In Benito Huerta’s “The Character of all Modern and Contemporary Characters”, an oil on velvet painting, he utilizes elements such as color and texture to form the figures. As a matter of fact, the element that stood out the most is color. Beginning with the basic use of colors in areas such as, little red and yellow dots on the snakes back, the skies blue horizon line, small sections of blue on the female’s hair, both of the snakes yellow features including the mouth of one snake and the stomach of the other and the yellow crescent of the moon are the use of primary colors. He uses a limited amount of secondary color in a general area such as the grass below the female and the back of the snake seems green and a bit of orange on the head of the snake on the …show more content…
Some of the other objects on the ground are tertiary as well, but different colors. Many of the primary colors stated above have either an analogous or complementary relationship. The analogous colors used are yellow found on the mouth of the snake located on the ground and orange on the head of the snake. Furthermore the snake on the females back contains green and yellow making it another object with analogous colors. The use of the complementary colors red and green visible on the snake on the back of the female help the serpent stand out. His use in value of the colors in his work has mostly darker colors. The sky in the background, the trees and the grass are all uses of darker colors. Rarely are lighter colors seen in the painting. A pattern is evident as every area inclusive of light color contrasted by the darker area behind it repeated several times. Even some of the brighter colors have some black in them. The Painting has the lightest of colors seen only on the face of the female. Although
The black background contrast with the predominate colors of blue and red gives these colors intensity. The red and green are complementary colors that give the painting visual appeal. The green juxtapose above the blue and red gives the artwork color balance as well as implies a triangular shape. The triangular shape and pattern is repeated throughout the painting by; the bend of the flute player's elbow, the head and shoulders of the guitar player, the head and shoulders of the lady whose back is to the viewer, the body of the guitars and the location of the three right-most musicians
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...
Through the use of complementary colors, she achieves great contrast. Contrasting hues develop a theme of light vs. dark, or in Liu’s case, expectations vs. reality. Dark colors are used to suggest the harsh, chaotic conditions experienced by the workers; while light, less saturated colors illustrate the calm passivity of traditional Chinese customs and ideas. The sky surrounding the stylized women contrasts greatly with the surroundings of the exhausted men. The dark hues establish heavy visual weight below the figures and the light tones of the sky create a sensation of weightlessness and help to further distinguish the fantasy like qualities. Liu also includes the application of analogous colors, primarily to make the traditional figures less dramatic and to help unify the surrounding
The colors he uses to create this harmony are green, blue-green, and blue. The green color is mostly located on the bottom part of the painting and the left side, while the blues are present at the top in the sky and the middle as the river. Derain’s piece has complementary color harmony, which is when one or more pairs of colors that are located directly opposite of each other on the color wheel, dominating the painting. The colors used are yellow-orange, green, red-orange, and blue. The red-orange and yellow-orange draw your eye instantly in this painting and are located mostly in the middle, while the blue and greens are along the
Her use of primary colors and complementary colors are illustrated in the background, at the top of the fabric and in the outer view of the house and in the front yard. There is shading being shown in the two geometric windows. The entire work presents lines and implied lines as a focal point or as a means to describe a scenery. The texture of the garment is silky and very smooth like bed sheets. Post and lintel are crafted on the rectangular door frame and in the small window inside the door frame. Fine art is depicting in the background of the house; the painting is going in its own direction but still have a meaning behind it. The grass, tulips, and the weeds in the foreground appear naturalistic and lifelike which give the painting a multiple use of variety. The composition of the house is centered and upright. Marisela Esteves uses asymmetrical balance in the pathway and on the walkway to the flower garden. On the left side of the house there is a lot of variety elements and implied lines been demonstrating. Also, there is a lot of space in the background which grabs my attention because the line portrays a billboard in my mind that is covered by the vibrant, bright colors. The material that Marisela Esteves use was probably a knife or paint brush to mix, dye, and print on the fabric
... study for the overall concept they appear rather as abstract patterns. The shadows of the figures were very carefully modeled. The light- dark contrasts of the shadows make them seem actually real. The spatial quality is only established through the relations between the sizes of the objects. The painting is not based on a geometrical, box like space. The perspective centre is on the right, despite the fact that the composition is laid in rows parallel to the picture frame. At the same time a paradoxical foreshortening from right to left is evident. The girl fishing with the orange dress and her mother are on the same level, that is, actually at equal distance. In its spatial contruction, the painting is also a successful construction, the groups of people sitting in the shade, and who should really be seen from above, are all shown directly from the side. The ideal eye level would actually be on different horizontal lines; first at head height of the standing figures, then of those seated. Seurats methods of combing observations which he collected over two years, corresponds, in its self invented techniques, to a modern lifelike painting rather than an academic history painting.
He uses vibrant colors at the bottom of the painting. This portion is made up of all different lifeforms, representing all life in this world. The majority of the life is frogs; they are shown at every stage in life and this symbolizes the value of all life, no matter the age. Rockman chose vibrant colors here, that would really stand out to symbolize the importance of life and immediately draw the eye of anyone looking at this painting. At first glance, it seems like the overall message of the painting is the value of life, however, after a more in-depth look at this painting the darker colors begin to stand out. Because the background is completely made up of darker colors, it seems huge and this sense makes the life, at the bottom, appear to be smaller and less important in the overall meaning. The dark colors represent the problems and evils in society. The contrasting colors are used to show that even though we may think that we are the most important thing, there is so much more to the
His analysis of color associated blue with the masculine, yellow with the feminine, and red with the physical often violent. He took a cubist approach, in the display and creation of the animals that he depicted in his works; simplicity was often seen as a means to his creative process as well, as most pieces simply focused on the animal, and the raw emotion, as opposed to drawing in from external factors, to create the printed art works during his
...s face. Masaccio's extrodinary focus on colors adds a new fundamental component to the painting.
Though most works of art have some underlying, deeper meaning attached to them, our first impression of their significance comes through our initial visual interpretation. When we first view a painting or a statue or other piece of art, we notice first the visual details – its size, its medium, its color, and its condition, for example – before we begin to ponder its greater significance. Indeed, these visual clues are just as important as any other interpretation or meaning of a work, for they allow us to understand just what that deeper meaning is. The expression on a statue’s face tells us the emotion and message that the artist is trying to convey. Its color, too, can provide clues: darker or lighter colors can play a role in how we judge a piece of art. The type of lines used in a piece can send different messages. A sculpture, for example, may have been carved with hard, rough lines or it may have been carved with smoother, more flowing lines that portray a kind of gentleness.
The colours used in the artwork are earthy tones with various browns, greens, yellows, blues and some violet. These colours create a sense of harmony on the...
When speaking about color we have to recognize that they’re categorized into “primary colors red, yellow and blue and also three secondary color are orange, green, and violet”1. As shown in Goya’s work yellow is used to highlight the Spaniards. The protagonist is shown wearing yellow as well as another man laying dead besides the doomed onlookers. Goya’s use of yellow as the primary color has an overwhelming influence to direct the viewers eyes. This is one of the first things I noticed when I began to examine the painting myself. Our eyes are drawn to these figures even more as th...
Under Clottes and Courtin many facts about the origin of these paintings have been uncovered. Apparently the creators of these prehistoric works of art used a pallet of colors consisting of hematite or ochre for the red mineral pigment, and manganese dioxide for the charcoal black pigment. Only about one third of the total artwork in Cosquer is done using paint; the others are engravings done in the cave’s soft limestone walls (“Grotto Cosquer”).
These color schemes hold true for most of the painting, but some exceptions are notable. At each end of the work the outermost character is considerably darker in skin tone than the others. It seems as if they are being shunned from the rest of the crowd because of their body language. The woman on the far right has her back to us as if she is trying to see what the others are doing, and the woman on the far left is holding her head in her hands as if she is upset about something. Another exception to the common coloring themes is the woman to the right of the idol in the distance. Unlike all of the other char...
...th color, the way he used color when it was used conveyed what was important in the piece. The body as it hangs lifeless from Saturn’s death grip is dripping with blood and it is even between the white knuckles of Saturn. In having Saturn’s knuckles white it emphasizes his grip that is so strong on the body he is drawing blood from the back. It is showing his passion in that the deed has to be done. His expression is wild and his stance is cowardly showing that he may not have wanted to do what he was doing. The message in the painting is that time consumes us all, and that is by having the god of time eating a faceless body. There is another message in this too, I believe and it is that people will do almost anything to keep their reign in power. I found this painting very stimulating and gave me many emotions. I think just because of that the piece is successful.