OBJECT ANALYSIS #2
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My second piece that I choose was Vincent van Gogh’s, Olive Trees made of oil on canvas in 1889. I have always loved this piece so this was an easy piece to choose. When looking up the dimensions of the piece it was hard to find. There are fifteen different canvases of this series, so it told me all of them. To make a rough estimate I would say it is about 4 feet high and 3 feet width wise.
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What I see in this piece is peacefulness. Stokes of the paintbrush are perfect to make it look whole. With the sun shinning down making the colors pop out even more. The olive trees glowing in the suns light with the mountains behind it. It is a piece I could look at for a long time with out getting bored. The
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It is so unique to other paintings of other artist. It seems to be his style of painting, thick brush strokes. It is not simple, there is much to the painting, there is emotion in the painting. It is a stunning piece made by him.
FORMAL ANALYSIS: Starting with visual elements I saw lines, implied depth, and texture. I see lines by him using lines created by an edge. Each line is curved not straight but it works with the piece. By using this he creates the piece to make it whole. He uses many curved lines within the painting I don’t know if there is a straight line in the whole thing. The next element I saw was implied depth. Using linear perspective you can see the mountains but they look smaller than the rest of the piece. They are the vanishing point in the back making it look as if you can walk down and they will get closer and closer to you. The last element that I saw was texture. They talk about Van Gogh’s painting, The Starry Night having texture through a two- dimensional surface, in which this painting has that similar feel. Van Gogh uses thick brush stokes on his paintings to show his feelings. There is actually a name for this called, Impasto,
Also, I thought that the trees seemed impossibly long and unbelievably tall. They looked like they could go up and up forever. I stared long and hard trying to figure out how tall they must actually be. The areas where the trees were seemed higher than the stream. So, that the land actually looked like somewhat of a "u" shape. I think that it could be some type of valley. I thought the piece, in its entirety, was exceptionally painted and insanely beautiful. After, leaving it I felt inspired.
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 conscious decision to put so much effort into the tree itself and then to use obvious brushwork in the leaves makes the trees much more firm and immovable in the landscape. The brushstrokes are very clean and precise on the trees in the background.
An artwork will consist of different elements that artists bring together to create different forms of art from paintings, sculptures, movies and more. These elements make up what a viewer sees and to help them understand. In the painting Twilight in the Wilderness created by Frederic Edwin Church in 1860 on page 106, a landscape depicting a sun setting behind rows of mountains is seen. In this painting, Church used specific elements to draw the viewer’s attention directly to the middle of the painting that consisted of the sun. Church primarily uses contrast to attract attention, but it is the different aspects of contrast that he uses that makes the painting come together. In Twilight in the Wilderness, Church uses color, rhythm, and focal
The most first feature noticed on this oil painting are the shapes and lines in the buildings and small city section. Roger Brown uses lines to give the painting more depth and make it more realistic. Another method he uses to portray depth is by implementing chiaroscuro and sfumato. Throughout the artwork, Brown blurs the sky behind the fire; this is used to give the piece of art more depth. This makes
There are many ways one can view this painting. One can see a night sky that is brimming with whirly clouds, bright stars, and one beautiful crescent moon; a church steeple dominating the lit villages, a curvy cypress tree, and some hills.
Let me first start off by saying this is a beautiful piece! It amazes me how the artist, Carl Rice Embrey, incorporated different painting styles and techniques into this painting. he simply did not just paint two chairs in kitchen but put a lot of thought into his work. I do understand and see where people compare his work to other artist such as Andrew Wyeth. They both have the same idea when it comes to painting landscapes although, there is a big difference. Carl paints landscape more scenic, and realistic whereas Andrew’s looks more animated. Carl’s work is also compared to Franz Kline. Even though it is two totally opposite paintings Carl adopted the style that Franz uses in his paintings to the shadows of the chairs
This painting consists of regular lines as well as implied lines. Some of the regular lines that have been included are flowing, curved lines, such as the Earth that the woman is sitting on top of. Additionally, the background is made of small scenes that have been outlined by a dotted line, which places emphasis on the scenes. Besides regular and visible lines, there are a few implied lines in this painting. For instance, the woman's eyes are looking forward, so there is an implied line to the audience. Additionally, another implied line would be the woman's right arm, which is pointed towards her headpiece, while her left arm is pointed towards the earth. Nonetheless, this painting is not intense; although it does have splashes of color, this painting does not have a bright saturation. Instead, this painting is slightly dull, which makes this painting appear vintage. Additionally, since this background is a dark color, it makes the rest of painting, especially the headpiece, stand out. Besides colors and lines, even though this is a painting and there is no physical texture, there is invented texture. Upon viewing this painting, underneath the earth where the woman is sitting on, there are roots as well as grass, which give texture and feeling to the painting. In the end, this painting consists of several elements of composition, which Heffernan has done a wonderful job
Now, going to the principles of design process of the art work he used empahsis really well becasue he let the stars of the art work take over the whole thing to draw the eye srtaight to the sky. Along with repetition the art work in the sky continues the same patterns with the way the line match and never stop with the wind and all of the stars are created the same way. The whole painting just kind of has a flow to it. The movemnt part of the art seems off to me becasue i see a huge strucutre in the middle of the painting covering most of the bottom left corner, but i truly cant make out what it is but i feel as if its a flame from something pervious burning. The contrast and the variety of Starry Night is well used because the art work is
I absolutely love this piece of art. The amount of color keeps the painting alive and interesting. Its abstractness draws me in and interests me to look at it to find what I may see. One challenging thing about this piece of work is that I am not exactly sure what is going on in
The scale of the piece is about 32 by 42 inches and was slightly larger in proportion to the paintings in close proximity. This piece of art is a representational piece of nature and an owl. This piece demanded my attention because of its vibrant green and blue hues and because it reminded me, for example, of the Aurora Borealis. I think that the hues of blue conveyed a cooling naturalistic scene with a mood of tranquility. I believe that the green suggested a calming countryside and was associated with health or growth. I consider the owl symbolic because owls commonly are associated with mystery, wisdom, and even fertility with the moon’s cycle. Perhaps this owl is suggestive of the people inside the home. The cabin being displayed further in the back of the image and being smaller scale, makes the cabin appear distant and isolated. The majority of the space is concentrated on the owl and the dramatic colorful sky. At first, it was difficult for me to make out the details of the house in the background of the painting, but once I did I was able to see that there is a light on in the front window of the cabin, suggesting that people are inside. The winter weather leads the audience to believe that the atmosphere of the painting is cold and contributes to a cozier interpretation of the warmth of the cabin. The tension created in this painting with the colors and the use of space form a source of inspiration. Johnson uses actual lines for all of the piece except the sky. For the sky, he used implied vertical lines to establish a feeling of downward flowing movement and points were illustrated as stars. The texture of the sky is subtle and fluid. The texture of the trees and house are detailed with sharper lines, while the ground appears bumpy, resembling snow. The artists’ statement is: "I make paintings about my perception of life and beauty". I believe that he did an excellent job of
The largest element in the painting is the plant of flowers which stands tall because of the hanging vines and buds. Adjacent to the plant is the globe which is also of a larger proportion of the painting because of its circular shape that is held upright by a wooden boarder. As the object move down the painting they can progressively smaller. Underneath the globe and flowers are the skull and the book, which are then followed by objects like the fly and rat. This shows the order and sequence within the painting that allows the viewer to follow. The objects within the painting take up the majority of the space with the corners and bottom of the painting being black and faded coloring. Behind the objects is a faded arc which is hard to recognize but helps in identifying the scale and size of where the oil paining. The viewers point of view is up close due to the size of the different elements, in addition to the items being leveled because of the table. The eye level and scale to which this was drawn from was most likely from someone who was siting down because the objects on display would normally below eye level when standing that close.
The technique he used was oil paints on a 79.7 by 92.1 centimeter canvas. The style is of a Post-Impressionism, in other words means rather than using the natural interpretation of color, line and form he used more of his emotion to express what he was feeling towards the painting. The first thing you notice about Vincent van Gogh’s painting is probably the background which takes up most of the artwork. You notice the night sky having whirling clouds and filled with natural luminescent light from the stars and the bright crescent moon. The beautiful depicted night sky has the viewer’s eyes following the different movements from the clouds to each of the stars, keeping the onlookers involved with the painting. Another thing about this piece of art is what is below the sky was the rolling hills and an intimate town. The most dominate feature of the town is the tall steeple of the church, above the smaller buildings, Van Gogh is perhaps emphasized it to exhibit that it was placed there to give a sense of stability in a place that seems to be dark and secluded. An additional eye-catcher item is the enormous dark cypress tree giving the painting a feel of shady isolation. The gigantic structure makes interpreters of the creation feel depressed; however, there is the factor of hope even though the town is in a dark valley they have hope because they have protection of God from the darkness and He is shown through the brightness in the
... into deeper indigos and grays. The dramatic contrasts in light and tone aid in the formation of space without causing too much motion in the scene. The strong lines throughout give the images more conceptual meaning. The mountains are tangible and solid, clearly separated from both the ground and the deep blue sky. The light dramatizes both the depth and clarity in the painting.
The first thing that I noticed was that color and people’s expressions took a huge piece of the artwork. There is a big division in 4 different quadrants which separates the painting in terms of worlds. On the lower left side people seem to be happy and looking up at Christ, with angels on his upper left and right side. On the lower right side people seem to be in misery and pain, and almost most of them give the impression like they’re looking away from Christ. We can clearly tell this
The painting Olive Trees, now at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, is one of a series of ten or twelve paintings of olive orchards, which Van Gogh painted in 1889 while living at the asylum of Saint-Remy. This painting is a landscape accomplished in bright, complementary colors, with Van Gogh’s characteristically brisk brushwork. The image is divided roughly into thirds, with the middle zone, the trees, being highly capricious. The brushstrokes describe the lay of the land, the movement of the wind in the trees, and the rays of the sun. The sun itself is hugely misrepresented in size, and highlighted also by an outline of orange. It dominates the picture and takes on perhaps a “supernatural” aspect, possibly representing deity or faith. The curved trees all lean, even quiver, away from the center of the painting. They cast violet shadows which shouldn’t be possible, given the placement of the sun: Realism is sacrificed for the content. The most prominent of these shadows is at the center of the foreground, and is not associated with any one tree. One could see this central shadow as the thing from which the trees are bending. The base of each tree is painted with red lines that ambiguously outline where the shadows would fall if the sun were directly overhead. Both the ground and the trees have a singularly wave appearance, while the sun is more stable, and the distant mountains are still.