Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Impasto

the work of art is called incision by Jay Defeo its a perfect example of impasto which is paint applied very thickly to a canvas or support. when doing impasto it gives your work texture along with a three D look. if you look to the bottom of the picture the artist applied more paint making it stick out more with a rough texture. it almost looks and probably feels like a rock that was smashed. this type of work is used to give art a different look. if you look at the white spots less paint was applied their making it more smooth and not having that rough texture or drip effect like the bottom.

Pattern

This work of art is called spider by Alexander Calder its a perfect example of a pattern. A pattern is a repetitive motif or design. in Calder work the pattern goes out then in then out again creating a hump on the inside. it goes in sequence to and towards the end they get closer and closer. if you look on the outside the black peaces are all point backwards towards the stand making another pattern

Local Color

This painting is called Impression Sunrise by Claude Monet. its a great example of local color which is the ways colors might be mixed or how different conditions of light and atmosphere might affect the color. in this painting the sun rising is affecting the sky causing it to be a peach color like the sun. also the lighting affect the picture the back ground is more colorful while the front of the picture is dark because the sun hasn't hit the men and the water yet. I really like the colors and how the artist used the affect of the sun rising to change the lighting of the picture.

Arbitrary Color

This piece is called Corner of the table by Pierre Bonnard. hes well know for his Arbitrary color which is colors that has no realistic or natural relation to the object that is depicted like a blue horse or a green dog. in this work of art he has brownish yellowish fruits on the table. in the middle we see yellow grapes. on the side we see brown apples and yellow apples. all of these fruits match the the basket at the top maybe signify they should be at a picnic instead of table. the table cloth is white making the fruits all stand out much more. you also see a blue and orange pear near the basket. all of these fruits are not their real color.

Cross-Hatching

This drawing is called Male Nude by Michelangelo Buonarroti and its a great example of Cross Hatching. Cross Hatching is when one set of hatches is crossed at an angle by a second and sometimes a third set. its very similar to hatching except the lines don't run parallel the cross over each other. As you can see on his ribs the lines are crossing over each other but there is not a third set or it be much darker. if you look near his arm pits there is a lot more layer due to how dark it is giving it more area. the denser the lines, the darker the area.

Hatching

This piece is called Solomon asleep in his bed by Erhard Schoen this is a great example of Hatching which is an area of closely spaced parallel lines, or hatches. the closer the spacing of the lines the darker the area is you can see that near the window the line are very close to each other it gives the area more depth. if you look at the bed sheets the parallel lines are father apart making it more white and it doesn't jump out as much as the lines near the window. overall this picture from ARTstor is a great example of hatching and how parallel can create art.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Modern experiments

One of the coolest Modern experiment art I read about in this chapter was the over head shot or birds eye view art. in Umbo weird street photo it was crazy how small and little the people look and how crammed they were but yet its a huge street. I saw a similarity in this Photo by Tyler Brill it gives you the overhead shot view in a high school hall way. Tyler is on top of the lockers but he seems so much bigger. one of his feet is three times as big as one person. its very unique how looking down below on something makes it look so much tinnier. this picture the  student look jammed against each other and seem so small just because of the overhead view. I think its a cool modern art experiment artist should use more.

Positive and Negative Shapes

These two sculputres created by Dame Barbara Hepworth are perfect examples of positive and negative shape. negative shape is the art spaced around the main imagine in this example it would be the wooden bottoms because its flat and not part of the sculpture but is going to help the sculpture stick out more. the gray sculptures would be the positive shape because they are the main point of this piece, they have a three dimensional look to really help them stand out . artist use this to make their piece stand out more. as you can see the gray sculptures really pop out because of the wood foundation.



One point linear perspective

The work by Robter Dubovy is a great example of one point linear perspective which is lines drawn to converge in a single vanishing point located on the horizon line, as seen by a stationary viewer. when viewing this picture you have store that are very close but the road continues all the way down and then vanish off. the art does on prupose to make you focus on where those lines vanish off to. in this case the road goes all the way down to a shining city. you have gloomy clouds and a moon and at the of the road is a glowing city probably representing hope.

Foreshortening

in this piece called Saint in the wilderness by John Walters is a perfect example of foreshortening art. which creates a unique  affect when looking at art.it makes an object closer than it is or having less depth or distance, as and effect of perspective or the angle. in Walters art he has the man foot feel as if it was right in your grasp and his head and body feel like they are much farther away. foreshortening art gives you the scenes that your right in the art or next to the object. also their is more detail where the foreshortening starts, look at his foot their more shading and it looks like the artist went  in more depth with all the wrinkles and dirt marks.



Oblique Projection

In this picture created by David Hockney he shows great Oblique projection.which is a simple type of graphical projection used for producing pictorial, two dimensional images of three dimensional objects and they are parallel.in this piece  all the objects are parallel with each other but their also facing parallel to the picture to. the chair legs, the chair and the steps going down are 3d objects put in a two dimensional picture. even the house figure in the back round has a three dimensional look.