In this image Cotton has captured a surreal moment. The use of black and white exaggerates the scene and gives of a cold and dark feeling. The photo Vapour Trail 1991 was taken from a low angle shot. Taking the image from this angle allows Cotton to include the vapour trail and the clouds in the sky and environment around it. The vapour trail which runs from the top right corner to the bottom left corner give a deep depth of field, the trail has a rough, grainy texture throughout it and consists of many distorted lines. The light source is coming from the bottom right highlighting the clouds. Also included in the photograph is a line of trees and shrubs in the foreground. The foreground…
In “To Paint a Water Lily,” by Ted Hughes, the speaker examines the complex aspects of nature by revealing the challenges he faces as an artist in capturing its real meaning. When he looks at the scene, he sees an exciting little world of constant movement and activity, hidden by the peaceful stillness of the water lilies that float at the surface of the pond. Ted knows that to paint the water lily and do it righteousness requires more than a simple description of the plant itself—he must also somehow capture its environment; the busy life that surrounds it. The power with which the speaker describes this incredible task and the appreciation he feels for the outstanding convolution of nature is expressed through the use of tone, language, imagery, diction and figurative language.…
In this paper we have to analysis one of Ansel Adams photographs in order to identify the visual argument that Ansel Adams is trying to portray through his photograph. We are trying to pull out key details in the photograph to truly understand what Adams wants us to really know about this historical event and why this photograph was shot the way it was. The photograph that I choose to take a deeper look at was "Line Crew at Work in Manzanar". I choose this photograph because I felt that it had the most details that I could pull out to come up with my final thesis statement.…
Mount Analogue is a vivid, bright and wonderfully detailed traditionally set out interpretation of a real landscape. The artwork is set up in 165 small canvas boards placed together to create a massive scaled artwork (279x571cm.) In the foreground we are positioned on the rocky face of a cliff along with five other hikers painted very small staring out into a massive mountain range stretching very far to a clear horizon line and to a small strip of blue sky. The oil stick and polymer paint used is able to make the white’s brown’s and oranges of the slightly snow covered mountains stand out quite brightly against the dark rocks in the foreground. Shapes, textures and lines of the mountains in this artwork are very realistic through the use of small brushes with detailed and precise strokes, and though Robinson uses the same methods to paint we are given a very different perspective of ‘landscape.’…
“Sunrise” is of an everyday scene in nature with vibrant colors that appear to be mixed directly on the canvas, which are all characteristics of the Impressionism period. A critic of this type of work during the period was noted as saying this painting reminded him of wallpaper. (Impressionism, 2000)…
In my research paper I choose a piece of art done by artist Eric Fischl an American artist. The piece of art I chose is called Slumber Party which is currently located at the Chicago Art Institution. Fischl is most famous for his incredible pieces of art that are located around the world. Some I have personally observed and chosen to do my research paper over. I chose to look at a piece of art Fischl had created called Slumber Party which was constructed in 1983. Fischl's art really caught my attention and interest to do my paper over his amazing piece of work. In my paper I will be explaining who Eric Fischl is ,the background of his art, specifically explain the piece of art ,of the what I think is his purpose of his artwork is, what themes are contributed in the artwork, and the historical influences he seen on Fischl art Slumber Party.…
Explain, in terms intelligible to the lay reader, the importance, contribution or expected utility of this research to contemporary concerns and to the scientific/artistic domain of the field of study.…
Analyze and discuss the different ways the artist has used the visual elements such as color, contrast, balance to create the form of the artwork. How do these elements help the viewer understand the work?…
The page following the book’s title depicts a scene at sea. The whole image is washed with a dark blue from the sky to the ocean, and the crashing waves convey a menacing journey has taken place. At the bottom of the page, if one looks closely, it is evident that the bottom of the wooden raft has been drawn but blends into the rest of the image. This inclusion of the raft changes the perspective of the image as the responder is now been positioned as if they were looking out from the raft, the place of the Man. An immediate bond has now been formed between the responder and the man, and for the rest of the text we continue to sympathise with him.…
The subject matter is a group portrait of four. The four figures in the painting are outdoors and they are dressed in traditional clothes that you would wear in the summertime. The outdoor setting shows a warm day and a light blue sky. The outdoor setting signifies warmth, beauty, and freedom. The four people jubilantly tumbling and jumping is a great sign of much needed joy. During the end of the depression with a hopeless time to black people this painting was a sign of hope.…
I never used to write. In fact, I didn’t much like it. Little did I know that writing would become obsolete and a physiological requirement for the well being of my life. From an early age on all I did was read. I grew up in an isolated environment where books were my escape, and escape was necessary from the hardships of home. I remember being a young seven-year-old boy wearing a pillowcase around my neck fastened with a pen. I was eating animal crackers at the time, and my step dad was calling out for me. I stood up from my crouched position and raised my hand as I learned from pre-school, and said, “ I’m here daddy.” At that moment my step father grabbed me by the cape harshly compressing my trachea purposefully, shaking me back and forth with his hands around my neck as I began to choke on the appetizing cracker animal crumbs within the back of my throat. I didn’t understand at the time what was really going on. My mother came out of the room and my dad acted as if nothing happened and told me to…
Throughout the story "An Uncertain Grace: Photography and the Alchemy of Light and Time" there were seven pictures that were talked about. The article talked about these specific pictures because each photo represents different things and different modes when looking at the image. The five elements in photography are the thing itself, the details, the frame, the time, the vintage point. The images that were shown in the article each represent at least one of the five elements of photography. The article talks about historical events that helped understand things better, as well as stories that helped me understand more of the different moods that an image can bring on.…
5. Consider what elements stimulate our senses in this work. Is it contrast, is there a focus? Does the work feel dynamic? You choose, but please explain your choice.…
We do not usually describe everything that surrounds us. However, when we look at any object in our environment for more than a few seconds, we will possibly find incredible amount of details in everything. For this assignment, I decided to describe a painting by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt called “The Woman in Gold”.…
All papers must include a description of the “object’s” formal elements (such as line, color, texture, spatial qualities, and composition) and medium and how they contribute to the function of the “object” and its effect on the viewer. To the extent possible and/or appropriate, consider subject matter, style, and the physical environment of the “object” (in the case of a work of art in the OI Museum, you will want to imagine the original physical environment of the object). A strong paper will incorporate comparisons from class into analyses and/or interpretations. Finally, the paper should include reference to five primary or secondary textual sources*. Three of these sources can be from class (i.e. from the non-textbook readings covered on our syllabus).…