Overlook Paul Roden Analysis

Tillers copies the form and line of the original piece, following an organic, natural shape and line. The shapes are irregular, yet the canvas-board system distorts the overall image to give a muted geometric feel. They boards give strong angles and create a sense that a grid has been laid over the environment. The organic shapes create forms that are three dimensional, giving depth to the mountain landscape.

The Woodlands Man Shirt is a garment made by the Native Americans from the great lakes region in the 18th century. This piece was traded to early French explorers in New France which extended from Louisiana to Canada. This shirt was worn by high status Native Americans made from antelope which has some form of early tattoo work done to it. The interlocking designed tattoos represent the sacred Thunderbird who is an important traditional being to Indian spirituality. Some principles of design used in this piece are rhythm and symmetrical balance and some elements of design to note are shape, visual and actual texture, and pattern. I chose these principles to analysis this piece because they are the ones that apply the most to this sculpture and can help to apply context. This also shirt has elements from Woodlands, Great Lakes, and Plains regions, and the complex designs may have been inspired by tattooing. The materials used in this shirt are both functional and ceremonial to the Native Americans but more specifically the Dakota tribe. This shirt is unique because it is only one of 35 remaining from the early 1700s making this piece really rare and hard to compare to because of how few there are available.

The line work used in this sculpture is not composed of physical markings but it is visible through the component of light in the large mountain. The shadows brought on by light create the lines from which the shape of the central mountain takes form. This shape is comprised of rough intersecting “lines” that look unplanned giving the shape a veristic sense. This “unplanned” shapes come together to create a realistic landscape that mirrors the uncalculated plan of structure of the natural world. The reason why these mountains appeal to the senses is because of Laramée’s extreme use of texture. The surface quality brings the landscapes to life by adding a hyper realistic feel, an accomplishment so impressive to pull of considering the medium in which the artist sculpted “The Web”, extremely thin paper of a Webster dictionary. The artwork is in a three-dimensional plane since it is sculpted but the small additions of windows in the small temple-like structure at the corner of the piece and the deep precipices between mountains add to the illusion of space. These details enhances the sense of depth throughout the art piece by adding small spaces that look as if they are infinite. The star maps on either side of the book covers add to the illusion of space by integrating a galactic background that makes it

In this painting we see an infant that is in a boat. Behind the infant there is an angel that is guiding the child out of a cave into a beautiful landscape. Thomas Cole paints the landscape very rich; you get o a sense of warmth and calmness. There is beautiful green land, big mountains, and different types of flowers.

In this painting, two visual elements stand out over all the rest. These elements are that of color and texture. Color in art is an element that has to be phenomenal in order to get recognition and true appreciation from the viewers. In this painting, the colors are rich, vivacious and standout as dark, but bold representations of the uniqueness of it all. The use of brown and yellow and green and grey and white all come together in a harmony of color and unity. As for the texture in the painting, it is that of brisk and roughness that is nature. The sharp edges of the bucks rack and the cold, rough edges of the dead tree show

Anna Skibska is a professional artist who resides and creates in Seattle. She has participated in 56 exhibitions all over the world including local museums SAM, BAM, and the MoG. Skibska is a recipient of several awards and grants. This piece was inspired by the Amazon biospheres, which spoke to her with the language of light and

Located in Howard University Art Museum lies one of the more exclusive oil on canvas paintings done by Mr. Edward Mitchell Bannister. In Mr. Bannister’s landscape portrait he demonstrates the principle of unity and harmony, through the depiction of a natural environment untouched by civilization. Mr. Bannister also showcases fantastic elements of value, shape and color. In order to display to the audience time and location. Due to the absence of information on the world wide web it can be assumed that this is one of the many untitled pieces done by Mr. Bannister, explaining why many collectors and recipients of his artwork refer to Mr. Bannister artwork by what is depicted in his paintings. Thanks to the sophistication and beauty of Mr. Bannister’s

I am analyzing the form and content of a stylized painting entitled The Palisades by John William Hill. This was found in the collection section of themetmusuem.org which was painted during the pre Raphaelite movement; when artist emphasized meticulous detail in what was observed rather than imagined nature. This artwork shows the aesthetics of nature, depicting a peaceful scenery with spacious green acres during the year of the 1870s. During the late 18th centuries, natural resources weren’t highly industrialized and that in itself shows how nature was essential for all human species. I argue that this painting shows how everything in nature connects and communicates with one another.

Viewing John Constable’s painting ‘The Hay Wain’ makes me appreciate that there were established artists in early 19th century. The painting is one of the most studied and sought after in the world and viewing it allows me to understand why majority of people are interested with it (Wikimedia Commons, 2017). The painting evokes a feeling of naturalness and allowed me to connect with the painter’s point of view. Constable was trying to showcase his country side as a natural green place and viewing the painting it is evident he achieved this. The aim of visual arts is to help the artist to communicate a particular aspect that the audience can relate with. The Hay Wain uses magnificent colors and texture that not only attracts

Frelinghuysen comments on how nature seems to be the subject. She calls the piece a “tour de force of mosaic,” which means the piece achieves its goal successfully (Frelinghuysen). Analyzing the mosaic, she points out the greens and yellows and the two swans which “carve a slender ripple in the placid shimmering pool” around a small area of water lilies (Frelinghuysen). Frelinghuysen takes account on Tiffany’s unique use of shapes and colors, apart from traditional glassmaking techniques, commenting on how it creates “luminous illusions in mosaic” (Frelinghuysen). She observes how the textured pieces display leaves veining in the shrub. The way he “juxtaposed tiny shapes of slightly varying hues” to create both “intense and subtle” colors, impacted the painting overall according to her (Frelinghuysen). His use of more shading, unlike Byzantine-inspired mosaics, also helped create a better interpretation of nature. Her interpretation describes how his utilization of color and shape helps portray nature as it truly

The art piece is a painting made by A.Y Jackson (as signaled by the signature at the bottom), and it shows a cold and snowy Canadian Autumn day. The pictures show a cloudy day in a place which seems cold and isolated. Although the sky is blue and is a presence of sunlight in the scene the sun is hidden behind the quickly, moving by the air clouds, given the impression that that place is getting colder. There’s a lake of crystalline waters which reflects the outside and that it’s starting to freeze by the corners, this lake surrounded at both sides by a large forest of thin trees, most of them of orange or soft brown wood that have already lost their leaves, and others that are in the process of losing their leaves as well. It’s a cold windy

Alexis Rockman’s “Kapok Tree” was painted in 1995, using oil on wood. Completed near the end of the 20th century, this painting could be categorized as post-modern art; however, Rockman’s painting is considered a contemporary work of art. In general, contemporary art incorporates the social and cultural events of the time in order to create curiosity, a response, and ultimately open a dialogue on such events (“Contemporary Art”). In fact, Rockman’s work typically makes the audience consider, react, and respond to his visual art; he is known to use his paintings to explore ecological issues (“Fable”). Specifically, Rockman uses art to depict the tense relationship between animals and humans and its effect on the environment as a whole. As a

Alison Moritsugu’s artwork is log painting, she used to use wood to represent her artworks. The wood used in her log series are collected from the areas depicted on the landscapes she paints on them, Moritsugu’s paintings emulate the optimistic style of the 18th and 19th centuries, she was using the cross section of a tree to paint.

Using natural phenomenon as a starting point for abstraction, Mark Grotjahn’s paintings straddle the polarities of artifice and nature. His painting, Lavender Butterfly Jacaranda over Green (Fig. 2), expresses his fascination with nature. Transferring the experience of observation to an intrigue of creative possibility, Grotjahn harnesses the mysticism of nature through aesthetic formality.

The natural environment in Malaysia offers an unlimited source of inspiration that can derive new ideas, patterns, motifs and colours