Blog Entry #4

1.       How has this work contributed a new or different understanding of color to the world?

HISTORY OF ART

This work laid down the foundation for all color schemes to come.  It is why we have some of the color schemes we do today.

FASHION DESIGN

Designing helps us understand color because with clothes you can mix and match colors that you never thought would match.  Also it helps people create new and trendy color schemes.

VISUAL CULTURE

Visual culture images help people see the more urban color schemes.  Most people just see them as regular colors but when you arrange them in different orders you can get new and different colors.

 

2.       What visual phenomenon or color principles make it stand out among works in the same medium or genre?

HISTORY OF ART

With historical arts you can really point them out easily because of the horizontal and vertical line use.  Also, the perspective in which they paint it from is very commonly seen.

FASHION DESIGN

In design art they can use patters such as plaid, to mix and match colors. Thus, making them stand out more.

VISUAL CULTURE

The medium used in visual culture art is really what makes it stand out.  Once you see a visual culture piece you know that’s what you’re looking at.

 

4.       How have they used dominance to organize or structure their work?

HISTORY OF ART

The bigger images are in the foreground of the picture making them the more dominate image.

FASHION DESIGN

In fashion design they establish dominance by using more of a certain color.

VISUAL CULTURE

Cultural pieces tend to over dramatize the dominate structure in their image.

 

5.      How do they address the human form (in the picture or in relation to it)?

HISTORY OF ART

In historical art the human body is represented in a very formal way.  From time to time you will see a nude person but they are displayed very elegantly.

FASHION DESIGN

Mainly people are portrayed as fake because they are trying to create clothes.  They are not worried about how realistic the person looks.

VISUAL CULTURE

The human body is either seen in its actual form or is a picture.  Overall the human body is rendered very realistically.

 

6.       In what ways have you been influenced after seeing this work?

HISTORY OF ART

Create new compositors that are realistic.

FASHION DESIGN

Try to test out new color schemes

VISUAL CULTURE

Not be afraid to try new things.

Image Essay #10

The black and white media used to create this image is gives the picture a lot more emotion and makes that clear to viewer. Also, the way she is positioned on the chair, with her head down, helps convey the depressing emotion the artist is trying to get across. There is a nice use of tenebrism as you can see there is a strong directional lighting, moving from right to left. You can see excellent use of chiaroscuro that is used to define the figures body, creating definition in the person’s body structure. The hair is rendered very well, you almost can see the blondness in here hair, even though the picture is in black and white. Although this image is a little boring you can tell that the artist took there time. Over all this is a well composed composition with crisp lines and a good use of shading.

Image Essay #9

This painting possesses many of the color properties. There are four main color properties over all, dominance, temperature, color symbolism, emotion and this image has them all. The dominate color is obvious in this image, the black trees, they seem swamp like. The trees get smaller as they go back. Creating the illusion of space, making the trees appear as if they are far away to the audience. At first this image looks to be a cold and musty picture. Then you see the faint red be hind the trees and notice that they may look like they are on fire instituting a hot temperature because red is known to be a hot color. The color symbolism would be evil, creepy, and eerie, which is evident right away. Emotion was defiantly a big reason behind the creation of this image. There is an angry emotion that goes with this painting, giving it great pop making it such an amazing image.

Image Essay #8

This image was composed by Mark Tansy a very well known artist. He is known for his monochromatic images. This is a monochromatic image done with shades of blue. The image is that of the Wright brothers testing there plane designs. The only difference is Tansy decides to use his artistic freedom and make the plane a little more inventive. It looks like a flying creature of some sorts. The hills fade from dark to light creating the illusion of space. Notice one other thing; there is a paint bucket and a little stool in the bottom left hand corner of the image. The seat could be were the Tansy say to paint the flying creature. On the other hand, the seat could be for you, the artist. As if he were saying u can paint what ever u can imagine. Giving u artistic freedom to change plane into what ever you desire it to be.

Blog Entry #3

1. Do we define a place or does a place define us?
A place is defined by the way an individual artist renders it to be. An artist can make a happy place like cedar point with lots of little children riding rides and smiling. Or the artist can take Cedar Point and make it a horrific image by creating a image of a rollercoaster derailing and depict the deathly scared faces of the people riding the ride. The artist defines how we view the place.

2. How is each of the featured artists influenced by particular places? How is this influence reflected in the artist’s work?
Each artist is influenced by in which manor they were raised in. for example artist Do-Ho Shu’s art is very reflective of his Chinese background.

3. Which artist do you feel most connected to and why?
Richard Serra, because he has found a way to make a living out art, and that inspires me to try and do what he has done. Being an artist is no easy task for one person to handle, and having to make a career out of it is even harder.

4. When you were young, was there a place that interested you? A place that scared you? List five places from your childhood. Use one word to describe each of them.
1. Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame
2. Space
3. Attic
4. Cellar
5. Closet

5. Pick one of those places. Try and remember it as well as you can. Answer these questions about it… What objects occupy that place? What are the textures and sizes of those objects? What was the lighting like? Was it a dark dreary place? Or a bright happy one?
Cellar
House decorations, suit cases, fans, screens, candles, boxes, dusty, moist, dark, creepy, shadows, monsters, Halloween costumes, files, water heater, sub pump, bricks, paint, stain, Christmas tree.

Image Essay #7

This image was done by the controversially known artist, Sally Mann. Sally Mann’s pictures are known to be controversial because of the subject matter she chooses to photograph. This image is not one of her more revealing images, but I chose is because I believe is best represents her style. Which is known to be as in the moment, and that’s exactly what this picture is. The picture doesn’t look staged or choppy; the image is very crisp and elegant. The way the older girl on the left is waving her hand and the position that the little girl on the right has her hand on her hip is all very elegant and fluid. Even more elegant is the expression emulated from each of their faces. The girl on the left has a sharp, fierce gaze on her face; that is what really drew me in when I first saw this image. While also the little girl on the left seems to display more attitude on her face, almost as if she was trying to imitate her sister.