In our first online class assignment we were to watch the online lecture titled
" HarmonIntroDesignPrinciples". In it were provided with a list of design principles as well as the meanings and visual examples if them. The paintings that I chose to use for my own references are both Van Gogh's and I have chosen them because I have gotten the chance to see them both in person. Starry Night on the left; I have seen at the Museum of Modern art and Cypresses I have seen at the Met recently.
Since I don't consider myself to have an experienced "artistic eye" I felt that I needed to find artwork where certain principles where obvious.
Something that wasn't mentioned as a unification principle was texture. I'm not sure if someone can tell from this online picture of Van Gogh's Cypresses on the right but in person we can see that the painting is very rough and somewhat raised in most parts. Although the scene in the painting is calming and complete I feel that the texture gives this painting more personality or makes it a bit busy.
According to our lecture an artist may use balance to create an equilibrium but there are two types of balance and I chose Starry Night to represent "Asymmetrical balance".
Asymmetrical balance is when a piece is balanced by contrast. In Starry Night Van Gogh does just that by making the tree look bigger and closer while the moon seems smaller and brighter on the other side.
As a example of scale art I chose this photo of a large hand and a small Eiffel tower. Considering that when people see the Eiffel tower they think Paris... the city of light, love, and fashion it is rather odd to see it this small. By using scaling an artist can make something that usually seems so small rather large and vice versa.
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