Essay Question 1
Representational art reference objects from the real world, like the pipe in a smoke backstage and events in the real world. Abstract art is work that represents natural objects in a simplified, distorted, or exaggerated way. Nonrepresentational art presents visual form with no specific reference. An example would be Grey Night Phenomenon because it has a variety of forms, composition, and moods.
1. In Composition VIII that artist wanted to simplify a cow but still have the image symbolize an animal. The work shows the steps of simplification and without the steps the viewer would not be able to identify a cow. This work is abstract.
2. The form of The Grey Night Phenomenon allowed the artists to express her mood in …show more content…
The function of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is commemoration. Maya Lin wanted to recognize those who died in the Vietnam War. Maya Lin used black granite as her medium she wanted a nontraditional memorial.
2. Dwelling by Young Soon Min function was to show self-expression. The mediums used were a sheer Korean dress with a light bulb inside to represent absence. Inside the dress was a script that gives a voice to loss of identity. The dress was hung to show that it was never worn. This piece represents how she felt due to her family relocation to the United States.
3. Augustus of Prima Porta function was commentary. The medium of the piece was marble. Augustus persuades others that he is politically powerful general and that he is divine. The sculpture shows that he is divine by having cupid, the sign of Venus, next to his feet. Venus is the goddess of lava and beauty and the mother of the romans. Not having any shoes is a way of representing gods.
4. The Old Battersea Bridge function was for delight. The image is a photograph. The photographer, James, showed delight through the use of color. James used a monochromatic color scheme, which means he only used one color. He captured the blues in the sky and the blues in the water and the flickering lights of the building in the …show more content…
1. Charles Demuth in I Saw The Figure Five in Gold uses the warm color to represent the fire truck. The large number 5 unifies the composition. There is balanced in the overall composition the objects don’t overpower one side.
2. In the sculpture, Pieta, Michelangelo uses lines in the fold of drapery to disguise Mary’s body proportion. The proportion of Mary was enlarged so that she could strongly hold Christ. The sculpture also had texture in the face to emphasize their emotions of despair.
3. Edgar emphasized the scene of the man and bull by dark values against a light background. The overall all composition is a symmetrical because Edgar places the spectators on the upper left corner while the other contains nothing. Another element that he uses is line, the pole. Having the man and the bull touch the pole in the center draws tension between the both at the
Representational art reference objects from the real world, like the pipe in a smoke backstage and events in the real world. Abstract art is work that represents natural objects in a simplified, distorted, or exaggerated way. Nonrepresentational art presents visual form with no specific reference. An example would be Grey Night Phenomenon because it has a variety of forms, composition, and moods.
1. In Composition VIII that artist wanted to simplify a cow but still have the image symbolize an animal. The work shows the steps of simplification and without the steps the viewer would not be able to identify a cow. This work is abstract.
2. The form of The Grey Night Phenomenon allowed the artists to express her mood in …show more content…
The function of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is commemoration. Maya Lin wanted to recognize those who died in the Vietnam War. Maya Lin used black granite as her medium she wanted a nontraditional memorial.
2. Dwelling by Young Soon Min function was to show self-expression. The mediums used were a sheer Korean dress with a light bulb inside to represent absence. Inside the dress was a script that gives a voice to loss of identity. The dress was hung to show that it was never worn. This piece represents how she felt due to her family relocation to the United States.
3. Augustus of Prima Porta function was commentary. The medium of the piece was marble. Augustus persuades others that he is politically powerful general and that he is divine. The sculpture shows that he is divine by having cupid, the sign of Venus, next to his feet. Venus is the goddess of lava and beauty and the mother of the romans. Not having any shoes is a way of representing gods.
4. The Old Battersea Bridge function was for delight. The image is a photograph. The photographer, James, showed delight through the use of color. James used a monochromatic color scheme, which means he only used one color. He captured the blues in the sky and the blues in the water and the flickering lights of the building in the …show more content…
1. Charles Demuth in I Saw The Figure Five in Gold uses the warm color to represent the fire truck. The large number 5 unifies the composition. There is balanced in the overall composition the objects don’t overpower one side.
2. In the sculpture, Pieta, Michelangelo uses lines in the fold of drapery to disguise Mary’s body proportion. The proportion of Mary was enlarged so that she could strongly hold Christ. The sculpture also had texture in the face to emphasize their emotions of despair.
3. Edgar emphasized the scene of the man and bull by dark values against a light background. The overall all composition is a symmetrical because Edgar places the spectators on the upper left corner while the other contains nothing. Another element that he uses is line, the pole. Having the man and the bull touch the pole in the center draws tension between the both at the