In Friday’s class, we continued to learn about art and architecture in Ancient Near East civilizations. After looking at various works of art, such as the Standard of Ur and the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, the class began to lean about a few new concepts. For example, we learned that hierarchical scale refers to use of size in a work of art to denote status.
We then began a discussion about the use of many different artistic techniques that can be used to tell a message. Composition, the way things are arranged, value, how light or dark something is, as well as size and color can all be used to send a message. In order to illustrate this concept, groups of two students worked together to create an advertisement that specifically favors one product out of a group of products. They were each assigned one technique (composition, value, color, or size) that they could use to accomplish this task.
All of the groups did a fantastic job using the techniques to advertise their assigned product. The class could successfully identify which product was being indicated in each of the group’s final posters. Many of the “size” groups made their product much larger than the others, while the “color” groups made theirs much brighter than the others. “Composition” groups often rearranged the picture so that their product was more visible than the others, while the “value” groups made their product stand out by making it the lightest possible. The activity really made the point that many different techniques can be used to send a message in a work of art.
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