Tableaux
A tableaux is a still representation of a story, scene, or simply an object.This can be explained as 'dead life', and is actually simply put, a painting. A painting can be obviously interpreted in an infinite number of ways, which actually came to our advantage. During the game, we were given a theme that we had to represent in a still 'painting'... in other words, we 'froze' our small groups of around four in interesting positions in order to represent the theme we had been given. One of the goals was not to represent an individual with the painting, it was to be a group, much like in 'machine' and 'madding crowd'. We were only given a set amount of time to prepare our painting, then we would present and it would be analyzed based on proxemics (how far away we were form each other [we had to be touching]), levels, and shapes: the shapes that were made in our paintings, for example two people standing and one sitting in front of them makes a triangle.All of these things were taken into consideration in order to analyze the true meaning of our paintings. The probable point of his exercise was to get us used ot becoming something else completely in a short period of time, to be able to match a certain theme but to still stay a part of the group rather than a distinct individual, all t the same time.
This was to me one of the funnest things we have done so far. Replicating a theme through a painting in a few seconds is not easy, but since everyone interprets differently (normally far off from what we actually meant), the interpretation of paintings is always fun.I remember what geometric shapes started to be noticed: it gave me a whole new perspective of the paintings, and I understood why my eye was drawn to certain places and certain people. The concept of working together as a group and cancelling out the individual was also important: I remember how I tried to be different from everyone else, yet the same.
Real Painting Interpretations
It was then our job to interpret different painting across Mr. Mouck's room. From 'The Scream' to 'Yellow and Orange', we argued on what we thought the artist meant and what he actually meant. I realized that the painting used color as a primary way of giving off an emotion. In 'The Scream', the colors revolve around dark, grayish reds and rusts including faded blues and greens. The colors truly give off the emotion of fear. Plus, the painting is composed of swirly, confused lines, leading to a more 'disturbing' ambiance going on in the painting. The painting that however collected the most disagreement was 'Yellow and Orange'. A block of yellow on top of a block of orange on a orange-yellow background is all that can be seen. It is understandable that the artist meant to play with colors in order to convey the emotion of happiness and joy, but whether or not this is really worth millions of dollars remains up to debate.
A tableaux is a still representation of a story, scene, or simply an object.This can be explained as 'dead life', and is actually simply put, a painting. A painting can be obviously interpreted in an infinite number of ways, which actually came to our advantage. During the game, we were given a theme that we had to represent in a still 'painting'... in other words, we 'froze' our small groups of around four in interesting positions in order to represent the theme we had been given. One of the goals was not to represent an individual with the painting, it was to be a group, much like in 'machine' and 'madding crowd'. We were only given a set amount of time to prepare our painting, then we would present and it would be analyzed based on proxemics (how far away we were form each other [we had to be touching]), levels, and shapes: the shapes that were made in our paintings, for example two people standing and one sitting in front of them makes a triangle.All of these things were taken into consideration in order to analyze the true meaning of our paintings. The probable point of his exercise was to get us used ot becoming something else completely in a short period of time, to be able to match a certain theme but to still stay a part of the group rather than a distinct individual, all t the same time.
This was to me one of the funnest things we have done so far. Replicating a theme through a painting in a few seconds is not easy, but since everyone interprets differently (normally far off from what we actually meant), the interpretation of paintings is always fun.I remember what geometric shapes started to be noticed: it gave me a whole new perspective of the paintings, and I understood why my eye was drawn to certain places and certain people. The concept of working together as a group and cancelling out the individual was also important: I remember how I tried to be different from everyone else, yet the same.
Real Painting Interpretations
It was then our job to interpret different painting across Mr. Mouck's room. From 'The Scream' to 'Yellow and Orange', we argued on what we thought the artist meant and what he actually meant. I realized that the painting used color as a primary way of giving off an emotion. In 'The Scream', the colors revolve around dark, grayish reds and rusts including faded blues and greens. The colors truly give off the emotion of fear. Plus, the painting is composed of swirly, confused lines, leading to a more 'disturbing' ambiance going on in the painting. The painting that however collected the most disagreement was 'Yellow and Orange'. A block of yellow on top of a block of orange on a orange-yellow background is all that can be seen. It is understandable that the artist meant to play with colors in order to convey the emotion of happiness and joy, but whether or not this is really worth millions of dollars remains up to debate.
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