DEFINE PICTORIAL FULL

For one full school year we reserved a conference room at a library across the street from the school. With this in mind, Annette and I met once each week for several years, studying the elements of design and endlessly analyzing works of art. Santa Maria del Rosario, Church of the Gesuati, Venice. Ceiling fresco, 45 feet 11 inches x 14 feet 9 inches. Giambattista Tiepolo, The Institution of the Rosary, 1738-39. It is sophisticated design that elevates this rendering into the realm of enduring and expressive art. Without a sophisticated design, the most subtle nuances of rendering are of little or no effect, merely the work of a diligent student.

This requires that the subject chosen by the artist be composed and designed with purpose, care and expertise. Art is created primarily through design and drawing (fine drawing being, to a great extent, informed by the principles of design). We recognized that when a student attains reasonable skill in the language of painting (rendering the drawing, values, and color seen in nature), it is then necessary to use this ability to create works of art. When students began their careers, we noticed that they often continued to merely produce student studies on a larger scale, sometimes haphazardly arranging randomly chosen objects. We perceived design as the primary weakness of work done by students in modern ateliers and academies. While teaching at Atelier Lack, we often discussed the principles of pictorial design. INTRODUCTIONДЄnnette LeSueur and I developed this material over a period of several years. Oil on panel, 22 feet 7ВЅ inches x 11 feet 10 inches. Titian, The Assumption of the Virgin, 1516-18.

Define pictorial