tonal structure?

[bingbinglanglang]

hey, has anybody heard of tonal structure?? and also the different kinds there are. and also could someone pleasse wirte a list or attach a file with information on different stles and stylistic qualities???

thanks heaps guyss!!!1

[Pari$]

OMG!  I've never even heard of it in reference to "art"! 
I've heard of it in reguards to music though...
Where have you heard of this "tonal structure" thing from???

[bingbinglanglang]

ummm im not sure exactly..... im almost certain it was in VCAA study design or key knowledge or in one of he assessors reports...nothing too major but its a good thing to discuss as one of your points for visual analysis...but i dont know what tonal structures there are.....lol..so u can see the pickle im in ?!!!!!

[Pari$]

Ummm.... Do you know exactly which examiner's report you read them in??? 

Yeah but I understand the pickle you're in... this art exam is supposed to be the easiest and I really have no idea what to study...

I'll go through the examiner's reports now and see if I can find it... I'll have a look at the study design too for ya.  Maybe I'd understand it if I saw what context it was in...
I can only try...

[Aurelie.]

tonal structure? do you mean like high-key, low-key mid-key? or something?

I don't know. Have you studied tone? It'd just be the same as that, wouldn't it?

[Pari$]

OMG! high key, mid key, low key?? we never did any of that?? eeeeeeeek!

[Aurelie.]

don't stress about it. There's not much to it...in relation to tone:

mostly darks = low-key
mostly lights = high-key
mostly mid-greys = mid-key   &
half and half = balanced between high and low key

the other basic properties of tone are:
 - lighting: where from/direction?
 - artificial or natural?
 - sfumato? chiaroscuro?
 - effect on images? (i.e. flat or solid due to tonal modelling...)

its just one small part of the formal analysis, so just write about other formal elements instead of tone unlesss its the first question of course.

[onlyfknhuman]

tonal structure, is aurlie stated.

A good word to use , is chiarscuro i forgot how 2 spell it, but i fugging loved it:) and sounds pro. It means great contrast i think between colours or tone.

edit: Oh crap u said that in ur post sorry +P