Descriptive Essay: In the artwork, As I Am (2017) by Deborah Roberts, what is presented is a collage of mixed media on paper. In whole the depictions are of a little girl but there are fragments that come together to make this little girl. Beginning on a macro view it is a little girl in a shirt and skirt posing in a sitting position. When examining more carefully, visual aspects can be seen within the art. The first aspect that is clear is the use of chiaroscuro in a way. The collage depicts a grayscale girl with important flashes of color for example in the shirt and in the barrettes in the girl's hair. This use of light and color draws the audience in closer in. The color brings a sense of mood in the artwork giving light to either rough times or old times. Another aspect that struck was for a collage this artwork …show more content…
Furthermore, the negative space depicts the collage to be of a little girl with no other clues of context to help identify the girl. This collage seems to be static like a picture is being taken of the subject and one must freeze to ensure a good photo. Comparatively to space again the artist gives no context of what the subject is posing for if they are even posing at all. That poses the question of what reason did the artist have for the background to be removed or nothing be there at all. Lastly, revisiting the idea of symmetry it is close, but the scale is off for the anatomical parts such as the foot and the tiny hand on the face and on top of the head. There smaller proportions can be seen versus the bigger ones like the feet but in all the body has parts that match each other such as the two arms and the bent leg. This tidbit makes the collage lack symmetry. In all, the artwork consists of various amounts of visual elements that would not have been focused on without the education of art
The painting is organized simply. The background of the painting is painted in an Impressionist style. The blurring of edges, however, starkly contrasts with the sharp and hard contours of the figure in the foreground. The female figure is very sharp and clear compared to the background. The background paint is thick compared to the thin lines used to paint the figures in the foreground. The thick paint adds to the reduction of detail for the background. The colors used to paint the foreground figures are vibrant, as opposed to the whitened colors of the Impressionist background. The painting is mostly comprised of cool colors but there is a range of dark and light colors. The light colors are predominantly in the background and the darker colors are in the foreground. The vivid color of the robe contrasts with the muted colors of the background, resulting in an emphasis of the robe color. This emphasis leads the viewer's gaze to the focal part of the painting: the figures in the foreground. The female and baby in the foreground take up most of the canvas. The background was not painted as the artist saw it, but rather the impression t...
In chapter seven of The Way We Never Were, Stephanie Coontz focuses on consumerism and materialism. In this chapter, Coontz claims that the root causes of consumerism is affecting Americans in a contemporary society is the mindset of people having an addiction to having the latest and greatest in terms of any goods. Coontz argues that “consumerism and materialism affect working adults and non working ones, both sexes and all ages, people who endorse new roles for women and people who oppose them” (page 223). In our society people buy what they want rather than what they need.
...hese repeated vertical lines contrast firmly with a horizontal line that divides the canvas almost exactly in half. The background, upper portion of the canvas, seems unchanging and flat, whereas the foreground and middle ground of the painting have a lot of depth to them.
The painting has an order and there are different shapes and angles. Rectangular shape is main trend around this piece, including the wooden chest, the leg rest and the canvass. Also things overlap, creating the illusion of the shape look closer to viewer than the shape behind it. The example in this piece would be the chair on which Adelaide Labille Guiard sits be close to viewer than the girls behind it. This adds depth to the space. Also due to linear perspective girls behind the chair are smaller due to being farther away.
There is a lot of repetition of the vertical lines of the forest in the background of the painting, these vertical lines draw the eye up into the clouds and the sky. These repeated vertical lines contrast harshly with a horizontal line that divides the canvas almost exactly in half. The background, upper portion of the canvas, is quite static and flat, whereas the foreground and middle ground of the painting have quite a lot of depth. This static effect is made up for in the immaculate amount of d...
Even the faces of the men in the foreground appear to be wax like and flat. One of the least successful faces in the piece is that of the practitioner who is in the lower right corner of the piece, closest to the bottom edge. His face only contains three distinct values of skin tone, which makes his face appear one dimensional and lifeless. Furthermore, his left hand seems to be awkwardly placed and disproportionate in its length in comparison to the dimensions of his face. While his left hand flows somewhat with his body and reflects the style of the rest of the piece, his right hand, which is much lighter in color as if it somehow managed to catch all the light from an unknown light source, shows no consistency with the artist’s technique. It is bulky and out of place. The way it grasps the surgical instrument seems very unnatural. In fact, the only purpose the hand serves in this piece is to connect this man to the scene itself as an extension of this triangular composition. In this sense this figure is important, for his disproportionate body catches the viewers eye at the very edge of the painting, just as his or her attention is about to waive, and shoots it back into the main composition.
When first approaching this work, one feels immediately attracted to its sense of wonder and awe. The bright colors used in the sun draws a viewer in, but the astonishment, fascination, and emotion depicted in the expression on the young woman keeps them intrigued in the painting. It reaches out to those who have worked hard in their life and who look forward to a better future. Even a small event such as a song of a lark gives them hope that there will be a better tomorrow, a thought that can be seen though the countenance by this girl. Although just a collection of oils on a canvas, she is someone who reaches out to people and inspires them to appreciate the small things that, even if only for a short moment, can make the road ahead seem brighter.
Frida Kahlo’s honest, often bizarre, self-portraits reflect a beauty beyond the physical--- an impishness in the wide eyes, a small smirk teasing at the corners of her mouth. In her renderings, her cheeks are always heavily rouged, and exotic flowers adorn her raven hair. Self-Portrait in a Velvet Dress uses the contrast of light --- Kahlo’s glowing skin --- and dark--- the black background, and in doing so, this painting not only communicates the subject’s outward beauty. It also points to an unspoken turmoil inside of the painter: as dark as the night sky and as deep as rolling sea.
At first glance of the painting, there are many things that grab my attention. The first thing being the odd figure of what looks like a woman; her body is composed of different shapes and lines. It almost looks like half of her face is joined with the face of a different woman. I see the woman holding a large mirror
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I work in multiple mediums, primarily painting, collage and photography, often combining them into mixed-media pieces. Photography has always been a part of my work, playing many roles from inspiration, to source material, to an end in itself. In recent years, I have expanded my photography based work to include the construction of digitally assembled photographic collages.
Identity is the foundation of your character, which can be shaped and molded by the values and beliefs of society. Identity can be perceived as characteristics that one recognizes that are unique to him or her. Identity is like your fingerprint, no two in the world are the same. The fingerprints might look like the same and someone might try to replicate them, but the truth is they are only yours. Identity builds a distinct disposition, which can be influenced by external social perceptions and internal morals. In many different cultures you have to change the way you live just to fit in. If you get baptised in the Sikh culture there are five different rules you have to follow. They are called the 5 k’s. The 5 k’s are kesh (hair), kara (metal
Pleasant Corners Public School, opened in 1971, It is a giant brick building, you can't miss it if you are speeding down highway 34, it's like a needle in a haystack, except the needle is 500 000 thousand times bigger. Every morning at 9:05 the irritating bell rings, this is when we get off the bus, get our heavy books and get to our classes. We pull out our blue chairs and we start working on what is shown on the smart board. Most of the things I know to this day like, math, history and writing, I learned here at P.C.P.S. Along with those subjects, I learned how to speak English after I could speak some minor English I met my best friends.
I am the one in the picture with the sloppy bun in my hair and the bright red cheeks. The one who can't stop smiling. With all my friends surrounding me, it was one of the best days of my life. All fifteen of us look happy; it was a night for many smiles. Everyone is crowded around the table. There are a lot of red cheeks in the picture; the room was as hot as a sauna. There was a strong smell of barbeque sauce in the air as well. The picture was taken right after dinner. The table we are crowded around is messy. There are a lot of cups on the table and bottles of ketchup and barbeque sauce, with dirty, green napkins piled up. The restaurant was as noisy as the circus when the clowns perform.
Certain events in my life have molded me to be the person I am today, and define what is unique about me. As a young child I had no respect for others, and could never fully grasp the concept of how people besides myself have feelings, and emotions that matter. I, of course changed this major flaw of mine over time, and matured in to the man I am today, but it was a long road getting here. I wasn’t a sadist, or a psychopath, I just never understood the realm of emotions everyone feels.