Design Prespectives

Aysia Brown

HUA

September 29, 2015

Artist use many different ways to make their artwork more balance. Such as line, color and shapes. For example " I Saw The Figure 5 In Gold." by Charles Demuth, defines composition. The golden 5 has a proportion that fits well with the picture.The color of red and gold creates complementary in the artwork. Meaning the colors are opposite and it makes the picture stand out  from the raining grey background.This artwork by Demuth can make  you  feel that it's telling a little story, because of the background you'll see buildings a little bit. The little 5's make a space dept like you're looking deeper in the picture. This artwork would be considered design unity because the colors and shapes adapt very well together. In result the portrait makes a meaningful and pleasingly whole picture.

Asymmetrical balance means the left and right side of the picutre are not balance. This is a oil painting named "Paris Street, Rainy Day" by Gustave Caillebotte. On the left there's two people walking toward the picture. On the right you'll see other individuals walking to where they need to go. The reason this picture is balanced asymmetrical because a large form of object gets more attention than a small form. The colors have a soft and compassionate feel to it. The colors makes the picture correspondence, due to the big figures that gets the attention first. 

Scale means the relation one thing to another. scale is the most important key to artists, because they would need to plan the size of their artwork. A sculptor named Ron Mueck is a hyper-realistic artist. In this gallery, there are many sculptures that are realistic. This work is called "Wild Man."  You can see the height of this still life is statuesque. The importance of the scale is the distance and hallucination. From afar you'll believe that's an average man sitting straight, and he seems real. As you get close you'll realize that he's a little big, and the details of the person is very distinct. Artists use scale to create an illusions to the human eyes. 

   

Intro To Art: Egyptian and Greek art

 Aysia Brown                                                                                        HUA                                                                                                    9/22/15

Egyptian art has a vigorous and serene image.This image is the pharaoh of Tutankhamen. The mask is made of semi precious stones. The blue stripes and the blues eyes are made of glass. This artifact weighs about 24 pounds. The expression of the pharaoh's face is stern. Like most paintings, and sculptures the faces are toneless. You can tell by  looking at the artwork how they stand so straight. Usually, The pharaoh would have one left leg forward. The position is shown that the Egyptians It brings a feeling of not of movement,  because of the body language  is very stiff. There are animals in Egyptian painting that would have meanings, and people who has morphed with an animal feature that would be called anthropomorphic. For example; A cat is a scared animal in the household. When a cat is deceased , there will be a ritual where the owner would shave their eyebrows.Another example is the painting of Ra. He has the body of an man, and a face of a hawk. Ra is the god of the sun. Although the artwork is simple with various colors and made with gold, stones, wood, etc. the Egyptian has the way to create the memories that would never fade.   

 

Greek had a different view on the human body. They were fascinated with the body and the movement. The  difference between Egyptian and Greek artworks are that Greek statues would show a more dramatic side. For example: This is the statue of Aphrodite by Praxiteles. It was carved in 4th century B.C. The statue of Aphrodite is stunning to look at, because when you look at the statue you'll feel the liveliness and beauty from that piece.When you look closely at her face, you'll a little smile on her face, and her hands is covering up her a bit. It's like its expressing a scenario of her bathing by herself. Aphrodite is was the first goddess that was nude. Greeks has a way to express great emotion in the physical position. The disc of Myron was created from 460-450 B.c. by Myron. Its material is made from bronze. The reason i'm talking about this statue, is because its a perfect example of showing physiques. As you can see the muscles, which show that this person is an athlete. You can also see how he has a disc in the air, and it looks like he's starting to throw the disc. You can feel the energy of that statue, and know its doing. From the two statues you can see how precise artists were when it comes to theirs statues.