Elements of Art: Texture | KQED Arts
Summary
TLDRThis script explores the multisensory aspect of art, emphasizing the role of texture as a key element. It distinguishes between actual and implied textures, illustrating how artists like Alberto Giacometti and Chuck Close engage viewers' sense of touch. The script also highlights various techniques artists use to create textures through lines, shapes, and materials, encouraging viewers to consider texture in their own artistic creations to enhance expression and communication.
Takeaways
- 🎨 Art is not just visual; it engages multiple senses, including touch.
- 🗿 Sculptors and fabric artists often focus on creating tactile experiences.
- 🖌️ Texture is a fundamental element of art, alongside line, shape, color, form, value, and space.
- ✋ Texture can be actual, where it can be felt, or implied, existing only visually.
- 👀 Implied textures in paintings are suggested through visual cues but cannot be physically felt.
- 🔍 Artists use various techniques to create implied textures, such as different types of lines and shapes.
- 🌟 In Gustav Klimt's work, repeated shapes contribute to the overall texture of the artwork.
- 🖼️ Two-dimensional art can have actual texture when paint is layered thickly or materials are added to the canvas.
- 🧶 Artists often incorporate natural textures of materials or hand-formed textures into their work.
- ✂️ Textures serve as an expressive tool for artists to enhance their artistic messages.
- 💡 Encouragement to use textures in personal artwork to convey meaningful messages.
Q & A
What is the primary focus of the script?
-The script focuses on the element of texture in art, explaining both real and implied textures and how artists use them to engage the viewer's senses.
What are the seven elements of art mentioned in the script?
-The seven elements of art mentioned are line, shape, color, form, value, space, and texture.
What is the difference between actual texture and implied texture?
-Actual texture is a texture that can be physically felt, like the roughness of a sculpture, while implied texture is visual and cannot be physically touched, such as the smoothness of paint on a canvas.
How does artist Alberto Giacometti demonstrate actual texture in his sculpture?
-Alberto Giacometti’s sculpture has actual texture, where the roughness of the bronze metal can be physically felt if touched.
What are examples of implied textures in Chuck Close's self-portrait?
-In Chuck Close's self-portrait, the varied textures of skin and hair appear to have texture, but the actual canvas would feel smooth, as these are implied textures.
How do artists create implied textures through the use of lines, as seen in Roy De Forest’s painting?
-In Roy De Forest's painting, artists create implied textures using different lines, such as zigzag lines for hair, cross-hatching for skin, and blurred, smudged colors for other elements.
How are shapes used to create textures in Gustav Klimt's painting?
-In Gustav Klimt’s painting, textures are created using repeated shapes, such as triangles and lines on the dress, spirals for the tree, and circles and rectangles in various parts of the artwork.
Can paintings have actual texture, and if so, how?
-Yes, paintings can have actual texture when artists layer paint thickly enough to create a three-dimensional surface, turning the paint itself into a sculptural element.
What materials might artists use to build additional textures on a canvas?
-Artists might use fabrics, textiles, jewelry, and other objects to build additional textures on a canvas, making the artwork more tactile and three-dimensional.
Why is texture an important tool for artists, according to the script?
-Texture is an expressive tool that artists use to reinforce their overall messages and engage viewers by appealing to their sense of touch or the visual suggestion of touch.
Outlines
🎨 The Multisensory Experience of Art
This paragraph discusses how art is not just visual but engages other senses as well. It highlights the role of texture in art, which can be actual (felt physically) or implied (seen visually). The narrator mentions various artists like sculptors, textile artists, book makers, and ceramists who think about engaging the sense of touch. The paragraph introduces the concept of texture as one of the seven elements of art, alongside line, shape, color, form, value, and space. It uses examples from Alberto Giacometti's sculpture to illustrate actual texture and Chuck Close's self-portrait to explain implied texture. The paragraph also touches on how artists create implied textures through lines and shapes, using Roy De Forest's painting to discuss lines and Gustav Klimt's painting to show how shapes can create textures. Finally, it mentions that even two-dimensional art can have actual texture through thick layers of paint or added materials, and encourages artists to use textures to reinforce their messages.
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Keywords
💡Art
💡Senses
💡Sculptors
💡Texture
💡Actual Texture
💡Implied Texture
💡Elements of Art
💡Line
💡Shape
💡Three-Dimensional Art
💡Expressive Tool
Highlights
Art is not just visual but can engage our sense of touch.
Sculptors and textile artists focus on creating tactile experiences.
Texture is one of the seven elements of art, alongside line, shape, color, form, value, and space.
Texture refers to the look or feel of a surface and can be real or implied.
Actual texture is felt physically, like the hardness of bronze in Alberto Giacometti's sculpture.
Implied textures are visual and cannot be physically felt, like the varied textures in Chuck Close's self-portrait.
Artists create implied textures through various techniques, such as lines and shapes.
Roy De Forest's painting demonstrates the use of zigzag lines and cross-hatching to create implied textures.
Gustav Klimt's painting uses repeated shapes to create textures, like triangles, spirals, and circles within circles.
Two-dimensional art can have actual texture when paint is layered thickly, becoming three-dimensional.
Artists may build up fabrics, textiles, and other objects on the canvas to create additional textures.
Natural textures of materials or hand-formed textures are often featured in art.
Textures are an expressive tool used by artists to reinforce their overall messages.
Incorporating textures in art can add depth and meaning to a painting, drawing, collage, or sculpture.
Artists should consider how textures can convey something relevant and important in their work.
Transcripts
[ MID-TEMPO DRUM BEAT PLAYS ]
[ MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]
Narrator: WE TEND TO THINK OF ART
AS SOMETHING JUST TO LOOK AT,
BUT A LOT OF ARTISTS MAKE THEIR WORK
TO STIMULATE OUR OTHER SENSES.
SCULPTORS, TEXTILE AND FABRIC ARTISTS,
BOOK MAKERS, CERAMISTS, AND ARTISTS
WORKING IN MANY OTHER FORMS
THINK A LOT ABOUT HOW TO ENGAGE VIEWERS' SENSE OF TOUCH.
EVEN WHEN THEIR ART IS NOT MEANT TO BE TOUCHED,
ARTISTS PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT AND WORK
INTO CREATING MANY DIFFERENT TEXTURES.
TEXTURE IS ONE OF THE SEVEN
ELEMENTS OF ART,
ALONG WITH LINE, SHAPE, COLOR,
FORM, VALUE, AND SPACE.
TEXTURE IS THE LOOK OR FEEL OF A SURFACE.
JUST LIKE FORM, TEXTURE CAN BE REAL OR IMPLIED.
IF YOU WERE TO RUN YOUR HAND
ACROSS THIS SCULPTURE BY ALBERTO GIACOMETTI,
YOU WOULD FEEL THE HARDNESS OF THE BRONZE METAL
AND THE ROUGHNESS OF THE FORM THAT GIACOMETTI CREATED.
THIS IS CALLED ACTUAL TEXTURE.
IMPLIED TEXTURES ARE ONLY VISUAL.
THEY CAN'T BE FELT.
FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU COULD TOUCH THE CANVAS
OF THIS SELF-PORTRAIT BY CHUCK CLOSE,
YOU WOULDN'T FEEL THE VARIED TEXTURES OF SKIN AND HAIR.
YOU WOULD FEEL THE SMOOTHNESS OF THE OIL PAINT.
SO THESE TEXTURES ARE IMPLIED BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY SEE THEM.
THERE ARE COUNTLESS WAYS THAT ARTISTS CREATE IMPLIED TEXTURES.
HOW MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF LINES DO YOU NOTICE
IN THIS PAINTING BY ROY DE FOREST?
YOU HAVE THE ZIGZAG LINES
CREATING A WOMAN'S HAIR ON THE LEFT,
CROSS-HATCHING CREATING HER SKIN,
THE BLURRED, SMUDGED COLORS COMING OUT OF THE DOG'S MOUTH
AND THE MAN'S MOUTH IN THE CENTER.
THOSE ARE JUST TO NAME A FEW KINDS OF IMPLIED TEXTURES HERE.
TEXTURES CAN ALSO BE CREATED THROUGH USE OF SHAPES.
IN THIS PAINTING BY GUSTAV KLIMT,
NOTICE HOW HE REPEATS SHAPES TO CREATE TEXTURES.
YOU HAVE THE TRIANGLES AND LINES
ON THE WOMAN'S DRESS ON THE LEFT,
THE MANY SPIRALS CREATING THE TREE IN THE CENTER,
AND IN THE WOMAN'S DRESS ON THE RIGHT,
YOU HAVE CIRCLES WITHIN CIRCLES, RECTANGLES WITHIN SQUARES,
AND ALL THE SCATTERED SHAPES THROUGHOUT THE PIECE
CREATE MANY DIFFERENT TEXTURES.
PAINTINGS AND OTHER TYPICALLY TWO-DIMENSIONAL ART
CAN HAVE ACTUAL TEXTURE.
SOMETIMES ARTISTS LAYER PAINT ON THE CANVAS SO THICK
THAT IT BECOMES THREE-DIMENSIONAL.
AT THAT POINT, THE PAINT IS A SCULPTURAL ELEMENT
THAT CAN BE MANIPULATED AND SHAPED.
SOME ARTISTS BUILD UP FABRICS, TEXTILES, JEWELRY,
AND MANY OTHER OBJECTS ON THE CANVAS
TO CREATE ADDITIONAL TEXTURES.
ARTISTS OFTEN FEATURE THE NATURAL TEXTURES
OF THE MATERIALS THEY USE
OR TEXTURES UNIQUELY CREATED AND FORMED BY HAND.
WHATEVER THE APPROACH,
TEXTURES ARE AN EXPRESSIVE TOOL ARTISTS USE
TO REINFORCE THEIR OVERALL MESSAGES.
THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE MAKING A PAINTING, DRAWING,
COLLAGE, OR SCULPTURE,
FIND A WAY TO INCORPORATE TEXTURES
THAT SAY SOMETHING RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT TO YOU.
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