Art Homework Help

 Item #1

The Conversion on the Way to Damascus

Also known as "Conversion of St. Paul"
1600
Oil on canvas, 230 x 175 cm
Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome

In addition to the Elements of Art, you will want to check on the story behind this painting. Why is St. Paul on the ground? What happened on his way to Damascus? Why would a Catholic church particularly want this painting? Why is it dark in this painting?

Then, be sure to look up the terms "tenebrism" and "chiaroscuro". Look for these techniques in this painting.

 
Remember look for how these ideas are shown in this painting -
Elements of Art - line, shape, light, space, mass, volume, texture, color
Design Elements - balance, contrast, rhythm, pattern, movement, emphasis

Item #2

 This is a painting by Klimt. It is going to be used for a short answer question about  the Design elements. (Balance, contrast, thythm, pattern, movement, emphasis)

Gustav Klimt
Death and Life
1916
Oil on Canvas
178 X 198 cm
Private Collection, Vienna

Item #3

René Magritte, “Personal Values,"
1952, oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm.

Rene Magritte, a man from Belgian, is a modern painter. This is considered Surrealism.  You will be looking for the Elements of art and other design elements in this painting. Is there anything that is different from normal in this painting? ( Also, it's good to know in this painting, we see Magritte's bar of soap, his wine glass, a match for his pipe, his comb and his shaving brush. We also see a bed, a wardrobe cabinet and other furniture.)

  Remember look for how these ideas are shown in this painting -
Elements of Art - line, shape, light, space, mass, volume, texture, color
Design Elements - balance, contrast, rhythm, pattern, movement, emphasis
For the Magritte, don’t forget to look at 1-point perspective. ( Know the vanishing point, the horizon line and the vanishing lines.)