Learning Task 4: Discuss the usage or functions of the artworks in terms of how the elements and principles of arts were applied. Follow the given chart for your answers. Do this activity in your notebook.
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Title of The artwork: The Transfiguration (Raphael)
Function/Purpose: Transfiguration is a pivotal moment, and the setting on the mountain is presented as the point where human nature meets God: the meeting place for the temporal and the eternal, with Jesus himself as the connecting point, acting as the bridge between heaven and earth.
Title of The artwork: David (Donatello)
Function/Purpose: Donatello's statue, though, has a self-possessed sense of beauty. Just as Vasari recorded Donatello urging his naturalistic sculptures to come to life, the artist created this work with the express purpose of being beautiful, almost willing his David to respond to his desire, as well as the viewers.
Title of The artwork: The Last Supper (Da Vinci)
Function/Purpose: The main function of da Vinci's Last Supper would be to depict the story of Christ announcing to his disciples that one of them will betray him. It also functions to represent the serenity and power of Jesus compared to the chaos and emotion of humans.
Elements/Principles: Made by a composition of different elements that include some literal ones such as Jesus and his Apostles, Landscape, and a table with the last meal of Christ. Having a visual effect to the center of the painting he used a sad color paddle and a rough mosaic-like feeling
Title of The artwork: Mona Lisa (Da Vinci)
Function/Purpose: It is a visual representation of the idea of happiness suggested by the word "Gioconda" in Italian. Leonardo made this notion of happiness the central motif of the portrait: it is this notion that makes the work such an ideal. The nature of the landscape also plays a role.
Elements/Principles:
Leonardo was fascinated by the way light falls on curved surfaces. The gauzy veil, Mona Lisa's hair, the luminescence of her skin – all are created with layers of transparent color, each only a few molecules thick, making the lady's face appear to glow, and giving the painting an ethereal, almost magical quality.
Unity is another principle that is used in the Mona Lisa. The repetition of the colors in the background helps to create a sense of unity in the portrait. Variety is also achieved in the portrait because the sitter is so much larger than everyone else in the portrait.
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