Ship Of Fools Analysis

The different colors, values, shapes, sizes of shapes, and textures create a variety in the painting that doesn’t leave the viewer bored with too much unity or confused with too much variety. I think that there is a perfect mix of unity and variety in this painting, and it draws the eye in and keeps you interested and thinking about the subject matter. There is a repetition of the same blue and green colors as well as the same sweeping shapes that drape across the painting. Your eye seems to follow a path from the white sweep of color on the upper left of the painting down to the middle of the painting along the sweeps of different colors and finally to the bottom. Georgia O’Keeffe’s placement and coloring of these different shapes really draws the eye across the painting. The contrast between the white patches of color and the dark brown and black patches really brings emphasis to these areas of the painting.

The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell shows that the Puritans were more than a colony of uptight Englishmen. Her thesis is about how the Puritans were a writing based group of people. The Wordy Shipmates starts off with Vowell stating, “The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don’t mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get people killed” (pg 1). Vowell supports this statement throughout her book by explaining how religion plays an important role in every part of the Puritan lifestyle. She explains that they thought of themselves as "God's new chosen people” (pg 24).

     Color values are strong in this painting. It goes back to what I said about color, but I believe the soft hue of the blue walls against the strong hue of the bed frame and floor provides enough contrast to pull you into the painting. I also like the strong hue of the table. It connects the visual of looking at the chairs and the bed. When you look at the table, your eye cannot help but look at the other furniture.

The work is very smooth and fluid making it appear much like a photograph. The oil is not built up on top of itself keeping it very two dimensional. The colors vary between dark and light throughout the painting. In the top right corner, the sun, outside the painting, shining down, aluminates the castle and also the lone tree at the bottom left corner. Besides the back cliff, the rest of the painting is in shadow and displayed in a much more melancholy tone. The colors that Cole focuses on, to display the sharp contrast between rock and nature, are mostly dark greens and gold. The striking blue of the river stands out dramatically from the rest of the colors and draws the eye after the initial citing. The grey in the cloud is the only place where I can find that shade of gray in the work, and it sets itself apart from the snow white clouds in the background. The color helps draw the eye immediately to the castle on the hill. My eyes then fallow the flow of the river down to the tree, which is illuminated by a beam of sunlight.

We can also see the use of black shades to create a hole at the bottom part of the rock. With his excellent use of colors, we can identify the good, healthy and green grass from the bad, unhealthy, brown grasses. Looking beyond the main focus of the painting, he uses colors to separate the sky from the land in the background creating a solid form of perspective on the painting. He also uses colors to create water forms as seen behind the young character. Now, for the sky, he uses shades of white to magnificently differentiate the thick clouds from the light ones. He also uses this to create a source to light to the whole area. All these put together creates a splendid, realistic and familiar atmosphere for the viewers to relate with.

The two visual elements that stands out to me is the texture and the tone of the art work that the artist created. The texture is a very smoot looking texture and the tone has a lightness to it with dullness to create a peaceful atmosphere in the picture.

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.

As heavy as the topic is, religion has been, still is, and always will be a contentious topic. Since the general topic of religion is composed of many different religions, there is still ongoing debate for which religion is superior. Today, a person’s rights allow them to practice their religion freely; however, in the past, not everyone had the right to choose his or her religion. Sarah Vowell effectively describes this in The Wordy Shipmates, in which a group referred to as the Puritans sought to be freed from the influence of the Church of England. Vowell somewhat agrees with what they were attempting to accomplish; however, she does not necessarily agree with the ways they accomplished it. Vowell uses these views to inform the reader about the Puritans in her

After reading the editorial “Ship of Fools” the author gives multiple reasons that support her claim, that letting Abby sail solo around the world was foolish and dangerous. One of the reasons is how the author stated how much work and effort was put into saving Abby when her boat was hit by the rogue wave. But she also talked about the amount of money that was wasted in saving her because all of this could have been prevented if her parents said no and didn’t let her. Another reason that the author brought up is that sometimes when you're a parent you’re going to have to be protective, especially in these types of situations. She even gave an example of how she gets nervous when her own 5-year-old daughter goes on the monkey bars. The last

Like most of his artwork, his value structure of this piece the characters have a black and gray tone to them. The background also has a black and gray tone as well. The color intensity of this drawing is dull and muted hues instead of pure and vivid hues. The art doesn't have a linear perspective due to it being framed in a tilt and not a flat surface. Due to this, the artwork has a asymmetric balance as nothing is even.

Finally, Color is the last of the visual elements that I found this painting captured. The use of warm colors in the painting allows the image to be welcoming and have a positive disposition on the image. The colors are also relatively softer then what the normal colors would be, the reds are not as rich as red could be, the yellow is not as vibrant as yellow can be. Overall though I found the use of visual elements to be prominent in the painting making the image somewhat more

The main medium used in the painting is the fabric material and discarded newspapers, which in my opinion is great because I think this artist wanted to do something very different from the other artists which draws other attractions. I think this artist sticks to his overall concept of chaotic design and doesn’t apply much composition cause of his material choices like newspapers and fabrics. If I was Rauschenberg, and wanted to stick conceptual on my artworks, I would change nothing except the color scheme to make it look more complex and interesting for the viewer to feed their eyes on for a while before they could see the imagery behind the chaotic placement of objects in the piece. But then again, it all depends on the context of the piece I’m working on.

The robbery of a vessel by pirates usually takes place while the ship is under way, often at night, and most often between one and six o’clock in the morning. The pirates board the vessel using grappling hooks and then take any cash and valuables from the ship’s safe and crew, including high-tech navigation equipment or whatever else they can seize quickly. In this type of attack the value of the stolen goods can be between ten and twenty thousand U.S. dollars. The ship can be taken over within half an hour. If kept for longer periods of time, the cargo could be breached and the content stolen. Likewise, the cargo can be unloaded at a port selected by the pirates or transferred to another ship after hijacking. After the cargo is secured on

Throughout the entire painting, there is this artful softness of shading between the different elements of the image, yet a crisp realness of detail is still maintained. As described by Madrid (2003), Vermeer’s works from that time possessed “an unprecedented level of harmony and serenity” (p. 254), and that statement applies very well to the aesthetics of this piece. The application of color in this painting

Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter is a fictional story that focuses on many people of different races on ship Vera. Katherine Porter has characters in the novel that are basically living in the 20th century where Germans greatly despised Jews. Jews were currently at the center of the blame because Hitler needed to place the blame on someone. This book discusses the topic of prejudice and hatred. This treatment is unjust and went against human rights.