CPS Observation

Week 1

Theme

Observation

Context

I was thinking of still life painters using photogrammetry instead of paint and painting from about 20-30 different angles instead of just one.

In the 1800's still life painters had critics who thought flowers, apples, glasses of water... they were all just mundane things. But many artists of this time found solice, beauty and sophistication in examining nature and simple objects in a different light - giving them time, attention and canvas without having to worry about weaving a story around them. Another interpretation of these paintings was based upon the theme of mortality - all living things eventually die/ life is fleeting.

Links:

Ruysch, Flower Still-Life:

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/monarchy-enlightenment/baroque-art1/holland/a/ruysch-flower-still-life

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit. c. 1715:

https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.96655.html

Basket of Apples:

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/111436/the-basket-of-apples

Method

View an apple up close from many different angles, once with no bite taken and once with a bite taken.

Use photogrammetry software to capture what I see and by using basic stitching see what colour, shape and form I can create.

Response

The results looked a lot more like oil paintings than I was expecting. I love the look and feel.

It was amazing to see how the apple and the place it was sitting on became fused together. When viewed 3D you can rotate the whole canvas and view the apple from any angle! The shadows and the backlight of certain aspects of the scene during photogrammetry caused some sort of disruption, making the fabric near the apple and the apple itself warp in an imperfect yet beautiful way.