The Master's degree work explores how the motif of a landscape can be used for the resolution of the painting problems of colour-quality contrast, the match/harmony of colours, and the colourist painting. I strive to define each of these concepts and analyse their presence in the works of three different painters.
In the theoretical part, I first connect the motive of landscape and the depiction of space because these two concepts are directly interconnected. Next, I dedicate a chapter to colour in painting, which is the primary means of expression with the problems of painting. Furthermore, I define the discussed painting problems and describe their fundamental properties. When discussing the colour-quality contrast, the saturation of shades of colour is addressed. The concept of colour harmony includes colour combinations that trigger the feelings of equilibrium. Colorism is a method of painting that uses colour as the primary means of expression and a fine arts concept.
Besides the definition of the discussed problems and the description of their fundamental properties, the theoretical part additionally explores how renowned fine artists solved the examined problems. The first discussed fine arts problem is the colour quality contrast, for which I try to determine how it reflects in the works of a painter Paul Klee. The second problem is the harmony of colour, and the artist, who occupied himself with it, is Zoran Didek. The final discussed problem is colourist painting, and the artist, who used it as a method, is Rihard Jakopič. Using the Muhovič 2019 method, I conduct the formal fine arts analysis of one landscape-themed work of art per artist.
In the practical part of the degree work, I analyse my own painting practice, which I used as an opportunity to solve the discussed painting problems. In the fine-arts didactic part, I present the research conducted in a primary school. It included the students of the seventh and ninth grades, who tried to solve the discussed painting problems using a landscape motif during three different activities.
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