Andy Warhol Flowers Essay

From her auburn curls cascading from beneath her tilted hat, to her arm positioning, the trees, clouds, down to the tiniest blades of grass, they all slant one way or the other. The artist has utilized the diagonal line is multiple ways; the slight angles that Reynolds incorporated into each area provides a sense of movement in what could have been a dry and stagnant scene. Along with movement, there lies an illusion of depth: paired with shading, the use of line gives the perception of more area being included than there actually is. These lines also direct the viewer’s eye toward the sitter. Objects located around the edges of the composition lean towards the center, pulling the viewer’s glance directly to the

Andy Warhol’s 2-D silkscreen print, Sitting Bull, is a very popular and controversial print from his series Cowboys and Indians. The print is representational, based on an original archival photo of the Sioux Chief, Sitting Bull. In the original photograph and print, the Chief is posing for a headshot photo, with a calm facial expression and stance. In the print, the artist chose to make the chief’s skin light blue, his dress bright red, his hair dark blue, and his shape is outlined in yellow, white and blue. As for most of Warhol’s Pop style pieces, the photo was redesigned by the artist to be printed in vivid colors and showcases a lightly colored outline of his body and shape, giving the original photo a modern touch. The artist’s work was printed using the silkscreen printing process on a 36 inch by 36 inch Lenox Museum Board paper (Sitting Bull 376, 2016). Sitting Bull is great representation of the artist’s style. Andy Warhol was a very successful illustrator and designer in New York City, where he and other artists developed the concept of Pop art, the style in which he is famous for, and the style he chose to recreate Sitting Bull (Andy Warhol Biography, 2016). Pop art is a modern style of art in which the subject matter is commonplace objects and people of everyday life, seeking to elevate the culture of the time and straying away from traditional themes such as mythology or religion. Warhol was a pioneer of contemporary art and really had a great impact on the

The human eye finds things of three appealing; this is why many photographers such as Bryan Peterson use the Rule of Thirds. Shapes, curves, and patterns make a photo more interesting because they create dimension in a photo. An example of this is if a photographer goes to the market and takes an apple and places it on top of the pile of oranges. The apple stands out against the oranges’ patterns, shapes and curves. A way to create a more dynamic image is to “change the angle from which you shoot.” (picturecorrect.com). This is called angle of attack and photographers use it often because it can change the look of a photo dramatically. Shooting many pictures of flowers may get boring and repetitive after time, but if a photographer changes his shooting angle, he can create a completely different photo. Taking visually attractive photos requires a variety of skills to compose the

Just by looking at it most would assume he used silk screening like I had assumed. This could stem back to Warhol’s constant attempts to make his audience believe that his work meant less than it really did. He was hiding the meaning by making it look like his other pieces in that aspect. Just another piece to be visually consumed by his audience. It wasn’t meant to be analyzed, only enjoyed. This also thought this could mean that even if a piece of art is hand drawn people don’t appreciate that form of art as much as they used to. Art is art and the method is no longer a tool for judging value or artistic ability, so conspicuously displaying the techniques he used was an unnecessary waste of

Looking at each of the art angles we see that only the front view shows implied lines with the separation of colors between the texture’s slopes. This texture is created by an upside down “V” hump throughout the artwork, which can be seen in the Enhanced View in the appendix. Moving from Left-Side to Right-Side the other artworks are shown at only certain angles, we see here lines become complete rather than implied, becoming more abstract; this also shows that the element of motion is from the viewer is needed to see this artwork completely. From the front view the artwork shows implied shape, the left side, shows shape with objects with curved edges and lines, and the right-side shows objects with straight/sharp edges. We can also say that, overall, this piece of artwork has form due to the necessity for the artist to create these 3rd-Dimensional “V” humps to show the other artworks at their angles. This work of art also employed value as shown in all 3 angles, we can see that at

To balance the painting Ruysch placed highlighted blossoms and leaves against the dark left half of the canvas and silhouetted them against the light wall area on the right. The artist uses light coming from the left side of the painting, which creates a main view of the center of the image. The light hits the center of the bouquet that

What really makes this piece significant is its attention to detail, and also its lack of detail. All the bright and simple kid drawings of flowers that convey our innocence and ignorance are just simple. Their simplicity relates back to colors of a simpler time when we didn’t know anything, like we still do in a way now. In the middle of it all is the boy who represent the truth of what really is, his picture flawlessly contrast the colorful simple ness of the sketches with not only his black and whiteness, but also is seriousness. That outline of his body and gun alone is a drastic difference from the straight lines that make the flowers. Even the shading shows the professional step up the boys sketch is from his face and left side being white, and his right

In Water of the Flowery Mill, however, it is difficult, if at all possible, to make out what the artist was originally looking at while he painted. Flowers of multiple, contrasting colors can be distinguished; and because of their large size and location, they appear to be in the foreground of the painting. However, it is up to the viewer’s imagination to figure out which of the many planes of color constitute the mill that is hinted at in the

Andy Warhol being one of the biggest influences in my work made him the obvious choice for this assignment. I see Warhol's influence on the world we live in everyday and strongly believe he helped in creating the pop culture obsession in America.

I was looking at a bunch of Warhol’s paintings and I was confused. I was just staring at them and I’m thinking “why don’t you look like a Warhol?’ Then I realize that these paintings are from when he was younger. This was before he defined his aesthetic. I believe this was his discovering phase then he goes into his silk screening phase. Andy Warhol used current icons from the world for his work. One of the famous icons was the Campbell’s soup can. In 1962 Warhol displayed his Campbell's soup piece, one canvas for each 32 types of Campbell's soup. In 1960, Warhol began producing his first canvases, which he based on comic strip subjects. In 1961, he started using the method of silk screening. Silk screening starts with a stencil drawing then transferred with glue onto silk. Warhol's first silkscreen was Campbell’s Soup cans. Campbell’s Soup was an icon in the 1960s that gave you a sense of comfort. In spite of that, Warhol’s Soup Can paintings were to provoke concern about value. At first glance it may seem like a joke but it’s actually a sophisticated and thought-provoking artistic statement. In the 1960s Andy Warhol made a sculpture that was extension of what Warhol had done with the Campbell's Soup Cans, Brillo Boxes. The Brillo Boxes were made out of wood but made to look accurately like the boxes found in the

The first superstar of American art, Andy Warhol was obsessed with fame, glamour, and money. He is best known for his images of stars and celebrities and for his reproductions of symbols of the American society.

First, there was a background of the Golden Yarrow flower only in a darker tone and then the same flower was displayed in a lighter tone. All parts of the picture functioned admirably together in solidarity; the dull and the light. There is an unequivocal feeling of unevenness in the picture in light of the fact that, notwithstanding Macko's utilization of hexagons to give her photos a more ‘bee’ like feel, the symmetrical arrangement of the shapes on both sides (6 to 3) does give some unease to the viewer. Which makes me question if that was her intent all along. As far as a I see in the image, there is no movement, although it would have been an interesting experience if the hexagons were arranged in a rapid manner to

One of the elements of art is a line, which is the path of a moving point and it defines the edges of shapes and forms. In the painting “ Murnau. Burggrabenstrasee 1, 1908” there are many directions, which are vertical, horizontal and diagonal. In the sky has a horizontal view and on the houses right underneath the sky. On some of the houses, the windows give off some direction of horizontal lines, but it does not show a delicate view of the direction. Another direction of the line is vertical lines. The houses are stacked together giving the sides of the houses into a clear, rigid point of view. Another vertical line is there might be a pole next to the blooming flowers. For each house, there are doors and windows, all stacked vertically.

For example, the dark and translucent shades that make up Zephyrus convey that he is a dark character with a lack of warm colours and flowers which drive through the point that at that point in time, Zephyrus was a very negative and perhaps evil character. And, Flora is depicted as a beautiful and elegant woman conveying the importance of beauty and elegance for the bride. The shape of this artwork is asymmetrical but balanced. The focal point is Venus as the shape of the trees form an archway behind her. The space is shallow but still holds dimension as Zephyrus, Chloris and Flora overlap one another to create the illusion of a third dimension and tell the story of what happened to Chloris. The artwork holds a one point perspective, though it is hidden by the trees. The hierarchy goes from centre out to the edges, starting with Venus, then the three graces, then Flora, Mercury, Chloris, Zephyrus and finally Cupid. The use of contrast from the background to the foreground creates an obvious contour from the dark and gloomy trees go the subject matter, the people who are depicted with bright

The compositional lines drawn by the right woman’s arm and the gust of wind coming from the mouth of the figure on the right help to draw the viewer’s attention to the center. The figures are also spread out across the very front of the painting where they fill the flat space that is there. The compositional arrangement of the figures flow from the outside of the painting inward to the center which is the focus of the painting. The compositional arrangement of the figures with clear compositional lines create clear center focused work of art. Botticelli and Titian use the same ideas of color and light but in different ways with Botticelli using it to create a single soft and light tonality as