Art fundamentals ch06 texture

Art Fundamentals Chapter 6 Texture

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Texture 

The surface character of a material that can be experienced through touch or the illusion of touch.

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produced by natural forces or through an artist's manipulation of the art elements.

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abstract texture 

A texture derived from the appearance of an actual surface but rearranged and/or simplified by the artist to satisfy the demands of the artwork.

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accent 

Any stress or emphasis given to elements of a composition that makes them attract more attention than other features that surround or are close to them.

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accent 

Accent can be created by a brighter color, darker tone, greater size, or any other means by which a difference is expressed.

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actual texture 

A surface that can be experienced through the sense of touch (as opposed to a surface visually simulated by the artist).

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assemblage ď Ž

A technique that brings together individual items of rather bulky threedimensional nature that are displayed (in situ) in their original position rather than being limited to a wall.

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atmospheric (aerial) perspective 

The illusion of deep space produced in graphic works by lightening values, softening details and textures, reducing value contrasts, and neutralizing colors in objects as they recede.

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collage 

A pictorial technique whereby the artist creates the image, or a portion of it, by adhering real materials that possess actual textures to the picture plane surface, often combining them with painted or drawn passages.

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genre 

Subject matter that concerns everyday life, domestic scenes, family relationships, and the like.

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invented texture A created texture whose only source is in the imagination of the artist.  It generally produces a decorative pattern and should not be confused with an abstract texture. 

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natural texture 

Texture created as the result of nature's processes.

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The use of paint to enrich a surface through textural interest.

Interest is created by the ingenuity in handling paint for its intrinsic character.

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papier colle 

A visual and tactile technique in which scraps of paper having various textures are pasted to the picture surface to enrich or embellish areas.

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papier colle 

In addition to the actual texture of the paper, the printing on adhered tickets, newspapers, and like functions as visual richness or decorative pattern similar to an artist’s invented texture.

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pattern I. Any artistic design (sometimes serving as a model for imitation).

2. A repeated element and/or design that is usually varied and produces interconnections and obvious directional movements.

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simulated texture 

A convincing copy or translation of an object's texture in any medium.

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tactile 

A quality that refers to the sense of touch.

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trompe I'oeil 

Literally, "deceives the eye"; a technique that copies nature with such exactitude that the subject depicted can be mistaken for natural forms.

INTRODUCTION TO TEXTURE

Introduction to Texture   

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Touch something Hands and fingers Looking at something Everything has texture: Glass, carpet, acoustical tiles, …

Seen not Felt

Texture and the Visual Arts 

Involves 2 sensory processes: 

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Seeing & Touching

Viewing a picture and predict its feel.

Visual and Tactile experience.

Texture and the Visual Arts

Texture and the Visual Arts

Texture and the Visual Arts 

2-dimensional or 3dimensional.

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Sculptors: choice of material and degree of finish; hair, cloth, skin, …

The Nature of Texture 

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Touch inform us about immediate surroundings.

Smooth – Rough – Soft – Hard.

The nature of objects.

Texture is surface.

The Nature of Texture ď Ž

Depends on the degree to which its broken up by its composition.

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Glossy surfaces reflect the light more evenly, giving less broken appearance.

Types of Texture ď Ž

4 Basic types of texture: 1.

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Actual Simulated Abstract Invented

Types of Texture - Actual 

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The “real thing”.

Looks and feels.

We can get a preliminary idea of the feel by viewing the object.

Types of Texture - Actual

Types of Texture - Actual 

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Buildup of paint.

Paint Quality.

Types of Texture - Actual 

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Application of actual texture involves fixing a textured object or a natural texture to the work surface.

The texture represents itself.

Picasso and Braque.

Picasso 1908: Papier colle’.

Types of Texture - Actual ď Ž

Papier colle’: later expanded to include the use of tickets, portions of newspapers, menus, and the like.

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Collage: An art form where actual textures are employed.

Simulated textures.

Not accepted easily in art; uncertainty.

Mixing objects and paintings: what is realobjects or artistic elements or both?

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Pattern: Arising out of interest in texture.

Surface application; aggregate (sand, gravel, …) mixed into the paint to make the surface smoother or rougher.

Types of Texture - Actual

Types of Texture - Actual ď Ž

Assemblage: Assemblages usually bring together rather bulky individual items that are displayed in different positions rather than on a wall.

Types of Texture - Simulated 

LOOKS real but in fact is not; copying. 

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Flemish artists produced naturalistic effects in still-life and genre paintings.

Interior designers painting “faux” fake surface treatments of imitation stone or marble.

Texture and the Visual Arts

Types of Texture - Simulated 

trompe l’oeil: “fool the eye”.

Types of Texture - Abstract  

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HINT of the original texture.

Simplified version of the original, emphasizing pattern.

Decorative.

Accent or diminish areas.

Control movement.

Types of Texture - Invented  

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Textures without precedent.

The creation of the artist’s imagination.

Appear in abstract works.

Entirely nonobjective.

Abstracted vs Invented.

Texture and Pattern ď Ž

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Pattern is not concerned with surface feel but with appearance.

Pattern serves as ornament independent from any tactile possibilities.

Pattern

Texture Both Texture & Pattern

Texture and Pattern 

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Pattern suggests repetition; random or controlled.

Aerial view shows pattern.

Closer view shows texture.

Pattern is 2-D Texture is 3-D

Texture and Composition Relative Dominance and Movement ď Ž

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Texture is variation of light and dark that is exciting and attractive.

Our attention is constantly being maneuvered about the surface of an artwork by the degree of emphasis given to the various areas of that surface.

Texture and Composition Psychological factors 

Texture can provoke psychological or emotional responses.     

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Pleasant or Unpleasant.

Environments.

Experiences.

Objects.

Persons.

Symbolic or associative meanings.

The artist can also use textures to simulate our curiosity, shock us, or make us reevaluate our perceptions.

Texture and Space 

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Texture can help to define space.

When textures appear blurred and lack strong contrasts, they make objects seem distant.

When they are sharp and have strong contrasts, the objects appear move forward.

Atmospheric Perspective

Texture and Space

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The architect balances the smoothness of steel and glass with the roughness of stone, concrete, and brick.

The ceramist.

Jewelers.

Printmakers.

Sculptors.

Texture is involved in all forms.

Texture and Art Media

Texture and Art Media

Texture and Art Media

Art Fundamentals Chapter 6 Texture End