focusing on line and color to a new level. In his work Autumn Rhythm of 1950, Jackson Pollock creates an larger than life painting that is done completely using his dripping method. By focusing on the movement of the paint while dripping the paint evenly across the canvas, Pollock has given the canvas the same treatment in each spot. His end result makes the viewer focus on the basics, of the canvas itself , line and color dripped on. Because of this focus on the line, color and application of…
Paul Cezanne’s Still Life with a Skull is a piece of work that features a skull, fruits, and a piece of white cloth placed on a table and features a dark background. The artists seems to have created depth of perspective and space using planes of color through contrast. The work represents an essential and powerful link between the materialistic artistic movement of expressionism and the ephemeral features of Impressionism. It was done in the Post-Impressionist era having being completed in 1898…
landscape. This piece is different from the others by Monet we have seen in class in that is has a much less focused and planned color scheme (or at least appears unplanned on the surface). This is almost certainly due to the cataract symptoms discussed earlier. It also is much more impressionistic than his earlier works, and seems to use slightly dulled hues and colors, something which can be seen as a pattern in his works over time due to cataract brown tinge symptoms and overall light…
white fabric with handmade inserts that are sewed directly in to it; others are cut off from other fabric and then finely sewed over the white fabric. The skirt is put together in 2 pieces from Panamas culture. needlework of many designs styles and colors and flares at the bottom lightweight cotton with Ruffles stamped with bright floral design The Pollera is a folklore form of dress worn in panama during the festival and celebrated 4 days before Ash Wednesday. The hairdressing is another part…
queen’s past. The shadowy corridor in the background could be a representation of the past and the light from the door is a look into her future. This idea is implemented again in the queen’s dress and cape, with a dark blue cape and a golden dress, the color gradient is once again moving from dark to…
vary from the strong color of the sky to the church in the center of the painting, to the altered brush strokes Van Gogh makes. By Doing this, he is illuminating a sorrow feeling. The church's architectural vertical lines guide viewer's eye to the roof. The orange color of the roof…
inches. The painting is portraying two people; a man and a woman with different styles when it comes to their outside appearances, but with the combination of shape and color they had both compliment each other and fill what they are lack of. The types of elements that dominating in this piece are the lines and colors. The lines are used to trace the outer part of the character and it was present on the inside as well. The lines are everywhere; on the lips, eyes, nose, clothes of…
William Golding creates suspense and confusion as kids progress as their own evil selves in this novel. In the green and scar filled jungle, the sandy beach, and the rock and cliff filled mountain terrain in the boat shaped island, Golding portrays the color white in the novel as a symbol for purity and innocence for civilization. During Simon’s wrongfully killing for him being mistaken as the beast, the little boy is presented as an innocent being of civilization. The waters of the vast…
Olympics. We can see clearly that Romero used a combination of bright and pastel colors and a cartoon-like style to paint the mural. Romero might feel liberal about our city's culture. His choice of colors in the mural are beautiful, with the pastel colors that gives a unique tone through the painting. Romero also expresses his feelings through the painting towards life in LA. The mural has different types of colors that teach you how to appreciate art. The mural meant a lot to Romero because…
Everyone is taught that honesty is crucial to living peacefully; Christopher Boone however cannot say the same. In Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Christopher encounters countless problems when he lets his curiosity get the best of him. Through a psychoanalytic lens, readers are able to spot several different themes throughout the novel, feel the ultimate struggles the characters go through, understand the rough feelings of frustration with the main character…