Meerab Rohail: Mini Comparative Study by https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq Activity 4: Comparative study Steps For this activity, your online facilitator will create a padlet wall and share the link with you in the announcements forum. Once you have been provided with the link to the collaborative wall, please follow these steps: Read through the comparative study information in the guide. Select two artworks from different times and cultures. Either visually or in writing (or both) identify some similarities and some differences. If possible indicate on the artworks (annotate) the points you are making. This could take the form of a flow chart, a diagram, an illustration or a mind map. If it is not an electronic file (that is, if it has been written by hand on a piece of paper) either scan it or photograph it to turn it into a digital file. Upload to the Comparative study padlet wall. Tools • Comparative study padlet wall en-us 2018-03-24 00:26:24 UTC 2025-09-25 19:16:36 UTC hello@padlet.com Title: The Brooklyn Bridge: Variation on an Old Theme msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683482 Artist: Joseph Stella (1877-1946)
Date: 1939
Medium/ Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 70 1/4 × 42 3/16 in. (178.4 × 107.2 cm)Art period/Art Movements: Cubism and Futurism
Credit line: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Purchase ]]> 2018-03-24 00:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683482 Artist's Introduction: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683539 Joseph Stella (1877-1946) is an Italian-born artist, who immigrated to New York at a younger age. He joined the ranks of Modernist art in 1913, with his Italian Futurist-related work. ]]> 2018-03-24 00:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683539 Style: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683596 In this painting Stella has invariably secured cubiststyle and then moving into  Futurism, leading him into Cubo-Futurist industrial works.]]> 2018-03-24 00:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683596 Composition: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683615  In "The Brooklyn Bridge" Stella has captured the curvilinear rhythmic motion and symmetrically balanced granite towers of the long suspension Bridge.]]> 2018-03-24 00:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683615 Perspective: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683657 He has exhibited stylized bird's eye view of a landscape featuring sharply outlined silhouettes. He captures the dizzying height and awesome scale of the bridge from a series of fractured perspectives.]]> 2018-03-24 00:46:18 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683657 Surroundings: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683699 Stella combines dramatic views of glowing cables,  stone masonry and cityscapes of  New York in this painting. ]]> 2018-03-24 00:47:22 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683699 Mood/Atmosphere: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683756  In "The Brooklyn Bridge" painting, Stella confronted the reflective surface of steel and bright electric lights of the New York city in the darkness of night.]]> 2018-03-24 00:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683756 Symbolism: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683796 By combining
modern
architecture and historical allusions, Stella found a contemporary technological monument that embodied the present human spirit. ]]> 2018-03-24 00:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683796 msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683806 2018-03-24 00:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683806 Function and purpose: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683858 Stella transformed the Brooklyn Bridge into a twentieth-century symbol of divinity, the quintessence of modern life and the Machine Age.
Their exploration of the relationships among motion, speed and light influenced Stella's art and for the following decade he pioneered Futurism in America. 

]]> 2018-03-24 00:51:04 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683858 msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683909 2018-03-24 00:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/245683909 Title: London Bridge London, winter msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246235253 Artist: André Derain (1880-1954)
Date: 1906
Medium/ Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 26 x 39" (66 x 99.1 cm)
Art period/Art Movements: Fauvism
Credit line: The Museum of Modern Art New York. U.S.A. Credit Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zadok ]]> 2018-03-26 18:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246235253 Artist's Introduction: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246251140 Andre Derain(1880-1954)  is Fauvist painter who came to London in 1906 to celebrate the views of city of London.  ]]> 2018-03-26 18:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246251140 Subject Matter: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246253162 London Bridge  is a Landscape painting that depicts one of the several bridges built across the River Thames.]]> 2018-03-26 19:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246253162 msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246253689 2018-03-26 19:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246253689 Style: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246254280  His pieces during his stay in the South of France formed the basis of Fauvism. "London Bridge", is focused on the city of London.]]> 2018-03-26 19:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246254280 Composition: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246256363  Derain has portrayed the modernize city center with grand new architectural developments and public projects. ]]> 2018-03-26 19:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246256363 Perspective: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246256823 Derain creates an  Arial Perspective and in doing so helps unify the simple shapes with the conflicting colors.]]> 2018-03-26 19:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246256823 Surroundings: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246259389 Derain observed the mechanical industry of radically built railways. He wanted to take a snapshot of life in his painting "London Bridge".]]> 2018-03-26 19:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246259389 Mood /Atmosphere: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246261305 Derain used poly-chromed warm and cool colors to express noise and activity. In addition, he added contrasting colors to express depth by painting warm colors in the foreground and transitioning to cool colors in the background. It seems as the city at this point was calm.]]> 2018-03-26 19:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246261305 Symbolism: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246262008 In the "London Bridge" Derain signifies anti-naturalistic violence of the colors applied to landscapes and urban views.]]> 2018-03-26 19:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246262008 Function and purpose: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246263784 Derain was comissioned  by his art dealer Ambroise Vollard to paint views of London. Derain describes a complete renewal of expression through creative energy and liberation of colors in "London Bridge"]]> 2018-03-26 19:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246263784 Subject Matter msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246264811 In "The Brooklyn Bridge" Painting, Stella illustrates the growing technological advancement and its impact on modern architecture.]]> 2018-03-26 19:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246264811 Influences: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246280606  It calls upon a Renaissance altar, while the harmonic addition of Gothic styled  immensely pointed arches evoking  medieval churches.]]> 2018-03-26 20:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246280606 Influence: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246283245 He has shown the active life around Thames river that fascinated him particularly its International commercial traffic and industrialized banks.]]> 2018-03-26 20:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246283245 Similarities: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246285036 Center of Focus/Emphasis: Joseph Stella and Andre Derain have Painted Bridges in their paintings.
Medium: They have worked with oil paints on canvas in both paintings.
Purpose: Artists in both painting show a social purpose of ongoing life style of the cities to stimulate aesthetic response.
Picture Plane: The paintings illustrate the use of perspective where the objects are receding in the background.
Space: Both Artists have created depth of field by keeping a balancing between the background, foreground and middle ground as the scene is being viewed through a camera lens.
Background: The paintings have buildings in their background as a similar feature.
Mood/Atmosphere: Both paintings portray calm and happy progressive city lives.
Form: Andre Derain and Stella have both painted Landscapes.
Historical context: The representation of mechanical and industrial revolution is expressed by both artists in their paintings.

]]> 2018-03-26 20:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246285036 Differences: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246304844 Place:Joseph Stella has painted a monument from New York, whereas Andre Derain has taken an Architectural structure from London in his paintings.
Date: Stella painting "The Brooklyn Bridge" in 1939 while Derain painted "London Bridge" in 1909.
Brushstrokes: Stella has used soft, well blended, smooth and flat brushstrokes but Derain has used bold, thick, dabs of color freely and spontaneously.
Style: Stella followed Cubo-futurist style in his painting while Derain applied Fauvist style to "London Bridge" painting.
Time: Stella has shown a midnight scene through lamp posts light, reflective cables, glowing head lights of cars and dark sky. Derain has created a bright sunny sky with orange and red hues and the reflection of sunlight on water in direct yellow color.
Perspective: Stella has composed his painting on Bird's eye view as the sky in showing in his painting, however Derain had used Ariel perspective in his painting.
Color scheme: Stella has chosen subtle, muted, tints, along with neutral and dull colors as compared to him Derain has applied bright, contrasting, glowing, hues of cool and warm colors.
Symbolism: "The Brooklyn Bridge" represents technological advancements through the elements of electric cables and lamp lights. Although Derain has shown industrialization and commercialization in modern age.
Foreground: In the foreground of "The Brooklyn Bridge" there is a normal view or front view of the bridge. Nevertheless Dearin has painted river and boats on the closer edge of his painting.
Formal elements: Joseph Stella has painted plain smooth surface of towers and used straight and curved lines to illustrate railings and cables, while Derain has painted implied roubrick texture of walls and rounded arches using irregular and distorted lines.]]> 2018-03-26 22:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246304844 References: msavio1 https://padlet.com/msavio1/g8spa5tqt7uq/wish/246310761  http://collection.whitney.org/object/2968 
https://msu.edu/~vermanni/style.htm

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/infrastructure/brooklyn-bridge.shtml

https://www.copia-di-arte.com/a/joseph_stella_1877_1946/thebrooklynbridgevariationonanoldtheme.html

http://www.artinvest2000.com/derain_andre-ponte_londra.html

http://culturemechanism.blogspot.com/2013/02/andre-derain-london-bridge.html

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79103

https://courtauld.ac.uk/gallery
 
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https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/andre-derain-london-bridge-1906

https://www.flickr.com/photos/48342356@N06/4428387565

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