The Kiss Klimt

You also notice that her clothing and hair are of light color, and she is very detailed. After studying the complex painting closely, you find that the focus of the painting is the Princess.

The flowers face many angles and are all different, most have contrasting shades of green leaves surrounding the petals and varying stem widths and lengths. This creates interest throughout the painting. To complement the bright yellow flower petals, Van Gogh has detailed a baby blue background with small, vertical and horizontal brush strokes. This contrasts well with the yellow flowers and helps to separate them from the yellow foreground. Also, to break all the yellow sections, he has cleverly used a lighted yellow tint on the bottom half of the vase, rather than shades, which he has used to outline the petals of the flowers. In doing this and by also adding light to the front petals and vase, Van Gogh has added a third dimension to his painting. Like Olley, Van Gogh has painted this artwork in warm colours to create a joyful and uplifting artwork to look at.

Color is the most prominent art element utilized in the work. A series of bright warm colors such as whites, greens, reds, blues, gold, and purple have been used throughout the art. Gold is seen on the robes of the priest and Justinian, but is most noticeable in the background. White is used for the priest’s robes and distinguishes them from the group. A lighter green fills the lower background by their feet while darker greens are used for the shield and bordering designs. A deep purple is seen on Justinian’s robe to show his royalty and power. Blue and red are the least prominent as they are mainly used in the boarder and small details. Lines are used to create a sense of depth and sharply outline the figures. Overlapping is seen with the figures to show their importance in the art. The composition of the art shows the status and roles of the men with the most important near the middle (Justinian) and the least important off to the

The colour that she has used predominately are; Green which gives the artwork warm light and sadness, the yellow, which conveys madness, sickness and fear in this case the anger and fear of the loss of someone she dearly loved. Blue, which portrays love, distance, dream, relationship, family and tenderness, the red coveys blood and love. She has smartly used the colour red on white, which shows that it stands out on the white and it’s a very important focal point that catches the viewers’ attention.

The artist wanted the focus of the painting on the cupcakes in her hair and he achieved this by using rhythm with the color red, and also creating a slight contrast to bring out the focus. He achieved this by using a black background and painting the figure a light complexion using soft colors and using them in subtle ways throughout the rest of the painting, for example, in her hair, where the main focus is, Cotton used soft colors on a few of the cupcakes but then used the color red for her lipstick, to also create a contrast of colors in the softness of her complexion on her face. There’s a noticeable pattern between the colors red and softer colors like lavender and beige. Its not only used throughout the face

The work of art been depicted on the top is an oil on canvas painting named Composition VII and was painted by Wassily Kandinsky in 1913. In this painting, Kandinsky decides to choose orange as one of the primary colors to express an emotion instead of a citrus fruit. He also chooses to paint black lines because of they add the feeling of depth and they direct the motion of the painting. The variety of colors been displayed throughout the canvas are like a composer uses notes so the viewer can develop a feeling of rhythm. No color stands entirely on its own, instead, Kandinsky places one color next to another to create an image of energy flowing.

The artist's palette had a fairly wide range of colors when painting this artwork. The use of many different colors makes this a polychromatic work of art. He used a few warm colors along with a lot of black and white. Most of the areas of this painting that are painted with warm colors are low in saturation. This is shown in the clothing of the woman holding the child.

The shapes are all free form and slightly blurred at the edges, no harsh lines are present. The painting exhibits a dull and dark color palette with a few exceptions. Brighter shades, blue and white, emphasize the moon. Warmer shades,coppery reds, represent the moon's light reflecting off of the stone partition. The paintings value is quite dark with the

Concerning color, there is a stark contrast between the figure on the painting and the background. More specifically, the figure of the woman is predominantly delineated in white color, especially pale, ashen white, as far her apparel and facial complexion are concerned, while there are also various hues of grey, with respect to her hair and accessory feather. These white and grey shades are vividly contrasted with the prevailing red and crimson hues of the background (viz. the drape, armchair, and table). Moreover, one can detect colors of dark green (jewelry), some beige on the left (pillar), and darker or lighter shades of blue on the right side of the canvas (sky), which all in concert and in addition to the subtle purple hue forming the sun or moon exude a certain dramatic sentiment. Also, there is brown, which often easily segues into gold (viz. books and attire details respectively). The main contrast of colors between white and red would be interpreted as serving the purpose of rendering the figure of the woman, and especially her face, the focal point of the work, despite, paradoxically enough, the lush red shades at the background. Bearing that in mind, the significance of the woman’s face will be enlarged upon later, when discussing aspects of her identity.

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

This painting titled Holding Hands by Angela Markwalter shows how love can be displayed powerfully visually. I found it interesting how Markwalter was able to combine a multitude of eccentric colors all in one masterfully painted artwork. The green, yellow, and blue paint found in the background bring combine together in a sort of queer way. These colors are able to bring out the main two contrasting colors: white and brown. Even without the help of the colors in the background to bring attention to the centerpiece of this artwork, white and brown are already two contrasting colors that are not usually found together. Something that I also found symbolic in this picture was how the colors were both the same in the middle of the painting. Naturally,

Once again we see the use of a gold background with contrasting colors. The use of Pink and blue hues contrast nicely while still being aesthetically pleasant, much like the various contrasting colors Lorenzetti used in The Crucifixion. Lorenzetti was a master of depicting detailed fabric and reliefs, evident in both of these works. By zooming in on the high-resolution pictures provided, we can see the minute details that add a sense of visual texture to the paintings. In both of the paintings, no one is looking directly at the viewer.

Berthe Morisot uses value in this painting. This adds in with color because she uses tints and shades, which are basically

Gustav Klimt created his oil on canvas painting The Kiss between 1907 and 1908 using oil with layers of gold leaf. This piece also uses mosaic techniques as well as fresco. Just as the title suggests, the painting is a depiction of a couple embraced in a kiss. The man is kissing and embracing the woman, the woman in return is accepting the kiss and leaning up to him (Cruz 34). The painting is exhibited at the Osterrelchische Galerie Belvedere in Vienna, Austria. The Kiss is a large piece measuring 180 x 180 cm, roughly a square of 6’ x 6’ (Nerit 1).

The piece I am referencing in this assignment is on Page 112, fig. 7, of “What Are You Looking At?” written by Will Gompertz. The title of the piece is “The Kiss” by Auguste Roden and it was made in 1901-1904. This piece to me is beautiful and more so than the version on page 113 because of how smooth the entire statue looks. Even the rocks, while they do look rough, also have a smooth look to them. As indicated in the book, the people kissing are not important at all which is almost relieving because art with a focal point on two specific people usually is depicting someone important whether from the past or present. What enforces this normality is the entire piece being completely white and the simplicity of two people kissing on a rock. The main reason I noticed this piece is because my favorite types of art, specifically films, tend to include components of love and this piece made me feel the love these two people once had because, again, of the simplicity of it. The reason Roden made the piece was to divert expectations, “a single hunk of marble that is at once the svelte bodies of two young lovers, while also being the rugged rock upon which they canoodle” (Gompertz Pg. 111). The statue makes these people seem important but in reality, they are normal. This is why this piece is my favorite piece in the book.