We have presented to the club members a couple of prominent American artists.
President Obama’s proclamation mentioned the social artwork by the famous US illustrator Norman Rockwell.
The picture “The Problem We All Live With” was introduced and its history explained. At present the picture is on display in the White House outside the Oval Office.
The article dealing with Rockwell’s work was read and translated.
Another article gave an example of the picture’s description with details unknown to the Ukrainian viewer. “The picture strikes directly at the heart and exemplifies Rockwell’s hallmark approach – strong horizontals, close foregrounds and telling details which draw the viewer into concluding a narrative, one orchestrated to move him.
The perceptive viewer notes not only the confident posture and countenance of the young girl.
Her escorts are cropped and anonymous agents of the law.
But the writ in the pocket of the advancing guard, the contrast of the schoolbooks with the graffiti on the wall, the smashed tomato (the least of projectiles launched in those times).
It is the approach common to centuries of art – emblematic and immediate.
But Rockwell stirs a decent empathy, a quietly powerful outrage.”
After that the club members were asked to divide into teams. Each team was given a picture by N. Rockwell and asked to describe the artwork in their own words. Once all the teams presented their descriptions they were given an art expert’s descriptions of the same pictures for comparison. The quality of the teams’ descriptions left much to be desired. All the participants realized that describing art is a complicated task even without special vocabulary.
Another artist presented by the speaker Vadym was Andy Warhol – commercial illustrator and a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art.
Before the session beginning and after its ending, the recently donated gadgets (iPad and Kindle) were presented. The club members were given the opportunity to practice the devices and their software.
The number of participants – 22 persons.
President Obama’s proclamation mentioned the social artwork by the famous US illustrator Norman Rockwell.
The picture “The Problem We All Live With” was introduced and its history explained. At present the picture is on display in the White House outside the Oval Office.
The article dealing with Rockwell’s work was read and translated.
Another article gave an example of the picture’s description with details unknown to the Ukrainian viewer. “The picture strikes directly at the heart and exemplifies Rockwell’s hallmark approach – strong horizontals, close foregrounds and telling details which draw the viewer into concluding a narrative, one orchestrated to move him.
The perceptive viewer notes not only the confident posture and countenance of the young girl.
Her escorts are cropped and anonymous agents of the law.
But the writ in the pocket of the advancing guard, the contrast of the schoolbooks with the graffiti on the wall, the smashed tomato (the least of projectiles launched in those times).
It is the approach common to centuries of art – emblematic and immediate.
But Rockwell stirs a decent empathy, a quietly powerful outrage.”
After that the club members were asked to divide into teams. Each team was given a picture by N. Rockwell and asked to describe the artwork in their own words. Once all the teams presented their descriptions they were given an art expert’s descriptions of the same pictures for comparison. The quality of the teams’ descriptions left much to be desired. All the participants realized that describing art is a complicated task even without special vocabulary.
Another artist presented by the speaker Vadym was Andy Warhol – commercial illustrator and a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art.
Before the session beginning and after its ending, the recently donated gadgets (iPad and Kindle) were presented. The club members were given the opportunity to practice the devices and their software.
The number of participants – 22 persons.
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