Spring Semester 2020 Final year B.Arch
1.2 Decoding Piet Mondrian painting on impulsive impression.
Objective Piet Mondrian was a Dutch painter recognized as one of the greatest artist of twentieth century pioneering in abstract art. He believed that in order to achieve spiritual in art it should be above reality. As a result, his paintings progressed towards non-representational form. To express this he limited his vocabulary to primary color, values and direction. The students are encouraged to make a compelling narrative from one of his painting in figure 1-5 and translate that logic into data. The objective lies in the use of qualitative aspects of art into quantitative aspects and making rational conclusion. The final result should be n-number of outcomes with dramatic changes in the painting as compared to the original while maintaining the new population to be offspring of the same family. Parameters are used to inform change in the composition based on their narrative and constrain identifies the key essence that sustains the authenticity of the painting. Examples of key essence include features like quantity of color, dominant proportions, number of subdivision or location of primary colors and values. Student narrative coupled with initial intent of the painting influences a fresh canvas where data creates emergent art through logical thinking.
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