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Maia Ramishvili Note the similarities and differences between Ramishvili and Klimt’s works in the Venn diagram

• Retro art: a style that is imitative of trends, or art forms from the historical past; also known as • Female subjects "vintage inspired" (pensive, elegant, • Synthesis of the old and new in refined) relation to color and female pose hands • Ornamented motifs • Appear like textile collages • Georgia, Western Asia and • Their gaze is on the Eastern Europe (1969) viewer • Oil on canvas • Translucent skin • 1980s attended an art • Elongated hands school • Japanese influence • 1990s she studied painting Patchwork quilt patterns Near the Black Sea: Roman, Ottoman, Iranian and Russian Japanese woodcut rule over its history Christianity – Eastern Orthodox and Islam 1917 Russian revolution 1980s civil conflicts 1991 independence 2008 Georgia Russian conflict- territorial Georgian women in traditional dress Gustav Klimt Note the similarities and differences between Ramishvili and Klimt’s works in the Venn diagram

(1862-1918) • Large family – 7 siblings (all • Art Nouveau: 19th century were artistic) architecture and decoration. It was often inspired by natural forms such • painter of architectural • Female subjects decorations; and engraver (pensive, elegant, as the curves of plants and flowers • Father and brother died Venetian refined) • : symbolism in art is 1892 and he had taken on • Ornamented motifs related to the gothic financial responsibility • Appear like textile • Eroticism/sexual/ partially nude over the family collages • "golden phase", many of which • Their gaze is on the • include gold leaf on canvas viewer Japanese woodcut • Emilie Louise Flöge a • Translucent skin fashion designer – had 14 • Elongated hands children • 1897 - art group • Nuda Veritas (1899) • Golden Phase • Traveled to Venice - Emilie Louise Flöge: garments, especially loose, patterned dresses in the reform style. During her trips to London and Paris she familiarised herself with the latest fashion trends from Coco Chanel and Maia Ramishvili and Gustav Klimt

Answer for each artist about their overall work:

What’s so special about the work of art? Female modeling seductively in a patchwork of color identifying richness and golden.

What should we look for in their work of art? • Subject Matter: woman • Sensory Qualities: femininity • Emotional Aspects: seductive • Technical Aspects: painting • Context: idolized female

When was it made? • Using Visual Clues: Art Nouveau and gold leaf • Using Personal Time: • Using Historical Time: Maia Ramishvili and Gustav Klimt - TASKS 1

2 Follow the ‘slide show’ and do ONE pen portrait; ONE watercolor portrait

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Follow either ‘YouTube’ channel to get an idea how to work the circular grid: Close or Kandinsky. Use oil pastel, color pencil, markers or paints and do ONE A4 sheet Chuck Close Wassily Kandinsky *if you have grid paper from Math – use that for help https://www.youtube.co https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgDk m/watch?v=hRfe1skdQf uhmsMZg Aii. Demonstrate understanding of the role of the A&t=1574s artform in original or displaced contexts