{"id":17909,"date":"2023-01-05T19:54:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T19:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/?page_id=17909"},"modified":"2023-01-10T18:00:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T18:00:56","slug":"still-life-painting-with-giorgio-morandi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/still-life-painting-with-giorgio-morandi\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Life painting with Giorgio Morandi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I must confess&#8230; Morandi&#8217;s paintings have always inspired me.\u00a0 There is a gentle painterly beauty that drives me crazy&#8230; Not in the wild hyper-emotional frenetic way that other Artists drive me crazy, but in a soft, thoughtful, and attentive way.\u00a0 The shape, colours, and composition are considered to work together in a unification of paint that holds the test of time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17911\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17911\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17911\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/220px-Giorgio-Morandi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/220px-Giorgio-Morandi.jpg 220w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/220px-Giorgio-Morandi-123x150.jpg 123w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/220px-Giorgio-Morandi-160x196.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source wikidata.org\/<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"inc__text-uppercase\">BIOGRAPHY<\/h3>\n<div class=\"artist__text research-text\">\n<p><b>Giorgio Morandi<\/b> (July 20, 1890 \u2013 June 18, 1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker who specialized in still life. His paintings are noted for their tonal subtlety in depicting simple subjects, which were limited mainly to vases, bottles, bowls, flowers, and landscapes. (text source Wikapiedia)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17910\" style=\"width: 316px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17910\" class=\" wp-image-17910\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/morandi_architecture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/morandi_architecture.jpg 398w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/morandi_architecture-161x300.jpg 161w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/morandi_architecture-80x150.jpg 80w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/morandi_architecture-260x485.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/morandi_architecture-160x299.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source artyfactory.com\/<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"dropcap\">M<\/span>orandi deliberately limited his choice of still-life objects to the unremarkable bottles, boxes, jars, jugs and vases that were commonly found in his everyday domestic environment. He would then &#8216;depersonalize&#8217; these objects by removing their labels and painting them with a flat matt color to eliminate any lettering or reflections. In this condition, they provided him with an anonymous cast of ready-made forms that he could arrange and rearrange to explore their abstract qualities and relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Morandi&#8217;s choice of still-life objects allude to his Italian heritage and their composition is inspired by the character of its old buildings. When assembled in a still-life group, his dusty bottles and boxes take on a monumental quality that evokes the architecture of medieval Italy &#8211; a style with which he seems at ease. Bologna has many examples of medieval architecture and is home to the oldest functioning university in the world: the &#8220;Alma Mater Studiorum&#8221;, founded in 1088.\u00a0 (text source artyfactory.com\/)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artyfactory.com\/art_appreciation\/still_life\/giorgio_morandi.htm\">See the rest of the Article here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Images<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17913\" style=\"width: 499px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17913\" class=\"wp-image-17913 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/cloudfrontnet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/cloudfrontnet.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/cloudfrontnet-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/cloudfrontnet-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/cloudfrontnet-560x370.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/cloudfrontnet-260x172.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/cloudfrontnet-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source wsj.net<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17916\" style=\"width: 527px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17916\" class=\" wp-image-17916\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/wsj.net_-1024x990.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"517\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/wsj.net_-1024x990.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/wsj.net_-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/wsj.net_-150x145.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/wsj.net_-768x743.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/wsj.net_-560x542.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/wsj.net_-260x251.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/wsj.net_-160x155.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/wsj.net_.jpg 1274w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giorgio Morandi, Still Life, 2941 Published Credit: \u00a9 2016 Artists Rights Society, NY\/SIAE, Rome\/DeA Picture Library\/Art Resource, NY<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17925\" style=\"width: 485px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17925\" class=\" wp-image-17925\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/toledomuseum-org.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/toledomuseum-org.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/toledomuseum-org-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/toledomuseum-org-150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/toledomuseum-org-260x240.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/toledomuseum-org-160x147.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source toledomuseum.org<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17926\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17926\" class=\" wp-image-17926\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/wikiart-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/wikiart-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/wikiart-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/wikiart-1-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/wikiart-1-560x363.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/wikiart-1-260x168.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/wikiart-1-160x104.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source WikiArt.com<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17914\" style=\"width: 497px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17914\" class=\" wp-image-17914\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/phillipscollection.org_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/phillipscollection.org_.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/phillipscollection.org_-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/phillipscollection.org_-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/phillipscollection.org_-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/phillipscollection.org_-560x418.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/phillipscollection.org_-260x194.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/phillipscollection.org_-160x119.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source Phillipscollectiuon.org<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17929\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17929\" class=\" wp-image-17929\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/estorickcollection-1024x866.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/estorickcollection-1024x866.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/estorickcollection-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/estorickcollection-150x127.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/estorickcollection-768x649.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/estorickcollection-1536x1298.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/estorickcollection-560x473.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/estorickcollection-260x220.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/estorickcollection-160x135.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/files\/2023\/01\/estorickcollection.jpg 1881w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source estorickcollection.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=giorgio+morandi+still+life+paintings&amp;tbm=isch&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjiwqq-mLH8AhXwHDQIHQosDIwQ2-cCegQIABAA&amp;oq=giorgio+morandi+still+life&amp;gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQARgBMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgYIABAHEB4yBggAEAcQHjIHCAAQgAQQGDIHCAAQgAQQGFC-DVi-DWC6F2gAcAB4AIABPIgBdJIBATKYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&amp;sclient=img&amp;ei=oii3Y-LpIvC50PEPitiw4Ag&amp;bih=546&amp;biw=1125&amp;hl=en-US\">Let&#8217;s take a look at more online to discuss.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Please upload your Favorite Morandi painting to our Teams Chanel.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Our project:<\/p>\n<p><b>Day one:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>One-day activity is to paint three different blocks in 3d using washes to build up your image.\u00a0 You will do this in a 3D space providing a figure-ground relationship. Think composition, coulour, and how your objects not only relate to each other but the space they reside within.\u00a0 (Submit on Teams)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day Two: (musical chairs Keller style)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the arranged objects on the tables\/counters, find something you like, find a viewpoint you like, and sketch.\u00a0 Repeat 3x over the class.\u00a0 (Submit all three ketches on Teams)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day Three: finding\/choosing your pallet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #8db5b2\"><strong>Let&#8217;s talk about\u00a0 <a style=\"color: #8db5b2\" href=\"https:\/\/min.news\/en\/home\/4328f4a8519c0a28d5d29a115f4a0f16.html\">What&#8217;s a Morandi pallet?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now:<\/p>\n<p>Find a vantage point you like. Grab a pallet and your sketchbook and think about all the colour\/tones you will need for your painting. Now mix SMALL amounts of each and arrange them in a logical way in your sketchbook.\u00a0 (Submit on Teams) If you finish early move to day four.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Wait!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever painted a colour wheel?\u00a0 <em><strong>Yes- move on.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">No- See me<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Need more help understanding how to find your Pallet?<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fscentales.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F09%2Fblog-sep2019-autumn-yanxipalace.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fscentales.com%2Fdesign-development%2Fseptember-special-flower-design-autumn-colors%2F&amp;tbnid=0OCg_UiGaKlRMM&amp;vet=12ahUKEwjAh5jEk7H8AhXTI30KHRHfBd4QMygLegUIARD-AQ..i&amp;docid=vFe6v9R7x2gU-M&amp;w=800&amp;h=468&amp;q=morandi%20color&amp;hl=en-US&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjAh5jEk7H8AhXTI30KHRHfBd4QMygLegUIARD-AQ\">Take a look at what&#8217;s happening Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day Four:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grab a canvas board, sketch out your image- PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE&#8230; think about the composition&#8230;\u00a0 Show it to me for approval&#8230; If IF IF!!! approved- find some paint and start building up your WASHES!\u00a0 No THIK paint to start&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Days 5-8:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paint, ask me questions, paint more and more and more&#8230; ask me questions&#8230; paint more. (Submit on Teams)<\/p>\n<p><strong>After:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will have a critique of your work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I must confess&#8230; Morandi&#8217;s paintings have always inspired me.\u00a0 There is a gentle painterly beauty that drives me crazy&#8230; Not in the wild hyper-emotional frenetic way that other Artists drive me crazy, but in a soft, thoughtful, and attentive way.\u00a0&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/still-life-painting-with-giorgio-morandi\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17909","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17909"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17931,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17909\/revisions\/17931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}