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Colors in the world around us represent many different emotions,feelings, and aspects of our lives. They have more of an impact then just being something to look at. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, colors are used in this same fashion. In the novel, author Scott F. Fitzgerald uses color to symbolise a lot of deeper meanings as well as elements in the story. Colors are used in the novel by Scott F. Fitzgerald to represent a hierarchy in social status between West Egg and…

What’s your favorite color? Mine is blue. I wear blue clothes everyday, my room was painted blue, and somehow, this particular hue of light, knows everything about me. Based on, Your Personality Color by Judy Scott-Kemmis, it says I “appear to be confident”, I am “genuine and sincere”, and I “am a rescuer”, which are all spot on. The rest of the facts that are not-so great also apply; “vulnerable side”, “worry about every little thing”, and “rigid”. If there was one color to describe my…

The Hallucinogenic Toreador is an oil painting done by Salvador Dali in-between 1968-70. It seems to be an attempt to help show his viewers the way he sees things. It is hard to discern whether or not the work is a tragic, or celebratory painting. The painting is a very ambitious, and a complex double image where the face of a bullfighter is implanted into Venus de Milo figurines. Dali put a lot of work into this painting as with a lot of his other works, but this one especially is very unique…

When marketing, it is important to know whether color and location affect a person’s decision to take the product or not. Previous studies have looked at the effect that color and location has had on the taking behavior of people. Saito (1996) found that the geographical location and cultural proximity are possible factors for color preference. The study was done in Asian countries with university students. They were asked to rate their three most and least liked colors from a neutral color…

Harvest on the Campagna The piece I chose to write about is Harvest on the Campagna by John Gatsby Chapman. This piece is displayed in the Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University. The museum had a wide range of artwork both professional and local, although, this particular one caught my eye at the door as it was displayed in the front lobby near the entrance. This piece is approximately 8 x 3 ½ and was surrounded by a large golden frame that was surely a show stopper but, that’s not…

Having quite a pessimistic view on the world, humans especially, beginning by the end of my first decade of life produced a great interest in the darker aspects of the world we live in. This doesn 't mean I only explored the things lurking in the shadows, but rather hidden truths and malevolent desires that lie beneath even the happiest of exteriors. This brought forth the birth of "Carnival Creatures" I intend to further pursue and take advantage of this pessimistic view and explore in…

My personal role heading into the production of “Kernel of Lies” was essentially to handle all the post-production as well as some voice-acting. This involved several steps from bringing the script, storyboard and VO assets together, modifying the animatic’s timing based on feedback, re-recording some of the VO and sending it to the animators before editing all the material afterwards. I spent some time speaking with the animators about what was achievable in post-production and the best ways to…

In art class there were many concepts about the different techniques and designs in order to make a piece of artwork. With the creation of various unique art compositions one can tell the brushes or movement that the artist took upon his or her artwork. Throughout the museum field trip, there were two paintings that were intriguing that caught my attention. The first painting called “Cypresses” by Vincent van Gogh is an oil canvas that was created on 1889. This is an asymmetrical balance of the…

commentary color for yellow we can look at the adding of yellow filters as taking out more of the blue color because we are doing subtractive mixing. With four yellow filters we are taking out four times as much blue. Initially we referenced the color wheel circle and shined one yellow and one red Maglite together using the additive theory; the color turned out white. The additive theory is when two or more light colors are shined together to produce another color (Gilbert 100). Because the…

This artwork, named “The Dreamer”, made by Pablo Picasso in 1936. This work is in the center of Gallery 901 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This painting a medium size work which is 39 7/8 x 36 3/4 inch. And, there are two other works on the each side of The Dreamer. The left one is “Ariadne” by Giorgio de Chirico in 1913, and the right one is “Woman Asleep at the Table” by Pablo Picasso in 1936. All three paintings have the similar subject matter; person lays on the ground or a table.…