Robert Simon, a piece by George Thigpen, is a black and white collage portrait of Reston Virginia’s founder, Robert E. Simon. This particular piece of art is a mixed media portrait, utilizing multiple art medias. A work of art that is considered mixed media is one where the artist utilizes multiple medias in a single piece. For example, if one were to paint an image using both oil and acrylic paint, then the work would be considered mixed media. In Robert Simon, George Thigpen used both pencil and thousands of pieces of paper to recreate the portrait. He first made a pencil reproduction of a photo of Robert E. Simon, then, cut thousands of individuals pieces of paper and arranged them perfectly to create the portrait. Robert Simon utilizes the color white and the color black, giving the white figure a …show more content…
defined shape, as well as adding detailed wrinkles and hair to the piece. When only a single color or a single shade is used in a piece of art, it is often difficult for a viewer to make our any specific details in a piece.
White is especially arduous in this regard because, in the case of painting, it is usually the same color as the canvas. The primary media used in this piece is white paper, which on its own, when combined to form an image would make for a figure that is difficult to see. To offset this issue, Thigpen also utilizes the color black, and in doing so, the face is given features, such as facial lines, thick eyebrows, a goatee, as well as shadowing on the right cheek. In a portrait, it is essential that the viewer’s eyes are dragged to the subject of the piece, the individual portrayed, and therefore, it is crucial that the figure is viewable as well as clearly defined within the piece. At the same time, in the case of this piece, one is immediately drawn to the texture. When observing a regular portrait made from paints, it is easy to visualize the surface of the piece as smooth and flat. In Robert Simon, one can not help but assume that the surface is rugged and somewhat layered due to the many pieces of shredded
paper. The portrait is still two-dimensional, but the effect of the paper shreds, as well as the shadowing on the right cheek, give it the added illusion of depth. What separates Robert Simon from most other portraits is not only the use of multiple medias, the texture or the use of color, but the fact that it demonstrates the fact that those with autism are still capable of creating art with tremendous skill and detail.
Gerald Graff expresses his concern in “Hidden Intellectualism” about how the education system does not accurately measure true intelligence. If the education system used each individual’s interests, Graff argues, the individual would be much more intrigued in the subject matter; therefore, increasing his or her knowledge. Throughout the article, Graff also draws on his love of sports to support his argument, saying that it includes elements of grammar, methodologies, and debate. He believes this proves that interests can replace traditional teaching. Graff contends one’s interest will create a community with others throughout the nation who share the same interests. While it is important to pursue your interests, there
The distinctively visual provides a means of which a composer can connect with his or her audience in order to create a clear, distinct visual image of other people and their worlds - conveyed through the use of visual or literary techniques in their media. Composers such as Henry Lawson and Dorothea Mackellar are able to effectively depict an image through an exceptional use of language and techniques that help shape our understanding of the Australian people and their world. In particular, Henry Lawson’s short stories ‘The Drover’s Wife’ and ‘The Loaded Dog’ and the Dorothea Mackellar Poem ‘My Country’ are able to effectively depict the unique environment of the Australian bush landscape.
Distinctively visual allows one to explore the ways images are created through the use of visual and literary techniques. The Australian bush is a harsh, dangerous and lonely land with no one around for miles. Henry Lawson clearly identifies this as he highlights the difficulty and consequences if one doesn’t adapt to it. The prescribed texts ‘The Drover’s Wife’, ‘In a Dry Season’ and ‘The Bush Undertaker’ by Henry Lawson and related material ‘Spelling Father’ by Marshall Davis-Jones as well as ‘Australia’ directed by Baz Luhrmann paint an image of what is normal for someone in their position as well as what they need to be. This can be seen through the concepts love for the family, the harsh Australian environment and the eccentric minds stereotypically found in the bush.
I agree with this statement because color is important and the color makes the picture brighter. When you color with different colors you can see the different lines of the paint that you couldn’t see before or that was hard to see without the paint. Some of the sculptures already have color in them when the artist is done making them. Like in the picture there is some white and black in the sculpture. But if the artist would but some color to the face it would show the lips, eyes, and nose a lot better. Also the color in the sculpture will make it stand out and I like to use color when I am coloring or when I am painting something because it brightens up my mood and it makes it look prettier I think. Some people just like the color black and white because they like the natural. They might also like it because it will look better on that one
In this piece Benny has depicted himself in the artwork creating another piece of artwork. He is standing at a 45° angle as if he has been interrupted by us, the viewer. This is how Benny engages us, the viewer into his painting. As if we are just as much a part of it as he is. When looking at his painting from a distance it seems as if it is just another oil painting but upon closer observation you can clearly see the different fabrics that he uses to create the collage and which gives the painting its textures. He shows space in the painting by leaving the wall on which the canvas hangs, bare, as is the floor with the exception of the box of rags that he uses in his collage.
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.
The first narrative I’ve chosen Is “The Look” by Larry Lehna. One part in the book where the author uses descriptive language (From “The Look”) “The burning pain of bullet wounds (they really do burn). The agony of stitches going into a fresh knife wound. The nearly immobilizing ache of broken ribs.” (196) The image of the “the burning pain of a bullet wound” and “the agony of stitches going into a fresh knife wound.” appeals to the sense of touch and feeling. I selected this particular passage because the author was able to describe the physical pain of a bullet wound and also the pain of the healing process. This passage gives me the reader a more personal experience to the story and connects you to the character, I had a feeling of empathy for the character and the experiences he had in prison.
What is interesting is that the photograph is not in full color, but in black and white in contrast to the “Blind Beggars” painting, which has vibrant colors. Both Lange and Lawrence's artworks reflect on the theme of poverty and unfortunate circumstances. Lawrence uses organic shapes in this painting.
Both of these pictures are the same painting, yet different feelings are provoked by each. To me the one on the left, the colorful one, is more intriguing. It jumps at you grabbing your attention and drawing your eye in, giving you a warm and lively feeling. The picture to the right seems a bit dull and emotionless, portraying a melancholy feeling. In the art world color is a good thing. It brings other elements to a picture that you can't receive by using only two colors. Color can represent many things, emotions, mood, importance, a specific object, or as we have come to know the word, people. People seem to be assigned a color that people think represents the type of person they are. Yet, unlike the art world where a color is usually linked to only one trait or emotion, like, black-sadness, white-purity, red-evil, purple-royalty, the colors that we assign each other do not have set traits that are encompassed with in each color. The only thing that is set with the categories of colors we describe each other with is the tone of our skin! The color of ones skin played a big role in the years between the late 1950's and early 1960's and defined the lines of desegregation, in the midst of this racial cacaos lied innocent children and how the case of Central High changed their rights to an education.
...the eye because the fabric of his shirt and the roughness of his jeans appear to have texture but they do not. If you actually touch the painting, you will find it to be flat and it does not have that feeling of thick application of paint.
This piece is acrylic, oilstick, and spray paint on wood panel that is 186.1 centimeters in height and 125.1 centimeters in width. This piece features a human-like figure in the center that is mostly half red and half black. This figure has a gray head with one yellow eye and one light gray eye and above its head is a black halo. The background consists of patches of various colors such as light blue, black, dark red, light green, beige, turquoise, pink, and yellow. On the bottle left corner there is a figure drawn that looks like a fish and has a strip of mustard yellow painted through it. Also towards the bottom right of the artwork, there is some drawn on letters that almost look like words but are messily painted over with a desert sand color. This piece is my favorite because I find it aesthetically pleasing. There is a lot going on in this piece that makes looking at it genuinely interesting. The colors that Basquiat choses for the background go very well together and overall compliment the figure in the center. I like how incredibly expressive this piece is and it makes me want to buy a canvas and start painting that I desire. I also like how the human-like figure is drawn. One could see what looks like an outlined ribcage on the figure, which makes me believe that the head is actually a skull. Upon further research I learned that Basquiat was
He knows how to utilize and manipulate certain elements of art so the viewers eyes are drawn to certain places on the painting. This is also called emphasis. Thomas Eakins utilizes emphasis by using contrasting colors around Dr. Gross in the painting. Most of the painting is relatively dark except for the area around Dr. Gross and his patient. Our eyes are almost immediately drawn to the bright red blood on the doctor's hand, there are not many bold colors in this painting, the bright red grabs the onlookers attention. Eakin’s also uses light to his advantage, in this painting it is seen as you look at Dr. Gross’s stoic face the light is reflecting off his determined demeanor, thus reinforcing him as the focal point of the portrait. Certain elements of art can work together to make our eyes see certain parts of a painting in the sequence the artist wanted us too. Artists are very deliberate with their work, every stroke, color, figure is carefully chosen. Eakins paired emphasis and light together to continually bring the viewer's eye back to Dr.
Robert Hannaford was born in 1944 in Riverton, South Australia. As a young boy, he was heavily invested in drawing and creative practices, often entering competitions and wining them. Despite this success, Hannaford had no true visual arts training until he attended night classes at the South Australian School of Art (SASA) in 1962 but soon left after deciding that they were not going to teach him what he wanted to learn. He took up a position at the Clem Taylor Advertising Agency as Junior Artist in the early 1960s, where he was taught about light, form, rendering. A fellow artist at the Agency, Hugo Shaw, showed a young Hannaford the works of the European Masters, such as Rembrandt, Michelangelo and Velasquez. Shaw and Hannaford used to consistently look at the works by the Masters, learning and taking note on the ways that they demonstrated form, light and tone within their paintings, learning the various ways of creating representation within their
There are notably two main subjects within this painting. The first is an elderly gentleman and the second is a young boy. Other visual objects include; a banjo, a counter with a pitcher and bowl sitting on top of towels, a skillet, pottery bowl, and kettle laying on the floor in front of a fire, logs of wood, a chair with a shirt draped over it and two small pictures on the back wall. The painting has both organic as well as geometric shapes throughout.
This painting by Vincent Van Gogh is on display at the Art Institute of Chicago Museum, in the Impressionism exhibit. There are many things going on in this painting that catch the viewer’s eye. The first is the piece’s vibrant colors, light blues and browns, bright greens, and more. The brush strokes that are very visible and can easily be identified as very thick some might even say bold. The furniture, the objects, and the setting are easy to identify and are proportioned to each other. There is so much to see in this piece to attempt to explain in only a few simple sentences.