Analysis of Art

The colours are created to show us the different mind or physical state the two individuals are in. The man is depressed and tired. The woman is on top of the man. She acts preserving and keeps the man on his feet.

The figure 1.120 on page 123 of Gateways to Art depicts a 3 dimensional piece of art called Monogram. Inside the work includes mixed media with taxidermy goat, rubber tire, and a tennis ball. The work was done by Robert Rauschenberg from Sweden. There is strong emphasis on the goat, making it the focal point of the mass. The installation of the tire is wrapped around the goat’s torso, while the goat is mounted onto the center of the wood frame. The size of the work is monumental compared to other works of art. The subordination of the painted half of the work prevents the viewer from looking at the plain pieces of wood. The span of the mount stretches diagonally across the frame. The addition of red paint brings a sense of luminosity to the work. There are illuminated letters printed of the wood pieces that draws attention to the left half of the piece. The text says Rauschenberg created the work “as a symbol of himself as a rebel and outcast.” The goat relates to a religious perspective as goats used to be offered as a sacrifice by Christians to God. This work was so odd at the time because it was not a sculpture or painting, making it unique in its own way.

In the contemplation of art, or rather the conceptually intangible definition it currently possess, it is imperative to be mindful that “art” has been utilized as a promotional device, ceremonial item, aesthetically purposed article or perhaps none of these or all. It is because of this vague term that Carolyn Dean, in her text, “The Trouble with (The Term) Art”, makes a case for the consequences of applying the term “art” in societies that lacked such a notion which also accounts for the Western-centric lens the field intrinsically utilizes when viewing non-Western art. The claim is deftly supported by the utilization of expert accounts in the subject, alternative perspectives for what is considered the current norm, and self-examining questions,

The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh is consistent of his typical artwork. He uses the lines free and loose making it an expression of his contour lines. The spacing between the stars and the curving contours making it a dot to dot effect. Van Gogh’s, The Starry Night” portrays his personal emotion. He writes to his brother about his painting almost as if he would be confused himself about the painting. The village is dark but at the same time it is peaceful compared to the dramatic sky life. In Sol Le Witts, Wall Drawing it uses an ordered form and symmetrical form called classical lines. The line Sol Le Witts uses is considered a connection between two separate points. Although

Kehinde Wiley is a New York based artist whose paintings focus on the themes of empowering black men and combining classical and contemporary styles.

The art work that I have chosen for this formal analysis of an art work is the Painter of Paestum’s piece titled “Red-figure lebes gamikos (marriage vessel) it was made with terracotta red clay. This piece was made between 340-330 B.C. It is approximately 10 inches in height. The present location of this art piece is at The San Antonio Museum of Art in the Greek Late Classical section. The collection is a permanent collection from Gilbert M. and Denman, Jr. whose funds were used to purchase the vessel.” (“San Antonio Museum of Art Wall Text”). These marriage vessels are frequently shown in marriage scenes on Greek vases. This marriage vessel could have been given as a wedding gift or used to contain water for the bride’s bath before the wedding ceremony. Also, it could have been placed by the bride’s door and was possibly used in a ritual of sprinkling the bride with water before the wedding ceremony.

Examining the formal qualities of Homer Watson’s painting Horse and Rider In A Landscape was quite interesting. I chose to analyze this piece as apposed to the others because it was the piece I liked the least, therefore making me analyze it more closely and discover other aspects of the work, besides aesthetics.

Art can be used in several ways so therefore there are many ways to memorialize a historical event. Sculptures are one of the more common ways that historical events are preserved for example many Greek sculptures usually constructed from marble or bronze, like the statue of David which is very well known. Photography is another method of preserving the past, although taking less skill it still retains much of the impact as it literally brings past events to the present a good example being the photo of the falling man during the 9/11 attacks. The photo was very controversial as it captured a man falling from the twin towers to his death many consider this picture an intimate moment that should

The colors he chose are depressing and sad. Dark and drab yellow and greens with heavy dark shadows being cast on the floor and face of the woman; a direct contrast to the bright white wall directly behind her. The woman sits at the edge of her bed, hardly clothed and looking exasperated. Her bags remain unpacked, behind her scarf, the only thing that even gives us a hint of color,

1. It was hard to get the feet to look realistic. The detailing part was hard to. Like you had to get all the contrast, structure, movement, and realism. It was hard especilly because in my painting my feet were small. Another hard part was getting the right shade. Like ppaint the feet a color and then make it a little darker for the areas that neede shading and dimension to give a realistic/ contrast to distinguish the difference. It was hard to get a shade that wasnt dramatically drker that the feets color.

The two works of art that I have chosen to analyze are 1) Jordan Casteel. Miles and JoJo. 2014. Oil on canvas, 54” x 72” and 2) Aaron Fowler. He Was. 2015. Mixed media, 134” x 165” x 108”. The themes that these works of art represent in regards to the exhibit are love, family, and pain. However, they also fall into other thematic categories. The main theme that seems to apply to both “Miles and JoJo” and “He Was” is Human Experience. Additionally, these arts differ in some ways.

Shepard Fairey’s piece titled Pay Up or Shut Up is a representation of the role that money or your role in society dictate the power of your speech. This piece of art by Fairey was released in May of 2015. It is a screen print on cream speckletone paper.

The “Book Journey” is an art piece consisting of mixed mediums on a canvas that are used to portray a teenage girl’s journey of life, me. The painting is intended to carry a cartoonish style to display an ironic contraposition between the innocence of the childish cartoon girl versus the stack of responsibilities and duties of an adult. These obligations, including the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP), college and scholarship applications, graduation requirements, two jobs, etc.., all build a signification pile of duties that has become my journey to reaching success.

You know those pictures that look like you could just jump right into, well the Flight into Egypt is one of those paintings. Annibale Carracci has so much detail packed into this painting. There are two main figures, along with a donkey. Off in the distance one can see a castle like piece of architecture, on a hill. There then is a path that leads to a river, with a canoe and another figure. The river is very realistic because of the reflections that are painted in, this goes for every part of this painting. There are trues around the edges of the painting, as if they are framing the painting. As you look harder at the painting you may notice the few figures are doing work and they continue all the way to the back of the painting. One last thing that you might notice is the colors of the painting, they are very grey toned and not very bright.

The colours, dark in hue, but brilliant in intensity, scream of the intense emotion portrayed by Munch. His works from the turn of the century have a reoccurring colour palette. Presenting the same window to a tortured world with blood red skies, pale skinned beings, and dark mysterious corners. In one of his earlier works, The Sick Child, made after the death of his younger sister, the colour scheme is dominated by the relationship of a range of sea greens with a hot orange-red. It may be suggested that the greens and reds themselves evoke the queasiness and fever of illness. The effect of the colour scheme is deepened by the fact that these colours are complementaries, which gives a dynamic effect in combination. Munch manipulates this element for emotional as well as aesthetic effect. The girl's face glows with a pale yellow light, which is reflected in the stark white of the bedhead in the background, in strong contrast to this is the dark blue-black of the woman’s dress adding intensity