{"id":2748,"date":"2017-08-07T05:41:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T05:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/art101\/?page_id=2748"},"modified":"2017-08-07T05:41:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T05:41:10","slug":"texture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/art101\/learning-pathways\/the-visual-language-artistic-elements\/texture\/","title":{"rendered":"Texture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\"><div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/art101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:252px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Self-Portrait15.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/b\/b1\/Self-Portrait15.jpg\/250px-Self-Portrait15.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"302\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Vincent van Gogh, <i>Self Portrait<\/i>, 1889, oil on canvas, &lt;a href=&#8221;<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musee-orsay.fr\/en\/home.html\">http:\/\/www.musee-orsay.fr\/en\/home.html<\/a>&#8220;&gt;Musee d&#8217;Orsay&lt;\/a&gt;, Paris.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Texture is the tactile sense we get from the surface of a shape or volume. Smooth, rough, velvety and prickly are examples of texture. Texture comes in two forms: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>actual<\/b>, the real surface qualities we perceive by running a hand over on object, and\n<\/li>\n<li><b>visual<\/b>, an implied sense of texture created by the artist through the manipulation of their materials.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An artwork can include many different visual textures but still feel smooth to the touch. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Rauschenberg\">Robert Rauschenberg\u2019s<\/a> Rauschenberg is well known for his &#8220;Combines&#8221; of the 1950s, in which non-traditional materials and objects were employed in innovative combinations. His mixed media print, Skyway, includes rough and smooth visual textures that add layers of perception and animate the work, drawing attention to specific areas within it. A self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh swirls with actual textures created with brushstrokes loaded with paint. The artist fixes his gaze sternly at the viewer, his spiky red beard and flowing hair rendered so texturally you want to reach out and touch them. <br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/art101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Texture in Photography<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"thumb tleft\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:352px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Daguerreotype_Daguerre_Atelier_1837.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/5\/52\/Daguerreotype_Daguerre_Atelier_1837.jpg\/350px-Daguerreotype_Daguerre_Atelier_1837.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"255\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, <i>Still Life in the Artist\u2019s Studio<\/i>, 1837<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Photographs can hold lots of visual texture. A grainy exposure adds to this effect. Louis Daguerre\u2019s early photograph of his studio shows many objects with texture jumbled across the smooth photographic paper. These, along with the strong contrast in dark and light tones, enrich the photograph with a sense of drama not inherent to the objects themselves. <br style=\"clear:both;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/art101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Texture in Three-dimensional Art<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"thumb tleft\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:302px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:WLA_metmuseum_Mask_Kpeliye.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/0\/02\/WLA_metmuseum_Mask_Kpeliye.jpg\/300px-WLA_metmuseum_Mask_Kpeliye.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Senufo peoples, Face Mask (Kpeliye&#8217;e), wood, horns, raffia fiber, cotton cloth, feather, metal, sacrificial material, &lt;a href=&#8221;<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/Collections\/search-the-collections\/50003530\">http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/Collections\/search-the-collections\/50003530<\/a>&#8220;&gt;The Metropolitan Museum of Art&lt;\/a&gt;, New York City<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Three-dimensional artworks make generous use of actual textures. The face mask from the Ivory Coast of Africa incorporates textures from materials ranging from wood, horns, fibers, cloth, metal and feathers. The complexity of the composition is directly related to the many textures found in the mask. For instance, the relative smoothness of the dark ovoid shape of the face focuses our attention even though it competes with the surrounding ornaments, textures and forms. The masks honor deceased elders of the Senufo tribe from the Ivory Coast.<br style=\"clear:both;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/art101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>We have now covered the essential artistic elements. Each one has its own characteristics and limitations. Used together they add variety and complexity, becoming the building blocks in creating works of art. We\u2019ll rely on them to describe different kinds of artworks in the learning activities for this module. This will give you the practice and experience you\u2019ll need to use description as an objective way to discuss the art you experience.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Formalist Method describes what a person sees in a piece of art in a totally objective way and helps one to look at art in a new way. It does <b>not <\/b>require reference to any subject matter when discussing a work of art. Instead, one is required to be objective in descriptions and there is no subjective reaction to the artwork involved. It\u2019s important to understand the Formalist Method of looking at artwork because it allows one to understand <b>Style, <\/b>the aesthetic values or physical techniques used in making art, and <b>Form<\/b>, the way a work of art looks. The Formalist Method is used to look at a piece of art that one may know nothing about to form an appreciation of it before one understands the symbols and meaning behind the work.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nWhat was is your opinion of Rauschenberg&#8217;s &#8220;combines&#8221;? 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