Final Visual Concept

Finally, I have managed to create what was on my mind for the last couple of months. My research presented in my blog posts over these past weeks represented Transformation. I conducted my research on the 3 areas: Art, Design and Film which eventually helped me in the process of generating ideas and designing a concept which works for the same 3 areas.

My last four blog posts show a constant development of the concept. Three of which refer to the three areas and the concept. Fundamentally, the idea was to transform the painting ‘The Girl before a mirror’, but transformation can also be seen through the painting considering the aim behind the concept.

Final Concept

I used number of the sketches which I uploaded earlier to help me formulate the concept. As an inspiration, I used various paintings by Picasso and Cezanne` to portray the same technique used in their paintings. Considering that these artists used to work with oils, as an alternative I have decided to cooperate with acrylics.

The figure on the left represents Post-Impressionism; I applied the same technique Cezanne` used in most of his figurative work.  He is wearing the British Military Jacket which was worn by the soldiers during the film ‘The Four Feathers’ complimented with a light coloured trousers.

The mirror, in itself presents the image of transformation of the figure on the left. For the reflected figure I used Cubism as an inspiration. His face was surely influenced from the face used in Picasso’s painting, ‘The girl before a mirror’.  As for the rest of his body, I combined some of the sketches presented.

I filled the background with newspaper cuttings to create a collage; afterwards I spilled some coffee to give it a classic look. As text, I applied the different typographies which I mentioned before to the words related to the theme.

Concept [Art] - Development

'Girl before a mirror' is the painting which I will make use of for my final concept. through such painting I will show the transformation from Post-Impressionism to Cubism.

Image 1

Applying bold colours, thick black outlines, geometric shapes and interlocking planes to the painting will definitely leave a Cubist touch. I started sketching different figures which I can make use of for my final concept. I drew various figures in the Cubist style. The first (Image 1) and second (Image 2) images show the same design, but in the second image(Image 2) I've decided to diminish the legs so that the figure looks taller. The design of this jacket goes very well with the British Military jacket used in ‘The Four Feathers’.

Image 2

In my last sketch(Image 3), I designed another jacket with a different bottom, and on the right of the sketch I included two other bottoms. The upper one has curvy trousers with long pointed shoes, whilst the one under it, has one thin and one fat leg. Although I’m not sure which ones I will use I think they will both help me a lot for this concept.

Image 3

In the Post-impressionist era, artists used to paint figures and portraits using debs of colour to give an emotional response, which initially led to Expressionism and secondly to Cubism. The figure representing Post-Impressionism can be associated to one of Paul Cezanne’s drawings considering that I will use his technique as a reference to this period. The figures are simple and will not include a lot of detail as to follow Cezanne’s work in this period (Image 4).

Image 4

Paul Cezanne

Paul Cezanne took part in impressionism exhibitions and he also created the bridge between impressionism & post-impressionism. When he grew tired of Impressionism, he decided to move on & go to his home town, Aix-En-Provence, where he could discover his art once again. His aim was to capture the discoveries made in Impressionism but with a sense of perfection, balance and order. Most of his paintings are related to the scenes found in Provence, Cezanne and the Sainte Victoire Mountain had a strong relationship. He painted this mountain at least 60 times. 

Bestand:Paul Cezanne La Montagne Saint Victoire Barnes

Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley

In this post, I’m about to review the transformation which these 60 renderings carry. The influence of Pisarro is very much visible, he abandoned the dark colours and the canvases display a brighter painting. For Cezanne, a painting is not an image, in these renderings we can see that he transformed each landscape in his way, positioning the trees and houses. This conveys a transformation from the nature world to the artistic world. He was interested in the world, not in the subject matter. He represented these imperfect forms with traditional shapes. In his first paintings the main elements were still visible but as years passed by the paintings became more simplified. The light in the painting, gives an impression of real depth, even the chunks of colour with no blending in between. These different planes of colour all placed next to each other, are communicated trough his broad brushstrokes. Cezanne’s small, very repetitive brushstrokes are characteristic & highly recognizable, which were arranged in a manner to enhance the feel of harmony. This is seen in a later part of his career, where he used colour in shorter strokes.



Sources

Bruce and Bobbie Johnson, Paul Cezanne 

Available at:-

http://hoocher.com/Paul_Cezanne/Paul_Cezanne.htm (Accessed on 27.10.12)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-2012, The Transformation of landscape painting in France

Available at:-

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/lafr/hd_lafr.htm (Accessed on 26.10.12)

Avignon et Provence, 1996-2012, Paul Cezanne( The Sainte Victoire mountain, promised land of his devotion)

Available at:-

http://www.avignon-et-provence.com/cezanne-biography/paul-cezanne/cezanne-paintings.htm#.UJUtUm_LTE0 (Accessed on 26.10.12)