Diego Rivera Fresco

Rivera was descended from Spanish nobility on his dad side. From the age of ten Rivera studied art at the academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. In the summer of 1911 he left for Paris and did not return until 1921 after his return he turned away from cubism back ground. He soon went to Detroit and began doing fresco paintings. Fresco paintings are paintings on plaster, either dry or wet. Back then the paint is an independent layer separate from the plaster proper. Latter on them did it by chemically bounding the plaster and is integral to the wall. Fresco paintings are usually done on a large scale. In this piece done by Diego he paints all different class of people working together. On the bottom you have the upper class people the business men look at blue prints. On the top you have lower class blue collar workers doing the steal. He’s symbolizing that everyone has to work together to create the finish product.

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh is one of the most well know artist in the world. He was known for his rough beauty, emotional honesty and cold color. One of Vincent early aspiration was to become a pastor but he enjoyed art too much. He also had a mental illness which affected his painting and was the reason for his death. Van Gogh would use art to express his emotion because he was mentally unstable. Some of his work would be in all blue because he was depressed or some of his work would be in all red to express his anger. Vincent was one of a kind and he was best known for his oil paintings. Oil paint is a medium using linseed oil as a binder that became particularly popular in the beginning of the fifth teen century. In his work here it shows a couple holding hands during the night. He uses a lot of blue maybe representing he’s depressed. Next you see the couple walking away maybe symbolizing resentment towards couple’s .Van Gogh had lustful feelings towards women and you see that throughout his work.

Jess Collins Collage

Jess Collins is a well-rounded individual he was drafted into the military at a young age and painted on his free time. After the service he gave up his scientific career as an atomic engineer and enrolled at California school of art. After parting ways with his family he referred to himself as jess. Jess had strong political views and you see that a lot in his work. A collage is work made by pasting various scrapes or piece of material onto the surface of the composition. Jess collages are very different from other collages; he takes a lot of time in placing his objects. Each piece is layer in a certain place for a certain reason. He just doesn’t through things in his collage to cover up space.

Emil Nolde Water Colors

Emil Nolde was a German painter and printmaker. He was very well known for his oil paintings and water colors. Water color is a painting medium consisting of pigments suspended in a solution of water and gum Arabic. In his water color called Blue Mountain his brushwork is very vigorous. If you look at the clouds to the right compared to the water fall in the middle they have different brush strokes and mixtures of colors. He has expressive choice of colors to with his golden yellows and multiple blues. The tone of this piece is very soothing. It reminded me of Niagara Falls and how the water looks so fresh and beautiful. His work really jumps out at you because of his use of vivid colors and the way he blends them together.

Charles Burchfield Wallpaper

Charles E. Burchfield grew up in Ohio painting watercolors of nature and insect in a exuberant style where color had deep emotional resonance. he eventually moved to buffalo NY where he worked as a designer at the H.M. Birge wallpaper company. we all know that wall paper is pasted in vertical strips over walls in a room to provide a decorative or textured surface. but Charles wallpaper was much more than that. in his piece Morning glories he creates a scenery of three different flowers. these flowers really stand out because he makes the back ground out of dark colors such as black,brown and gray. he probably signifying a fresh start to each morning. every morning flower blossom up and its a new start to a day. I like how he creates shapes in the leaves and the flowers. if you look at the leafs to the left their like hearts with all different kinds of shapes in side of them.

Albert Durer Wood Engraving

Albrecht Durer was more than just an artist he was a printmarker, engraver, mathematician and theorist. He grew up in German and fell in love with art and eventually was known as the greatest artist of the northern renaissance. His woodcuts were astonishing; they had a gothic flavor to them. A Wood engraving is a relief printmaking technique, in which fine lines are carved into the block, resulting in a print consisting of white lines on a black background. In this piece from his apocalypse series he creates a Jesus like figure, with glowing lights above his head. Probably symbolizing a need for reform in the kingdom. The men are being blinded by his glowing light. One solider is dead a sleep, while the others look hung over. Remember Durer comes from the time of the renaissance when there was corruption and plague. I like the way he creates the scenery in the back ground carving fine lines for the grass and trees but then makes the hills to the left really stand out by turning them white with repetitive engraving.

Scale

this photo graph by Jonas Bendiksen is a great example of scale. Scale is size in relation to normal or constant size compare with proportion. if you look at the black arrow you see two men that look like ants in this photograph. compare these men to the white line which are the bleachers of Sheriff field stadium. this picture taken behind them shows you the scale of a stadium bleacher compare to the common man. scale art is fun to look at because you realize how small certain things truly are. I like this piece because men created this huge stadium even though they are so small compare to it.

Visual movement

this work by Raphael called Holy Family with the Lamb is great piece to show Visual movement which is used to guide the viewer through the piece with lines,shapes,color,depth and hierarchy can be used to guide the viewer from one point to another. when you look at the mothers eyes and arm they are both pointing towards the new born baby, making your eyes look towards him. then if you look at the man his eyes and walking stick are point towards the baby probably representing  how the baby is a significant figure to them. both the man and the woman body are point towards the baby all leading you to the holy son on the lamb.

Contrast

this painting by Vincent Van Gogh called Plain at Auvers is a great representation of contrast. Contrast is the arrangement of opposite elements like Light and Dark or rough and smooth. if you look at the white arrow it shows a very dark sky.
Van Gogh made the sky very dark to contrast the light orange plains as seen in the black arrow. if you look at the black arrow it shows how light the color of the plains are but also the rough texture. you see multiple lines making leafs and hay. compared to the smooth sky that are just strokes of grey paint. Van Gogh work usually has a lot of contrast

Repetition and Rhythem

This art work was created by Yayoi Kusama and its called Stamens Sorrow. When asked to find Repetition and Rhythm I figured the best person to show that was Yayoi Kusama and here unique idea of dots. Repetition is when objects, shapes, space and lighting are repeated in artwork. Rhythm is when the regular repatition of particular form or elements occurs in art. This is a great piece to show that. The top arrow shows how she repeats the egg like figure in a rectangle. The second arrow shows her repetition of the blue sparkles in the middle. When looking at it from a distance you see the rhythm and how it goes from larger circles on the outside, to smaller blue circles on the inside. This is repeated 120 times to make a gigantic wall of rectangles.

Emphasis

 This painting is called the Beeches by Asher Brown Durand; it’s a great example of Emphasis. Emphasis is a principle of art which occurs any time an element of a piece is given dominance by the artist. Basically means the artist makes a part of the work stand out more and it draws your eyes there first. When you first look at this piece your eyes go Right to the man walking his sheep because the artist grouped the sheep and the man together. Second your eyes get drawn towards the large tree in the front because it’s isolated from the rest of the picture and right in front of you. Finally the third thing your eyes are drawn to is the lake and the sky because of the use of contrast. By making the sky different colors it lures your eyes over there at the end. Emphasis art is very cool how it grasps your eyes.

Asymmetrically Balanced

This piece is called July fourth teen by Childe Hassam. He’s well known for his asymmetrically balanced art. Which is off center or created with an odd or mismatch number of disparate elements. In this art it is not balanced in the middle it’s balanced to the left. You have a crowd of people in the street to the left of the line, while the right side is all the building. He makes the streets feel exposed while the buildings are much heavier than the left portion. If you look at the top of the page it’s emptier with the sky while the bottom is crowded with people. He shows great asymmetrically balance throughout this painting.