Assignment: Art Analysis

The artwork that I chose to describe is by Jean-Michel Basquiat. The artwork is called “Untitled (1981)” it is considered as an abstract piece of artwork because it represent a meaning, but does not try to make an external reality of something we see every day. This picture is of a distorted fisherman, but Basquiat exaggerated on how the person looks because it does not look anyway in form a natural look. In this artwork it uses vertical and horizontal lines at the top of the artwork. The lines are not thick at all, but really thin and curved lines. There is diagonal lines used when describing the somewhat fishing pole on the person back, and there are many unique thick lines of paint used at the bottom

This paper is a formal analysis of the Marble grave stele with a family group relief sculpture. It is a pentelic marble style relief standing at 171.1cm tall carved by a master. It is from the Late Classical period of Greek, Attic which was completed around ca.360 B.C. . I chose to analyze this piece as apposed to the others because I’m mainly attracted to art and sculptures from the Greek era. The overall color used in this relief is ivory with a few cracks and pieces broken off. There is some discoloration which causes the color to come off as slightly light brown for most of the relief. The sculpture appears larger compared to the other sculptures in the art room. It represents a family which includes a man, his wife, and their

     Van Gogh's use of line really gives depth and character to the piece. The first line that caught my eye was the line outlining the bottom of the bed. The strong stroke really gives you a sense of distance between the bottom of the frame and the floor. Had it been a thin line like those to depict the floorboards, it would look like the bed was sitting directly on the floor. His use of brush strokes and the thickness of them vary immensely in the painting to create depth. The strong strokes of

I think the artwork is well made. The artist really put his passion into it to make the drawing look as real

Proficient Images 14 points:  You have the required image for at least one of your artworks. I am glad you included images for both. You could even do close ups of the artworks if you get into the details.

The texture of the canvas works very well with the subject matter portrayed in the painting. The grassy hill side and the leaves of the trees are especially complimented by the canvas. It makes the leaves feel like they are slightly moving, this combined with the lack of detail itself the leaves. This is contrasted nicely with the very detailed renderings of the trunks and branches of the trees, the

3. My opinion of the artwork did change after I learned more about the artist and art itself. I started appreciating it a lot more. I did not know that the art was so genuine and had a bigger

All of the artwork shows great precision and attention to detail. The colors are vibrant and rich. That is not to say the colors were bright or cheerful (only one painting was particularly “bright”), but the colors were all pure and distinct. Most of the paintings, in my opinion, would fit under the umbrella of surrealism. Walking into the gallery immediately starts to produce feelings of unease and perhaps feelings of being threatened. The individual objects in the paintings are very realistic but mashed together in unnatural ways.

for this assignment i decided to do a painting. in this painting i depict the parachuter in the way i imagine the kids see him and in the way he really is. this is a really powerful picture if you look closely. it shows anyone who has read the book that fear is really the only monster here. it explains that there really is no monster and that the monster is in them. i chose to do this as my project for this exact reason, it really explains what the monster of the island is. I also very much enjoy painting so i decided painting would be a fun medium for me to work with. with painting also comes some difficulties. paint takes time to dry, causing problems with layering, because of this it took longer than expected to complete.even though it took

I chose the same works that you did. I stated that the way beauty is represented (flawless and perfect) in these two pieces can be compared to how celebrities are photo shopped. I think that although both pieces depict a beautiful woman they are unrealistic to how women really look. This is just my take on it. I hope it helps.

If I were given more time to work on my portrait, I would research more shading techniques and practice more to improve my level. I received very good feedback from my classmates, which made me pleased with the progress that I had made, as I was told that the skills were very good to excellent and that the drawing was accurate to a very high extent. Overall, I am happy with my final piece, as I believe that it reflects a significant level progress in terms of skills in drawing the face parts, the structure, the hair and the shading. Therefore, I believe that it is a good piece. If I were to rate it on a scale of 1-10, I would give it a 9, as I think it shows excellent improvement and very good skills, but it could still improve in terms of the shading.

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.

Olivia has shown excellent skills in painting and drawing. She has attention to detail and works diligently. Her creative mind shows through in her art. C4s4e4

But I tried to get the picture right and I think I did pretty good on this picture. The hardest part of the picture would be the people, I mean it took me about 15 minutes to finish Marina (she was hard to draw!). But the bushes and the flowers were out of my imagination.

My painting depicts a girl with fiery orange hair looking down at a little chick she’s holding while her own wings are spread out behind her. She’s standing on sand at the beach and dons a green beret, ankle boots, and a green coat that’s flapping in the wind. I utilized most of the elements of art, i.e. line, form, color, and value. For principles