Figurative Emotions

INSTRUCTIONS:  In order to improve your powers of analysis and interpretation, I have selected 3 sets of figurative images, each with a different subject matter.  Your challenge is to compare and contrast both the formal design AND the expressed emotions/psychological states of the pre-selected primary image with ONE of the other two pre-selected secondary images in each set. 

In order to accomplish this, you need to open a Word document, type "Figurative Emotions WebQuest" at the top along with your name and block.  Then, number the sets 1-3.  For each one, click on the links provided and then copy and past the primary image and your selected secondary image side-by-side into the document and compare and contrast them in bullets or a narrative paragraph below the pair of images.  As you compare and contrast, you must use the focus that I have determined for each set.  Save the document to your Sharepoint site AND print it in black and white.  Staple pages together if more than one page.

Note: as you visit each site, if information on the image is provided, read it (!) and see if it helps you accomplish the task.

IMAGE SETS:

SET 1: RESTAURANT

Primary Image: "Nighthawks" Edward Hopper, 1942 http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/edward-hopper/nighthawks

Secondary Images (choose ONE): 

"The Restaurant Window 1," George Segal, 1967   http://realitybitesartblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/bite-118-george-segal-restaurant-window.html

"Lunch," George Tooker, 1964  http://artandsocialissues.cmaohio.org/web-content/pages/race_tooker.html

Focus for Comparison: Color, Value, Geometric Divisions of Space, and Emotion/Psychological State

SET 2: WOMAN ON BED

Primary Image:  "Seated Figure," David Cobley, 2011  http://www.davidcobley.com/seated-figure/

Secondary Images (choose ONE):  

"Morning Sun," Edward Hopper, 1952  http://july-myblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/edward-hooer-and-his-morning-sun.html  

"Woman Sitting on Bed," George Segal, 1996  http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/prints-multiples/george-segal-woman-sitting-on-a-bed-5430301-details.aspx

Focus for Comparison:  Color, Value, Geometric Divisions of Space, and Emotion/Psychological State

 SET 3: PAIR (or GROUP) OF MEN OR WOMEN

Primary Image:  "After Pontormos Two Men with a Passage from Ciceros on Friendship," Kehinde Wiley, 2009  http://www.creativityfuse.com/2011/01/the-striking-portraits-of-kehinde-wiley/ (scroll nearly to bottom)

Secondary Images (choose ONE):

"Two Girls," Belinda Eaton, 2006  http://www.belindaeaton.com/gicleeprints.php

"Women and Dog," Marisol Escobar, 1964 http://whitney.org/ForKids/Collection/Marisol

Focus for Comparison: Facial Expressions, Body Gestures (or position), Patterns, and Emotion/Psychological State

TAIs ( TAKE-AWAY IDEAS):  All artists are inspired by other artists.  Look back at the six images that you have copied and pasted into your document.  To conclude this challenge, list THREE approaches to the use of color, value, geometric divisions of space, facial expressions, body gestures OR pattern that you found especially interesting or exciting in the creation of emotions/psychological states and explain how you might incorporate those approaches into your own work at some point in the future.