1) INTRODUCE THE DRAWING IN GENERAL TERMS
•What is the title of the drawing?
Fenestration of the ear the lamp
•What is the name of the artist?
Barbara Hepworth
•What is the year the drawing was done?
1948
•What is the medium? (ie the materials used to produce the picture, for example charcoal on paper, pen and ink etc)
Oil & Pencil on board.
•What is the subject matter or general theme of the work? (eg is it a figure drawing, a map, a portrait, an autobiographical work, a picture about nature, a drawing of the city etc?)
It is a figure drawing about few doctors doing ear surgery.The artist focus on the work of the doctor and it is a hospital theme of Hepworth that it was one of the hospital theme drawing in her works.
•Does the drawing have a particular purpose? eg Is it a diagram that explains how something works? Does it record accurately record the appearance of something? Does it express the artist's emotion or memory?
Hepworth produced a lot of doctors at work in operating theatres. It is because she had the friendship with the the doctor who treated her daughter in the hospitalisation
at the Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital. This kind of painting
shows simple scene of a surgery and it depicts doctors doing surgery in the operation room. It express the artist’s feelings and shows a kind of harmony and warming.The artist's emotion on the doctor about taking care the patient. Herpworth showed a kind of thankful to the doctors and try to present the surgery in the painting.
2) DESCRIBE THE DRAWING IN DETAIL
•How is line used? What does it do/express?
The line are simple and clear.It describes the shape of the people and their movement clearly. Because there are simple lines, it express calm feeling. There are some contour lines are blurring and lines show the artist tried to capture the movement of the doctors.
The whole painting in a soft lines and you can see the hand's details. The artist use many soft line to depict the whole scene and it give the viewer a kind of comfortable feeling.
Also , there are almost curve lines in the painting and the lines look like sketch lines so the images are partly hidden and partly visible.The using of lines avoid the strong visual impact and create a mild images.
Especially the lines near the ear , it is hard to see the lines but there are many lines in white and yellow colour surrounded by the ear. It makes the viewers imagine about the hidden and visible lines.
•How is tone used? What does it do/express?
Artist use a harmony and warm tone in this drawing. This picture is not in contrast tone but it is peaceful and flat. The whole background of yellow color is warm colour and make you feel warm and peaceful.
Some purple on the right create the distance and shadows of the drawing. The tone show the flat life of the doctors which the artist want to express.
•What can you say about shape and/or form in this picture? What is the effect?
There are some curve lines and form the picture quiet harmony and it effects the viewer focus on the details of the surgery. It is hard to see the shape of the ear but you also can capture the ear there so it gives a kind of imagination to the viewer. The shape of the doctors are almost in curve shape.Their heads are round and the hand's shapes are also in a soft form. The whole painting is full of round shapes image and it affects the feeling of the picture. There are less images in square shape so it is harmony and soft to appreciate.
•Is texture a feature of the drawing?
Yes. the artist focus on show the mood but not the detail and reality of it. The smooth and soft lines create a sensation or impression of the images. Viewer need to appreciate the whole drawing in order to feel the emotion of it. The arrangements of warm colors present the mood and the feature of this drawing.
•What can you say about the composition of the drawing? What is the effect of this type of composition on the overall drawing?
The composition of this drawing is form a triangle.There are three doctors on left,top and right. On the under part of the painting , there are the ear with lighting and surrounding by the white and yellow colour.
The painting create a stable and harmony form and it is balanced that the patient's is surrounded by the doctors. It is a kind of caring and safety. The lamp and ear become the focus point of this painting. The doctor's position points to the lamp. It shows the lamp is bright and light up the operation. This kind of composition show the professional of the doctors that they are not nerve to do the operation.
Also, the painting shows the ear with light and that is the focus point. All the doctors are posing to the ear and all the movement and their eyes are focus on one point.
It makes a focus point and show the main theme of this picture.
•Is rhythm important in this picture? If so, say more about it...
This painting shows a moment of the operation and rhythm is not that important.
•Is the picture balanced?
This picture is balanced.There are three people on left , right and the top of the picture and the focus point of the ear is on the lower part of the picture so it shows quiet balanced.
The painting is formed as a big triangle and the images are full in it. There are no empty part and three doctors on left, right and the top and the ear and light shown at the middle or lower part of the picture. It gives a balanced feeling to the viewers and artist fulfills the picture with images in all angles.
•Is perspective used in the picture? If so, describe the way that the illusion of three-dimensional space has been created.
Yes, the doctor on the top is smaller than the others and it create a three dimensional space that the operation is in progress and the space can be expanded. The shadow on the back with purple colour also create space and make a sense of multi-level of the painting.
•Is the picture harmonious? If so, in what way?
Yes. The triangular composition is balanced and create a full and complete sense of the painting . The stable scene make it feel harmonious. Moreover, the colour tone in yellow and white coolur also create harmony feeling. The curved lines are smooth and soft with the peaceful emotion on the doctors faces . All of this help to show the harmony in the painting.
•Are there any strong contrasts in the picture? Say more...
No. Besides the purple shadow on the background, the whole picture is in yellow and white colour and there are warm and stable.
3) INTERPRETATION AND EVALUATION
•What is the mood of the drawing? Justify your answer using information from your responses above.
The mood of the drawing is peaceful,harmony,safety and steady. The warm colour create the stable scene and it is comfortable for the viewer.Smooth lines are connected together and the images are simple and fine.The lamp in the middle lighten the operation of ear and viewer feel safety about it. The balanced composition also makes a stable and complete scene. All the those factors in the drawing forms a kind of harmony and peaceful mood.
•What does the drawing express? Justify your answer using information from your responses above.
It express a kind of peaceful about the operation. In our mind, we always think the operation room is busy, emergency and dangerous. In this painting, it shows a different moment which is peaceful. On the doctors faces, there are no nervous and worries. The drawing show a moodmental stateframe of mind about the artist want to show her views on the operation and her mood about doing the operation. The real situation may not that peaceful but the artist try to project her mood into the real situation so she use a little bit fantasy ways to express her views.
•In your opinion, why is this work interesting/moving/ clever/ imaginative/thought-provoking/......? Choose the adjective(s) that best fit(s) the work, and then justify your conclusions by referring to specific features and qualities of the drawing (including those you have discussed above).
This work is imaginative because you can not really see the whole operation and you can only see the unclear ear there. It creates a imaginative space for us to think. I will say this picture is peaceful and steady. The smooth lines and balanced composition create a peaceful ear operating moment and the warm colour make me feel comfortable and push away our bad feeling about the operations.
•What is the title of the drawing?
Fenestration of the ear the lamp
•What is the name of the artist?
Barbara Hepworth
•What is the year the drawing was done?
1948
•What is the medium? (ie the materials used to produce the picture, for example charcoal on paper, pen and ink etc)
Oil & Pencil on board.
•What is the subject matter or general theme of the work? (eg is it a figure drawing, a map, a portrait, an autobiographical work, a picture about nature, a drawing of the city etc?)
It is a figure drawing about few doctors doing ear surgery.The artist focus on the work of the doctor and it is a hospital theme of Hepworth that it was one of the hospital theme drawing in her works.
•Does the drawing have a particular purpose? eg Is it a diagram that explains how something works? Does it record accurately record the appearance of something? Does it express the artist's emotion or memory?
Hepworth produced a lot of doctors at work in operating theatres. It is because she had the friendship with the the doctor who treated her daughter in the hospitalisation
at the Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital. This kind of painting
shows simple scene of a surgery and it depicts doctors doing surgery in the operation room. It express the artist’s feelings and shows a kind of harmony and warming.The artist's emotion on the doctor about taking care the patient. Herpworth showed a kind of thankful to the doctors and try to present the surgery in the painting.
2) DESCRIBE THE DRAWING IN DETAIL
•How is line used? What does it do/express?
The line are simple and clear.It describes the shape of the people and their movement clearly. Because there are simple lines, it express calm feeling. There are some contour lines are blurring and lines show the artist tried to capture the movement of the doctors.
The whole painting in a soft lines and you can see the hand's details. The artist use many soft line to depict the whole scene and it give the viewer a kind of comfortable feeling.
Also , there are almost curve lines in the painting and the lines look like sketch lines so the images are partly hidden and partly visible.The using of lines avoid the strong visual impact and create a mild images.
Especially the lines near the ear , it is hard to see the lines but there are many lines in white and yellow colour surrounded by the ear. It makes the viewers imagine about the hidden and visible lines.
•How is tone used? What does it do/express?
Artist use a harmony and warm tone in this drawing. This picture is not in contrast tone but it is peaceful and flat. The whole background of yellow color is warm colour and make you feel warm and peaceful.
Some purple on the right create the distance and shadows of the drawing. The tone show the flat life of the doctors which the artist want to express.
•What can you say about shape and/or form in this picture? What is the effect?
There are some curve lines and form the picture quiet harmony and it effects the viewer focus on the details of the surgery. It is hard to see the shape of the ear but you also can capture the ear there so it gives a kind of imagination to the viewer. The shape of the doctors are almost in curve shape.Their heads are round and the hand's shapes are also in a soft form. The whole painting is full of round shapes image and it affects the feeling of the picture. There are less images in square shape so it is harmony and soft to appreciate.
•Is texture a feature of the drawing?
Yes. the artist focus on show the mood but not the detail and reality of it. The smooth and soft lines create a sensation or impression of the images. Viewer need to appreciate the whole drawing in order to feel the emotion of it. The arrangements of warm colors present the mood and the feature of this drawing.
•What can you say about the composition of the drawing? What is the effect of this type of composition on the overall drawing?
The composition of this drawing is form a triangle.There are three doctors on left,top and right. On the under part of the painting , there are the ear with lighting and surrounding by the white and yellow colour.
The painting create a stable and harmony form and it is balanced that the patient's is surrounded by the doctors. It is a kind of caring and safety. The lamp and ear become the focus point of this painting. The doctor's position points to the lamp. It shows the lamp is bright and light up the operation. This kind of composition show the professional of the doctors that they are not nerve to do the operation.
Also, the painting shows the ear with light and that is the focus point. All the doctors are posing to the ear and all the movement and their eyes are focus on one point.
It makes a focus point and show the main theme of this picture.
•Is rhythm important in this picture? If so, say more about it...
This painting shows a moment of the operation and rhythm is not that important.
•Is the picture balanced?
This picture is balanced.There are three people on left , right and the top of the picture and the focus point of the ear is on the lower part of the picture so it shows quiet balanced.
•Is perspective used in the picture? If so, describe the way that the illusion of three-dimensional space has been created.
Yes, the doctor on the top is smaller than the others and it create a three dimensional space that the operation is in progress and the space can be expanded. The shadow on the back with purple colour also create space and make a sense of multi-level of the painting.
•Is the picture harmonious? If so, in what way?
Yes. The triangular composition is balanced and create a full and complete sense of the painting . The stable scene make it feel harmonious. Moreover, the colour tone in yellow and white coolur also create harmony feeling. The curved lines are smooth and soft with the peaceful emotion on the doctors faces . All of this help to show the harmony in the painting.
•Are there any strong contrasts in the picture? Say more...
No. Besides the purple shadow on the background, the whole picture is in yellow and white colour and there are warm and stable.
3) INTERPRETATION AND EVALUATION
•What is the mood of the drawing? Justify your answer using information from your responses above.
The mood of the drawing is peaceful,harmony,safety and steady. The warm colour create the stable scene and it is comfortable for the viewer.Smooth lines are connected together and the images are simple and fine.The lamp in the middle lighten the operation of ear and viewer feel safety about it. The balanced composition also makes a stable and complete scene. All the those factors in the drawing forms a kind of harmony and peaceful mood.
•What does the drawing express? Justify your answer using information from your responses above.
It express a kind of peaceful about the operation. In our mind, we always think the operation room is busy, emergency and dangerous. In this painting, it shows a different moment which is peaceful. On the doctors faces, there are no nervous and worries. The drawing show a moodmental stateframe of mind about the artist want to show her views on the operation and her mood about doing the operation. The real situation may not that peaceful but the artist try to project her mood into the real situation so she use a little bit fantasy ways to express her views.
•In your opinion, why is this work interesting/moving/ clever/ imaginative/thought-provoking/......? Choose the adjective(s) that best fit(s) the work, and then justify your conclusions by referring to specific features and qualities of the drawing (including those you have discussed above).
This work is imaginative because you can not really see the whole operation and you can only see the unclear ear there. It creates a imaginative space for us to think. I will say this picture is peaceful and steady. The smooth lines and balanced composition create a peaceful ear operating moment and the warm colour make me feel comfortable and push away our bad feeling about the operations.
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You did a good work on the analysis and doing research of the painter. Barbara Hepworth did other paintings about doctor in doing surgery too. I have share view with you of the imaginative and peaceful feelings on the painting too and I think it's mainly because of the color, tone and the curve lines of doctor's body. What do you think?
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Carol: Very good analysis indeed. Easy. And very constructive comments on others' work. Well done.
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