DC PUBLICATION

From Jo's session where we had to pick 10 aspects of DC we have enjoyed I was able to narrow down what I wanted to do for my publication. I decided to go with looking at the contact of practice session where we looked at what was aesthetically pleasing and how to describe it as I found this an interesting session. 

From jo'es later crit I have decided that my rationale is that I want to create an analytical dictionary. A book filled with appropriate words to describe and analyse work as I feel it is very important to choose the correct tone of language when analysing, but at the same time it is very hard to come up with different words. I also want to explore ways of how to apply this appropriate language to work.

Research.

Research is a big component for this brief as we need to have the content before we can start thinking about how we want it to look etc. What I want to research is what words we should use to describe/analyse work.

To start things off I want to see what kind of language my peers use when analysing work:

From this survey I discoverd that the majority said yes that they struggled to come up with words when analysing work. It was also clear from the 10 examples that they gave me that the tone they use is informal, which is not appropriate for analytical academic writing.

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/thesaurus-category/british/Words-used-to-describe-works-of-art-and-pictures

The above link is for the Macmillan dictionary website where there is a page of words specifically to describe art. This is a strong list of words and although not all are releven to graphic design it is a good start to generate words.

http://jasonbrockert.com/ayearinart/?p=55

Article about what words we should and shouldn't use, and general 'art speak'

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090903025747AAMzfL5

to generate more words to add variety to my research I decided to see what  previous people on yahoo ask had to say.

http://www.avln.org/resources/projects/pennington.pdf

highschool art teachers, teaching plan, on how to analyse work. quite interesting to see all the different techniques of doing it.

below more words

DESCRIPTIVE WORDS TO USE IN A FORMAL CRITIQUE OF ART

ELEMENTS OF ART Line blurred broken controlled curved diagonal freehand horizontal interrupted geometric meandering ruled  short straight thick thin vertical wide reversed Texture actual  bumpy corrugated flat  furry  gooey  leathery  prickly  rough  sandy  shiny  simulated  smooth soft  sticky  tacky velvet wet

Shape/Form amorphous biomorphic closed distorted  flat free-form full of spaces geometric heavy light linear massive nebulous open  organic Value dark light medium Space ambiguous deep flat negative/positive open shallow

Principles of Art balance contrast emphasis  harmony  pattern  repetition  rhythm  unity  variety  Themes in Art adoration children  circus  cityscape earth, air, fire, water  farming festivals  gardens  grief history  hunting  landscape love music mythology of historic occasions portraiture processions religion seascape storytelling theater war

STYLE OR PERIOD abstract classical genre historical  literary naïve narrative nonobjective primitive realistic romantic Renaissance Pop Op Modern Abstract Expression

MEDIA (MATERIALS) Two-Dimensional chalk colored pencil conte egg tempera found materials gouache ink oil pastel pencil photograph print tempera vine charcoal watercolor Three-Dimensional bronze clay fibers found materials marble metal mixed media papier-mâché plaster stone wood

TECHNIQUE architecture  batik carving ceramics collage crafts glassblowing  jewelry making metalwork modeling mosaics painting photography printmaking repousse sculpture weaving