Harmony and Variety
Harmony and Variety
Lisa Wilcox
Rasmussen College
Art Appreciation
G147/ART1204 Section 06
Paul Spencer
January 21, 2015
Harmony and Variety
In Wassily Kandinsky’s Improvisation 21A painting, the artist uses cool colors, such as blue, violet, and green. As well as using a few warm colors to both harmonize and add variety to the piece. There is unity throughout the painting, because I see small shapes of either crowds of people or buildings side by side to make small towns throughout the painting. The small shapes that I see in this painting are Geometric shapes, like triangles and rectangles. The biggest focal point that I see every time I look at the painting is the darker blue on the right side that looks to me like a seahorse. This would be the biomorphic shape that I see in this painting. I can see so many different images throughout this piece of art and the dark, contoured lines just make everything stand out. There is such a variety of different “pieces” to this painting, such as people sitting on a mountain top watching a storm, a city night, and sea creatures. I love how the reds are throughout the entire painting, bringing it all together in harmony. Abstract art tells so many stories to the viewer, and each story is different for each viewer. I see abstract art and how the variety of shapes harmonizes the entire piece to balance it out. This piece brings so many things to life, but the blue seahorse definitely dominates the entire structure of this painting. I see a lot of repetition in the lines of this painting. There is variety in the lines Kandinsky is using, not all lines are straight, there are several lines that are zig zagged, and swirled.
Lisa Wilcox
Rasmussen College
Art Appreciation
G147/ART1204 Section 06
Paul Spencer
January 21, 2015
Harmony and Variety
In Wassily Kandinsky’s Improvisation 21A painting, the artist uses cool colors, such as blue, violet, and green. As well as using a few warm colors to both harmonize and add variety to the piece. There is unity throughout the painting, because I see small shapes of either crowds of people or buildings side by side to make small towns throughout the painting. The small shapes that I see in this painting are Geometric shapes, like triangles and rectangles. The biggest focal point that I see every time I look at the painting is the darker blue on the right side that looks to me like a seahorse. This would be the biomorphic shape that I see in this painting. I can see so many different images throughout this piece of art and the dark, contoured lines just make everything stand out. There is such a variety of different “pieces” to this painting, such as people sitting on a mountain top watching a storm, a city night, and sea creatures. I love how the reds are throughout the entire painting, bringing it all together in harmony. Abstract art tells so many stories to the viewer, and each story is different for each viewer. I see abstract art and how the variety of shapes harmonizes the entire piece to balance it out. This piece brings so many things to life, but the blue seahorse definitely dominates the entire structure of this painting. I see a lot of repetition in the lines of this painting. There is variety in the lines Kandinsky is using, not all lines are straight, there are several lines that are zig zagged, and swirled.