines do you see? • Swirling colors and soaring lines!! • Look closely, you’ll see the painting is divided in the center by two thick, black vertical lines. • On the left, a violent motion is expressed through the profusion of sharp, jagged and entangled lines. Information taken from www. artchives. com

Kandinsky Lines • What are 3 types of lines that stand out to you, give their meanings: How is this painting related to music?

Mark Rothko Lines and Feelings • Red, Orange on Red, 1962, photo taken from www. flickr. com

Types of Feelings • How did the artist use color and lines to create a feeling? • When you look at this picture what do you feel?

Lines and Meanings • Artists use lines to create many different meanings, without lines it would be hard for artists to create work. • Give ONE way artists use lines to create meaning in an artwork: