AAP 101 MIDTERM EXAM

PARAISO, DIVINE M.

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 PAINTING

American Gothic
in 1930
by Grant Wood
The collection of
the Art Institute of
Chicago
Grant DeVolson Wood was an
American painter best known for
his paintings depicting the rural
American Midwest, particularly
American Gothic, which has
become an iconic example of 20th-
century American art.

Born: February 13, 1891, Anamosa,

Iowa, United States
Died: February 12, 1942, Iowa City,
Iowa, United States
 SUBJECT
it depicts a man and woman
dressing in black color with a
pitchfork, standing in front of a
white farmhouse with a Gothic-
style window.

CONTENT
Its about rural American values,
the artist provide an image of
reassurance at a time of great
hardship and disenchantment
brought by the Great Depression.
Line

•Line is visible because of the contour

on their face that makes more realistic

•The wall of the farmhouse, the

windows, the appearance of the
pitchfork, the farmer's black coat, the
face expressions of the man and
woman shows the use of straight and
vertical lines. The roof is made by
horizontal lines.
Shape

•It has an irregular shape

because its resemble
living things

•the shape of the pitchfork

is repeated on the white
shirt of the man and the
pattern on the woman’s
apron is repeated in the
window curtain inside the
Gothic-style window.
Colors

•He used primary colors which is

red,blue,yellow.And also he used
secondary color which is green to
represent the trees.

•The clothes has a color black and

brown.the entire painting looks
gloomy and dark.

•The black color symbolizes

mystery, fear, mourning
unhappiness, and depression
Form

•It forms of faces

of man and
woman.

•Form of gothic
house and red
barn.
Texture

•Painter used a natural, fine

and subtle brushstrokes to
draw the background and
the figures that looks more
realistic.

•The details of facial

expressions make the
painting’s texture look
smoothly.
Value

•The darkness color of

apron and jacket gives us a
feeling that it is an old
scene or old clothes from
the past.

• The tone color of house,

trees, sky and face are
more realistic.
 Space

•The woman and man dressing

in a black and brown color
Positive Space with a pitchfork is a part of
painting that represent as a
positive space.

•The trees and sky are

represent as a negative space.

Negative Space
 SCULPTURE

The Manneken Pis

In 1388
by Jerome Duquesnoy
Jerôme Duquesnoy was a Flemish
architect and sculptor who was
particularly accomplished in
portraits. He played an important
role in the introduction of the
Baroque style in Northern
European sculpture.Born: May 8,
1602, Brussels, BelgiumDied:
September 28, 1654, Ghent,
Belgium
Subject

• it represents a little naked boy

urinating in front of the public, the jet
serving as a fountain.

Content

•Manneken Pis means a little man

pee

•The symbols of love of Brussels,

originally serving as the means by
which many Bruxellois received water.
Line

• Line is visible because of the

contour of his face and tummy,
as we can see the line create
an abs on the body of statue.

• The line creates a square

shape below the feet of statue.
Shape

•The woman body and face

consist of organic shapes

• It has a irregular shape

because it forms of a little boy
urinating in the public place.

•It has a circle shape below of

the little boy who urinated.
Colors

• The artist used a

bronze color or Dark
brown

• The bronze color

means solidity , the
quality or state of
being solid
Form

•The form of sculpture define

as an individual or human who
urinated.

• It has an elipse form on the

back of liitle boy.
Texture

•As we can see it has a

smooth texture.

•the body of little boy has a

reflection from the light.
 Space
Negative space
•The positive space is
a human body of little
boy who urinated

•The negative space

Positive space
is the elipse form on
the back of statue.
Value

•The bronze color or dark

brown color gives us a
feeling that this statue is a
solid.

•the tone color of the

background helps us to
seen the dark color of
statue.