2. Silhouette-A silhouette is the
image of a person, animal, object
or scene represented as a solid
shape of a single color, usually
black, its edges matching the
outline of the subject.
3. Etienne de
Silhouette
French 1709 – 1767
French Finance Minister under Louis
XV
Penny pincher for the rich and wanted
to tax the rich to save and create
more money.
Controversy over his tactics got him
thrown out of office.
His name was associated as a way to
make fun of him and the rich.
4. Silhouettes were cheap ways of having a portrait
made.
The artist would trace the shadow created for a
light source. Then carefully cut out your image.
Named silhouettes because of the cut in cost
associated with the finance minister. It was the
cheap thing to do.
6. Positive & Negative Space-
Composition
Positive- the object or subject
Negative- the area around the
object or subject
If you are seeing a vase, then you are
seeing the white area as the positive
space. The black areas become the
negative space. If you are seeing faces,
then you are seeing the black areas as
the positive space, and the white area as
the negative space.
7. The negative space is as important as the
positive.
Consider the amount of negative
space.
Consider what is happening in the
negative space.
30 Examples of negative space used
creatively.
8. Moving Silhouette Process
Create a silhouette of a moving figure. Consider the narrative of the movement.
1. AJP sketches of moving figure- partner, magazine, image
2. Alter drawing to create a silhouette.
3. Trace them onto poster board. Cut out the template carefully.
Create design of repeating positive figures across the plane, use shapes and lines the
activate the negative space.
1. Create movement/ rhythm with the placement of figures and use of lines and
shapes.
2. Apply repetition and unity across plane.
3. Consider how color impacts your deign. Consider contrast, color relationships.
10. Black Greek Pottery
Provide the oldest representations of Greek mythology, religious,
social, and sporting practices.
11. Chinese Puppetry
Intricate designs that are specific to the region they come from, puppetry has a rich cultural
history in China. The plays tell stories which are part of our human experience.
12. Keith Haring- 1980’s Pop Artist
Used the moving
figure to
communicate
meaning about
social issues and
entertain.
13. Keith Haring was born the 4th of May, 1958 in
Reading, Pennsylvania.
During the 1980’s Keith began his career in Art in
the New York underground.
As a child, Haring was fascinated by the cartoon
art of Walt Disney.
He spent many hours drawing with his father, an
engineer whose hobby was cartooning.
14. Kara Walker- Contemporary Artist
Walker creates work about race, gender,
and history, She writes narratives by
creating large installations of silhouetted
figures.