Garden, by Allison Pratt is a two-dimensional artwork that was created in 2015 using acrylic and joint compound on canvas. This work can be found in her studio in Jacksonville, Illinois. This work of art appears to be an abstract painting, but after further inspection, the depth of the subject and content gradually become clear. Pratt created Garden after losing her father in 2015, and if you look very closely at the middle of the painting, it spells out the word “love,” it is a beautiful personal expression of love and loss. Pratt used a substantial amount of color, lines, and texture which all tie it together to create a perfervid work of art. Garden is a captivating composition. There are many elements in this painting, that altogether, make it a complete, finished work of art. Although the painting is asymmetrical, the placement of the lines and shapes give the perception of a balanced work. The artist has utilized the space by placing the focal point in the center and creating implied and actual lines to draw your eye to it and across the painting. It is an abstract artwork, and is representational of a true …show more content…
Pratt utilized blues, greens, and browns as the background, creating a calming analogous color scheme. The placement of the beautiful red-orange design throughout the middle of the painting gives the image a sharp contrast against the blue-greens found behind it, creating a complementary color scheme. All the colors in Garden tell a beautiful story. The hues found in the background give a sense of walking through a calm, serene garden. The bright red-orange color strewn through the middle evoke the feeling of love, but also a feeling of anger or frustration, as it almost disrupts the calming colors that it has placed on top of. Altogether, a multitude of emotions can be felt as one moves through the many hues in the
the modern garden. She interprets how we have the need to control and create what we consider perfect with our sciences and labs. While rules reign, sanitation demands, and socialization take control of the perfect scene for a pleasant environment, the unpleasant side of these malls such as their trash is kept out of the vision of the consumer. Most of these consumer products that are used to entice the population to enter into this heavenly place on earth became waste that is not entirely recycled
...e light and shadows. The room the boy is in is very dark, and a strong beam of light shines on the boy. Space is illustrated in how Murillo places the objects in the painting. The boy appears to be far back against the wall, while a water jug is towards the front. Texture is seen on the walls, the boy’s skin, the jug, and the basket of apples. Shape is displayed by the light and shadows in the picture. Without the light, everything would blend together. The light shines and casts shadows off of the objects and boy, giving him and the objects form. The color scheme Murillo uses are dull earthly colors, adding to the dull, sad mood of the painting. I like the emotion portrayed in this work. Looking at the boy and his surroundings, you can almost feel his sadness and emotion. I like paintings that display strong expression and emotion. The painting is pictured below.
The main driving element in William Morris’s life has been the nature around him and the houses he lived in. The most prominent influence was the Kelmscott Manor. Therefore, I chose to go with Kelmscott Manor’s layout plan that exhibits the “inspirational garden “ that led to most of his design decisions, a map that depicts the pockets in the manor and how Morris was inspired by it. In addition to this, an original drawing of the Kelmscott Manor’s exterior that depicts how the manor amalgamated within the garden. To reinforce this, I picked a watercolor of the Kelmscott Manor and a photo that captivates the various perspectives of the garden in the manor. Moving on to his designs that interprets his love for nature I picked up the very first of his wallpaper design of the trellis that has a very naturalistic touch to it with the vines which seemed to be an extension of the “inspiration garden” on to the paper. Also chose one of the wallpapers he designed during the middle of his lifetime and one of his last designs as well. The underlying concept behind picking those was to outline the consistency in his design concept throughout his life. William Morris was a poet , whose poetry and compositions were also inspired by nature, and to depict his poetry in form of naturalism concept I picked a stance from one of his compositions that talks about forest, flora and fauna which directly ties to his underlying concept. Also the compositions he wrote always had engraved borders which was ...
The garden archetype is clearly portrayed in the Irish legend Deirdre and the Sons of Usna. The legend chronicles the life of a young girl named Deirdre who was cast away from her kingdom at a young age, and sent to live with the King`s nurse as it was said that she would bring misfortune upon the kingdom. She is sent to live with the nurse in a small house made of natural materials and that had a roof of green sods in a hidden glen, which is similar to a garden or paradise. She and the nurse lived in
Heinrich Heine a German poet also shares the title as a romantic poet invoking emotions throughout his stanzas. The Silesian Weavers, in each three translations describes the turmoil that the Germans endured. Heine focused on the entire aspect of Germany in his poem including the sorrow of those who wept, the faith of those who had been shattered, and the cities gloom that surrounded the country. The country had found itself embedded in despair and so many unfortunate events that it felt as if the plants could not bloom properly and nature just shut down completely. As I stated in the discussion board I found all three translations to be very well written translations, but overall preferred the one translated by Sasha Foreman.
This is an image that I think of when I consider Japanese culture. They love gardens like this and you see similar images often when considering their culture. It is difficult to tell for sure, but the people in the distance appear to be dressed up. It is as though they have put on their best clothes to step out and enjoy this relaxing setting. I believe that this print is successful at capturing a moment in the mid 1800’s very well. It causes me to sense and experience what the artist was trying to capture. This print seems to conform to the formal theory of art. The print has only images of each object. None of them are particularly detailed or real to life but they do a very good job of organizing and describing the basic elements of the scene. It uses similar colors, shapes, and lines to those one might find in this garden in
Painted by Vincent Van Gogh during a final burst of activity in Auvers before his suicide in July, Houses at Auvers features many of the characteristic elements typical of Van Gogh; the experimentation with color, texture, and thick brush strokes. This painting depicts the view and landscape in early summer, highlighting the patchwork of houses and the rolling greenery. Van Gogh’s unique, thick brush strokes lead the eyes through the painting, create texture and patterns and also highlight and shadow objects in the early summer sun, while his experimentation with color creates contrast and a bright, vibrant image.
The sight is wonder for the eyes, as you cross each little section of flowers. As we continued through, you can see the hard work put into the garden. Each detail and sections are taken with ...
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Looking at landscape art, especially when painted by one of the masters, many have undoubtedly pondered: what would it be like to live there? Shapes and attention to detail are, of course, important in a painting. However, it is color that draws the eye and inspires the heart. Oscar Wilde, an Irish poet and dramatist, spoke well of this when he noted that, “Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways. (qtd in “color”)”. Vincent Ward had a similar understanding of this impact when, in 1998, he directed the movie What Dreams May Come. Looking at this film, one can easily imagine being inside a living painting. The use of color to emphasize the emotional state of a character or event is common in films; nevertheless, Director Ward goes even farther in using color to represent the actual characters themselves. Red is the shade chosen to signify Annie and likewise, blue is used for Chris. Both of these, as will be shown, are accurate in defining these fictitious people. However, it is the profound use of purple in this film that is the true focal point. When mixing red and blue paint, one would find that, after being mixed, they cannot be separated. Likewise, this is true of the life and love these characters build and share. Purple represents the many ways in which Chris and Annie are melded, and joined.
...that suspends the boundaries of man and nature, the way in which she structures the last image to be one of hostility indicates the unsustainable nature of the garden.
In "Kew Gardens," the narrator follows different visitors to the gardens, giving the reader brief snapshots of their lives through small descriptions as they reach the same flowerbed. The story begins with a description of the oval-shaped flowerbed. The flowers are red, yellow, and blue. They have petals that are heart or tongue shaped. As the petals fall to the ground, they stain the earth with these colors for a moment. Petals from the flowers soar through the sky in the summer breeze. The flowers' colors flash in the air. On this July day, men, women, and children walk through the gardens. As the people move through the gardens, their movements resemble butterflies. They zigzag in all directions to get a better view of the flowers.
As with many of his poems, Andrew Marvell wrote The Garden to put forward his point of view and then argue it logically. In The Definition of Love, for example, he writes about unrequited passions, insisting that Fate itself acts against true love; in The Garden he takes a similarly pessimistic viewpoint and takes it to its misanthropic limits, attempting to argue that being at one with nature and away from other people is the best way to live.
The role of gardens play a much more important role in Japan than here in the United States. This is due primarily to the fact the Japanese garden embodies native values, cultural beliefs and religious principles. Perhaps this is why there is no one prototype for the Japanese garden, just as there is no one native philosophy or aesthetic. In this way, similar to other forms of Japanese art, landscape design is constantly evolving due to exposure to outside influences, mainly Chinese, that effect not only changing aesthetic tastes but also the values of patrons. In observing a Japanese garden, it is important to remember that the line between the garden and the landscape that surrounds it is not separate. Instead, the two are forever merged, serving as the total embodiment of the one another. Every aspect of the landscape is in itself a garden. Also when observing the garden, the visitor is not supposed to distinguish the garden from its architecture. Gardens in Japan incorporate both natural and artificial elements, therefor uniting nature and architecture into one entity. Japanese gardens also express the ultimate connection between humankind and nature, for these gardens are not only decorative, but are a clear expression of Japanese culture.
Wheat Field with Crows, by Vincent van Gogh, exhibits a dark nature, inviting many to interpret this artwork as a symbolic end to the artist's life. It was painted just weeks before his suicide in July, 1890 during van Gogh's Auvers period - referencing the ten week long period of time between his stay at the asylum in Saint Remy's and his death in the small town of Auvers-sur-Oise. By this point in Vincent van Gogh's life, he had fully mastered his personalized style of painting, creating at least 70 paintings usually representational of the nature surrounding him - such as cypress trees, wheat fields, and various buildings in Auvers-sur-Oise. Timothy Standling, the curator of the Denver Museum of Art, says “he drew as he painted and painted as he drew.” This was a technique particular to Vincent van Gogh. Inspired by his natural surroundings, van Gogh merged his use of color and line in Wheat Fields with Crows by incorporating intense vivid colors with his use of thickly painted, unpredictable yet strategically placed, brushstrokes portraying an imagined, idealized landscape.