Period 5 -- Critical Analysis #16

3/21/2018

For this week's critical analysis, you will navigate to the Elements of Design tutorial on the class website, which can be found HERE, or by hovering over Technical/Tutorials at the top of this page.

On the tutorial page, you will note several different examples of artwork(photographs, paintings, sculptures, etc.) for each element of design. Your task is to choose 1 example within each element and write 1 paragraph explaining how the given element is incorporated into the artwork you chose to write about. You will do this for each element of art, making 8 paragraphs total. Your paragraphs must be 4 sentences minimum each. When you are writing, be sure to list the name of the artist whose work you are referencing.

Post your writing as a comment to this blog post. Make sure you comment on the correct class period's blog post.

Here is an example:

SPACE

This is a photograph by an artist named Stephen Shore. This image uses the design element of space because space is implied within the billboard itself, but also the area around the billboard. The billboard shows a depiction of a mountain range landscape, suggesting a clear foreground, middleground, and background, even though it is enclosed by a rectangular frame. There is also infinite space surrounding the billboard, as the clouds, landscape, and mountain range reach off into the distance.

Your analyses will be graded on the following criteria:

meeting minimum length requirements
depth of organization
evaluation of the content
grammar/punctuation

If you do not finish in class, you must complete this for homework before class on Thursday, 3/22/18. Do not overthink this—just write about what you see. Good luck!

Ryan Kyle

3/21/2018 09:01:13 am

This image is by Sol Lewitt and demonstrates lines because the entire image is of different colored lines that are in different shapes. This image really puts emphasis on lines because in each different box there are lines that re moving in different directions and are different patterns. Each separate square contains different lines that are moving in different directions.

The image of the people in front of the building by Paul Strand demonstrates shape because there are not only basic shapes in this image but also more complex shapes. The first shape that you will see when you first look at the image is the large rectangles in the building, which is a basic shape. The more complex shapes however, are the people in front of the building because they all look slightly different.

The image by Sol Lewitt shows form because it has a lot of cubes that encompass space and have volume. The interesting thing about this image is that each cube doesn’t just have one form. Each cube is determined by the viewer to have a certain face of the cube in front of the others. This makes this kind of a non defined form which is instead defined by the viewer.

The sculpture by Henry Moore shows space because you can very clearly see where the space is as compared to the actual sculpture. The interesting thing about this sculpture is that it has a hole in the middle which allows there to be space in between the rest of the sculpture. The space itself is wherever the sculpture is not.

The Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry is an image that demonstrates color very well because it has lots of colors that harmonize well together which makes the image very calm and soothing. Since red and green are opposite from each other on the color wheel, they are a good combination. Another reason why these colors work so well in this image is because the artist was clearly trying to put emphasis on the green eyes of the girl and did so by having her wear a red cloth.

The image of the swan by Keith Carter represents value because it is in black and white which allows him to show many different tones of black and white. The tones can be seen in this image in such places as the swan, which is white, the grass, which is black, and the shadows on the swan, which can be considered the greys or the midtones. The image is able to show the basic three values. This image is just very good at representing value in general as it is able to show all of these very simplistically.

The piece by Meret Oppenheim is a representation of texture because when you look at it you think of what it would feel like. When you look at this piece you think in your head that it is soft and fuzzy. This is a texture because it is what you feel when you touch it or look at it. It is representative of texture because the whole thing is made of fur. When you look at pretty much any part of it, the texture of something furry comes to mind.

The piece by Alexander Calder is representative of Motion/Time because it actually has moving pieces within in. This basically means that the pieces are able to move to a different position over an amount of time. Motion can either be implied of actually done. In some images you may see something moving in your head although it is not moving at all. In the case of Alexander’s piece however, it is an actually moving piece which means that its part actually move.

Marissa Elizondo

3/21/2018 09:06:55 am

This painting was made by Sol Lewitt. He used the design element of line. Sol Lewitt used a lot of curved and colorful lines in this particular painting. These lines help show a sense of fluid movement. It also personally shows a sense of anxiety and rapidness.

This painting was made by Pablo Picasso. He used the design element of shape. He used many different shapes to illustrate the people, horses, and other things in this painting. The shapes are all geometric and flat shapes.This painting was made as a reaction to the bombing Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.

This drawing was made by Rembrandt van Rijn. He drew a man with a confused look on his face. The design element he used was form. He shaded some areas on the man’s face and neck that add volume. The shading adds depth and allows the man to look more realistic and three dimensional.

This image was taken by Hiroshi Sugimoto. He used the design element of space in his image. The positive space are the gazelles while the negative space is everything else that surround them. There is a lot of depth in this image. The space is also infinite because there is no limited space.

This image was taken by Steve McCurry. The element of design used in this image is color. He used color to really emphasize the girl’s greenish bluish eyes. In order to really to emphasis on the girl’s eyes, Steve McCurry rapped her in a red shaul and had her stand in front of a green wall. Since green and red are complementary colors, this image did do a great job in adding emphasis on her eyes.

This image was taken by Sally Mann. She photographed a girl sitting in a chair in black and white. The design element she used was value. Value shows you the lightness or darkness of photos. In her image there are more darker areas than lighter ones which help add depth and richness into the image. It also has some middle grey areas like the girl. However, the light and the dark do contrast which allows the image to have good lighting and contrast between the shades.

This is a self portrait by Vincent Van Gogh. The design element he used in his painting was texture. Vincent Van Gogh always paints with large drops of paint for small brush strokes. This way he can add the appearance of texture and at the same time if you touch the painting you can also physically feel the texture. The he uses in his paintings is mainly hard.

This image was taken by Olafur Eliasson. The design element he used was motion/time. Even though this is a still image, the way this image was photograph gives you a sense that the water is falling without actually taking a video. It’s almost like he froze the water as it was falling giving you a sense that the water droplets are in motion even though the image itself is not in motion.

Pato Wray link

3/21/2018 09:12:03 am

This photo is by a Japanese photographer by Hiroshi Sugimoto. This image has the element of line because it depicts a narrow change in the photo. He used color in this as well to clearly show the line that separates the ocean’s and the fog’s color. The line here is around the middle where the gray and blue mix to crate the line.

This art was made by a man named Henri Matisse. He uses shape in the artwork because the art shows the geometric shapes, like the squares, being used to draw your attention. It draws your attention so much, you didn’t even know there was an outer layer of orange bordering the art (I didn’t notice at first either). This is a kind of art that is “so bad it’s good”.

This art was made by the artist, Sol Lewitt. He uses form here by having a cube and cutting a bit off showing the inside that is all lines. What is odd is that the lines are not always vertical like the outside. To me, this is oddly satisfying to the eye and I don’t know why.

This photo was taken by Henry Moore. The image shows space by having a very normal background and has a weird shape in the middle of the photo. There is much space in the middle through the shape and around the shape as well. The sky can also be seen as lots of space in this image.

This photo was taken by an artist named Huger Foote. The image shows satisfying colors by having 4 red pillows and showing all of them at one time. The image is satisfying because of how clean the pillows are and the tough red being used in the image. Not many things to say about the photo accept that the image shows how colors can be used to show a good feeling to people.

This photo was taken by a photographer named Keith Carter. He shows the image having value by mixing what is known as two colors that have very opposite sides. He shows that the white swan can be used very good when placed in a black background. The tones in the image are very opposite but can still work out in the end.

This photo was taken by Edward Weston. He shows the textures in the image by the middle piece being grey and having a very good pose as the dark outside casts inside the room. He shows how the piece can be used to show the defeat of anything being casted down on him. The image can also have been used for value as well and for the same reasons.

This motion art is by Olafur Eliasson. He uses motion by having very small little pieces of “rain” be used to make a kind of motion picture. Although I couldn’t see the actual motion picture, you could tell by the work out in that it was a good job by the artist. The work that he put in was definitely something when he got out the final result

Mikaela Mumme

3/21/2018 09:19:13 am

This is many photographs lined up next to each other by Bernd and Hilla Becher. This image uses vertical lines building the image upward. The vertical lines are very rigid and when looking at it the lines define each tower in a distinct, sharp way. The way this image uses vertical lines makes the images feel strong and powerful holding the structure in each photo reaching up.

This is a photo by Paul Strand. In this image there are geometric shapes such as rectangles. There are also natural shapes which are the people. Since both of these shapes are limited to being two-dimensional the height and width of the two different shapes make the image, by giving the sense of size.

This is a sculpture by Pablo Picasso. This sculpture physically takes on a 3 dimensional form. It has a height, width, and depth like real goat. The sculpture uses shapes such as cylinders and spheres which give the depth to the sculpture. Using from makes art more realistic because it looks and takes the form as if it were the real object or subject itself.

This is a photograph by Stephen Shore. This image uses space by showing different depths of field. This image has a deep depth of field and all spaces in the image are clear and visible. This gives the image a infinite sense of space.

This is a portrait of a young lady by Steve McCurry. In this image the artist uses complementary colors making the image appealing to the eye. The green and red compliment each other really making each color stand out. By using the complimentary colors in this photo it really brings out the young girls eyes.

This is a painting by Jacque-Louis David. In this painting the artist used value to make the image look more realistic by manipulating the lighting senario. This painting is very detailed and looks like the light is coming in from the widow. There are darker shadows around the cloths of the people and the highlight on the people closer to the window.

This is a self portrait painting by Vincent Van Gogh. The way Van Gogh did his brush strokes in this image it gives it a visible texture. In the painting each stroke is very detailed and looks like it would feel like how it looks. For example his beard looks prickly yet if you were to touch the painting there would be no texture it would feel like canvas not like a man's beard.

These are photographs by Eadweard Muybridge. The photos of the horse and rider are literally of motion. In these images the artist really captured the subject in that exact point of time. The horse is frozen in the motion of running and we can see this spilt second of action even though it is a still image it looks as if it was moving.

Kate Madison

3/21/2018 09:19:37 am

Line : In the image I chose there is a horizon line from the water to the sky and it looks very calming. In the water you can see ripples, or wavy lines, which show something is moving yet it is soothing to look at. In the background where the ocean fades into the sky it is blurry which makes it seem like there is more curve lines which is subtle in this image. All of the lines used in this image are very calming.
Shape : The painting I chose has many shapes like circles/ovals, rectangles, triangles, etc. Wherever you see ovals in this painting it gives a sense that something is moving or being active. If you see squares you may also notice they make the painting seem more dominant since they’re mostly in places where noticing else is. There is a triangle that’s very obvious in the center of some people which shows sharpness and toughness.
Form : In this drawing, the artist is using lines to simulate a 3D picture. Each of the lines are showing places that are more shaded than others, giving it some features to look like it could come off the page. The artist is also using wavy lines in the background and foreground to simulate distance so not everything looks to be in the same area. All of the lines, even smaller ones, are meant to show shading so it becomes a 3D image.
Space : In this drawing, space is showing where people are and where they may go. While someone walking down the stairs may have empty space in front of them, another person walking up the stairs have an infinite amount. Others spaces are where plants may be and nothing is touching them. Space always shows the foreground and background of the drawing.
Color : In this image, color is showing a clear difference between the foreground and background. The background of this image, blue, looks like it was stuck on because of it’s glossy looking surface that the fish are seemingly gliding over. The color difference makes it seem as if the fish are living in an underwater fish castle. Another difference are the children’s skin which contrasts against the blue and orange.
Value : In this image it is using white, middle gray, and black. The background is a mix of all three, making certain things look different than what they really are. The positive space is using just black and white for the most part yet completely stands out against the background. In the background, there’s a hole in the wall that may look like a thunderstorm in a sky, however it’s just because of the value that makes it seem stormy when it’s really a hole.
Texture : texture is meant to give a sense of feeling for something that is not actually there. In this image, the photographer makes it seem as if the hamburger is crusty when it is it truly smooth. The texture in this image also makes the bun and everything else look soggy when it is dry. Because of the texture in this image it may make you unpleased to have food look that way.
Motion/Time: In this collection of images, there is a horse running. In each image it changes its stance/position and shows movement. This image was produced to see if a horse lifted all legs off the ground when running. This image also shows the horse rider moving along with the horse’s motions.

People : Hiroshi Sugimoto, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt van Rijn, M.C. Escher, Sandy Skoglund, Miwa Yanagi, Claes Oldenburg, Eadweard Muybridge

Maria Tirado

3/21/2018 09:20:03 am

This image is a design by Sol Lewitt that incorporates the line element of design. This image apart from the lines also has color, but what stands out the most is the craziness of these lines. There are so many different directions to look at and because these lines are curved or diagonal, they make one feel frantic or spazzed. These lines display sudden movement and categorize this image a a defined and bold piece.
This image is a design created by Henri Matisse, and he uses the element of shape very well. He created mostly geometric shapes. Apart from only using geometric shapes to create this design, other elements of design had to come into play with the element of shape. Shapes add a lot to an image because they emphasize something that an artist may like to portray or show in their designs.
This image is a painting by Diego Velazquez and it is a famous painting in the “Museo Nacional del Prado” in Madrid, Spain. Las Meninas (the name of the painting) depicts the element of art called form, because it makes a person believe the image is from real life. Diego uses form to create a 3D looking scene in a 2D painting. The girls in the painting have on dresses that portray form because they include height, width, and depth. The man walking up the stairs in the back also allows us to see the element of form in action because of his size and some 3D looking shapes. This makes it appear as if there is a background and foreground.
This sculpture is by Henry Moore and it is a good example of the element of design called space. This sculpture is very unique, because it has negative space in the middle of the 3D shape. The positive space would always be considered the main subject, so the positive space is all of the material. The negative space goes between the sculpture and also surrounds the sculpture in this photograph.
This photograph is by Steve McCurry and it is a portrait of a girl from Afghanistan. This image displays the color element of design. The viewers are automatically drawn to the girl’s eyes, which is one of the most striking features of her face for two reasons. One is because McCurry uses complementary colors like a mixture of blue green and red orange to make shapes things pop. The red colored scarf brings out the beautiful blue green eyes she has. Another reason is Steve uses a green colored background that matches her eyes, but doesn’t take away from her, because he uses different values and intensities.
This photograph by Sally Mann is of a white girl sitting in a white chair surrounded by trees and grass. This image is a good example of the element value, because it shows the use of black and white with its balance called middle gray very nicely. The chair is where the most light is brought toward and it makes the chair stand out. The girl is a combination of shadows, but light is still hitting her enough for her to be the subject. Lastly, the negative space or the background just gets darker and less attention is brought to that.
Meret Oppenheim’s model is of a teacup on a plate with a spoon and it is all made out of animal fur. This image displays the element of texture very nicely, because it makes the viewers feel things even though you can not touch it physically. This tea cup makes me get grossed out, because it just reminds me of when I’m hugging my dog and get his hairs in my mouth. It makes me feel icky, but that is the point of the element of texture, to make you feel things without touching it.
This photograph is by Olafur Eliasson and it is of a dark room with a display of something that looks like fake snow falling onto a flat surface. This is an example of the element of motion/time, because it makes the viewers picture this still image in real life. Even though this is a 2D photograph, I still feel like water or snow is still in motion. Eliasson did a good job of capturing how this falls even though it isn’t a video it is just the illusion of snow falling.

Larissa Esparza

3/21/2018 11:54:26 am

This image by Sol Lewitt uses lines throughout its whole image. The lines in this image are of all types, horizontal,vertical and curved. Different lines can give you different feels for the artwork but this piece can give you multiple feelings because of its use of multiple lines. The horizontal lines will give you a calm feeling and the vertical lines will give you a more serious feeling.

This image by Paul Strand uses shape throughout its image. The image itself has multiple different shapes, the rectangular holes in the wall and the human bodies. Shape can give an image more detail and body. The human bodies in this image are more organic shapes since they are not all perfectly configured. The rectangular holes in the wall however are geometric since they are perfectly made.

This drawing by Rembrandt van Rijn has form to it because of it ability to have depth, height and volume. Even Though the image is only a two dimensional drawing it is able to contain depth and life. Although the image is only two dimensional it is able to depict being three dimensional because of its depth. The form of this drawing is not free flowing.

The image uses form with height and volume. Height and volume give the image character and depth. Depth and volume allows the person looking at the artwork to see the image from a different perspective and makes the artwork feel more real. If the image wasn’t 3 dimensional the image wouldn’t contain as much live as an image with more dimension and perspective.

This image by Sandy Skoglund uses color so beautifully. This image uses colors like blue different hues of orange, the skin color of two people and the hair color. The two colors in the image are the opposites of each other which makes the image appealing to our eye. The blue color is more dull than the orange because it’s a darker color than the orange. The orange color however is more bright because of its hue.

This image is by Andrew Miksys. Form is seen in this image because it has a middle grey in the background. In the background black is seen and it adds a different tone to the image to give it more form and depth to the image. The middle grey is seen throughout the image because the light that is entering into the image is mixing with the darkness and making the tone that is middle grey.

This painting is by Vincent Van Gogh. Vincent used texture in many of his painting but in this image you can both see it and feel it. The texture adds a different look to the painting because it makes it look more three dimensional. The texture in this painting is bumpy and rough. Although this painting may appear look smooth it can to feel different.
This image by Olafur Eliasson. This image uses time because it shows that process of something moving at the moment. This image is the actual movement, the subject that is moving is the actual focus of the artwork. This movement is not an illusion but actual. This image has literal movement.

Zach Burgos

3/21/2018 12:53:49 pm

1. LINE-
This image by an artist named Sol Lewitt. This image is an example of line design because of its use of lines in each of the boxes. Each box has a different design of lines, such as horizontal, vertical, Diagonal, and Curved lines. Also, some of the boxes have lines that separate designs inside the box and some don’t.

2. SHAPE-
This image is by an artist named Piet Mondrian. The image is using geometrical shapes such as a square or rectangle. Piet made this image by drawing a couple of rectangles and squares together on a white background. The pattern he uses is a grid-like pattern, but changes are up a bit with big squares/rectangles.

3. FORM-
This image is again by an artist named Sol Lewitt. The image is able to display a cube that is missing a corner, but it is an optical illusion and not 3D. By using line designs Sol was able to create a 3D object in a 2D place. The cube has different sizes and designs on the lines.

4. SPACE-
This image is made by an artist named M.C. Escher. The image is the famous stairway where there are many stairs that go in different directions, even some of them are connected. The image is creating depth or space by how the stairs twist and turn. The image is really clustered with everything going on, so there isn’t that much distance between things.

5. COLOR-
This image is made by a photographer named Sandy Skoglund. The image contains a boy and another person on the bed while there is fish in the area around them. The room is the color blue and the fishes are orange. The fishes have a high value of color and the blue room has a low value. The fishes have a higher intensity, while the room has lower intensity.

6. VALUE-
This image is made by an artist named Miwa Yanagi. The image is of a person that is wearing a leather cone that has a curtain around it. This picture is an example of value because it is in black and white. The picture has dark value in the shadows and the cone, while the white value is the shirt the person is wearing and the background.

7. TEXTURE-
This image is made by an artist named Méret Oppenheim. The picture contains a cup, plate, and spoon, which are all covered in fur. This image is an example of texture because it would feel soft since it is fur from an animal or fake fur. It also looks smooth and soft with the fur also being in the cup itself.

8. MOTION/TIME-
The image is made by an artist named Olafur Eliasson. The image is a studio setup that has water being poured on a mat. The picture is an example of motion/time because it is water that is being poured and that time is being passed because there is water from the top to the bottom of the image. The image is literal movement because the water is being poured.

Jessica Mims

3/21/2018 04:45:51 pm

This image is by Bernd and Hilla Becher. The element of lines is displayed in many different ways. For example, the image is many photographs put together, and they are all lined up in rows. Another way lines are used is in the designs of the houses. There are lines on the walls, windows, and roofs.

This is an image by Paul Strand. This image shows the element of shape, because there are so many different geometric shapes shown. Just by glancing at the image, we see a round table. As you look more closely you can make out shapes from the shadows. We can see triangles, rectangles, and so on.

This is an image by Sol Lewitt. It displays a three-dimensional form. We can see this because of the cubes throughout the image. Although the image is two-dimensional, the cubes make it seem like it is three-dimensional because of the way they are drawn.

This is a photo by Albert Bierstadt. One of the elements of the image is space. We can see space displayed in this image, because we see depth. Some of the mountains are more distant from where the photograph was taken compared to others.

This is an image by Meg Griffiths. Color is an element of this image. This image contains many different colors, most of them are secondary. The colors add quality to this image, showing many different hues with varying values and intensities.

This is a photo by Keith Carter. It shows value very distinctly. The image has a black background and a white subject. White and black are polar opposites on a scale of value, so this image does a good job of exemplifying value.

This is a photo by Méret Oppenheim. The image shows the quality of texture very well. We see what appears to be a bowl lined with a type of hair or grain. As you look at the image, you can almost feel the texture of the object even though it is on smooth, flat paper.

This is an image by Eadweard Muybridge. It shows the element of time by using implied movement. The image contains many pictures of a horse taken at different times. The horse is not actually moving across the paper, but the way the photographs were made and arranged creates an illusion of movement.

Adriana Vazquez

3/21/2018 05:01:04 pm

Critical Analysis #16

Lines-
This image is by Bernd and Hilla Becher. In this image, they are showing different pictures of the same house in different angles. This image is an example of lines because they are using vertical lines to make a house. There are parts of the house where the lines are thicker than other to make the image more complete. The negative space in this image is also composed by lines. This image is using horizontal lines that give a feeling of the house being stable and firm.

Shape-
This image is by Sol Lewitt. In this image, there are various shapes making a big shape. There are fours squares with lines inside them making a big square. This image makes me feel nauseous and curious of touching it because the lines inside that go in different directions from the other squares. This image is an example of a shape because it is two- dimensional and has geometrical shapes.

Form-
The image I chose for “form” is by Sol Lewitt. This image is of a two-dimensional colored squares with three-dimensional squares inside them. The colors that are being used for the squares are opposite from the two- dimensional and the three-dimensional square. This image is an example of form because there are squares that are three- dimensional, that have volume, height and width.

Space-
The image I chose for “space” is image is by Albert Bierstadt. This image is of a forest with mountains with waterfalls on the background, a lake and some deers walking in the forest. This image is an example of he element of design space because there is many negative space. The negative space is around the mountains, the trees, the lake and the deers. The mountains make a visual depth to the image that is also an essential for the element of design “space”.

Color-
This image is by Sandy Skoglund. This image is of a room what looks like is under water with two people on the bed and fishes swimming around the room. The colors that are being used are orange, blue and blue-green. These are opposite from each other in the color wheel and so they complement each other in the image. This image is an example of color because the fishes are making a shadow on the wall.

Value-
The image I chose for Value is by Jacque- Louis David. In this image there are warriors that are giving army to a family. This image is an example of value because the some of the colors are very light and some others are darker. There are some shadows on the wall that show the difference between the dark and light colors.

Texture-
This image is by Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman. In this image there are different type of cereals that are destroyed making mountains. This image is an example of texture because the mountains and the milk have texture. These mountains have texture, it seems that they will feel rough and soft. In the middle of the mountains there is milk and some cereal pieces floating on it.

Motion/Time-
This image is by Olafur Eliasson. In this image, there is water falling from the ceiling to the floor. This image is an example of motion and time because the image captures when the water is falling which means it is in motion. The lights hanging on the ceiling are showing how the water is falling, these klight are the negative space in the image.

Kylie Bruehler

3/21/2018 10:09:35 pm

This is a piece done by Sol Lewitt. This piece uses the element of design called line. The piece represents line as it is defined by various points moving in space. The lines in this piece are curved and rigid. The bottom layer of this piece uses different lines and layered above the lines are another set of different lines. This piece provokes a feeling of anxiety or being overwhelmed.

This is a photograph done by Paul Strand. This image uses the element of design called shape. The photograph uses the second dimension only and is limited to height and width. The shapes presented in this image can be named as organic, free-form, or natural. The shapes in this image appear to have been created through light, shadows, and architecture.

This is another piece done by Sol Lewitt. This piece uses the element of design called form There is an optical illusion created by this piece because it is three dimensional and it appears that part of the vube might not be there. The differently colored lines and their direction/ placement help to create this illusion. The optical illusion created through form in this piece is created through the element of form which uses third dimension.

This is a piece done by Hiroshi Sugimoto. This piece uses the element of design called space. Because this piece uses space, there is both a negative and positive space in this image. The subjects of the image, which are the animals, are the positive space/objects in the piece and everything behind and around the animals are the negative space. There is also an optical illusion created by this piece that appears, though the piece seems to only use second dimension. There is a foreground and background in this piece created by the use of space or the placement of the objects. The grass and animals appear in the foreground (the front), whereas the tree appears in the background.

This is a photograph done by William Eggleston. This image uses the element of design called color. There are many different aspects to the element of color, but this particular image uses the idea of a monochromatic color scheme. In this image, the color being used is yellow. There is a visual aspect to how a monochromatic color scheme plays together.

This is an image done by Keith Carter. This image uses the element of design called value. This image is in black and white and uses different tones which use value. There are different shadows and highlights represented in this image. There are tones of white, black, and gray which add value.

This is an image done by Edward Weston. This image uses the element of design called texture. This image gives a sense of feeling to the viewer. The dents and lines adds a texture and a feeling. The person viewing the image might gain a sense of what it would feel like to reach out and touch the image. Texture is a different illusion then of just three dimensional images or shapes. Texture creates a feeling as well.

This is an image by Olafur Eliasson. This image uses the element of motion/time. Time is known as the fourth dimension and in this image, the water is slowed down and captured almost still within space. Time was manipulated to make the falling water appear this way.

Marynez Cantu

3/22/2018 06:25:39 am

A line is an element of art which is defined by a moving point in space. This photograph by Stephen Shoe represents line because the first thing that you see when you see this photograph is the billboard. This billboard is a long and large rectangle, a rectangle has four long sides. All of the sides are going in a straight line to define this moving point in space. At the bottom of this picture, there is a fence with 15 rectangles in it. Just like the billboard all of the lines are straight however, there is a slight curve in the edges.

Shapes define objects in a photograph and in real life, there are two main categories in which they are described. Throughout this photograph there is many shapes involved like rectangles, squares, and slightly undefined triangles. The shape that I like most would be the large mountain on the billboard because it doesn’t have a defined line, and there are many other shapes that contribute to this large one. This photograph has a never ending list of shapes that are seen throughout this picture.

Form I think is probably my favorite element in art. Form is three dimensional and it encloses volume such as height, depth, and width. I personally like form the most because it basically brings the object or shape to life in a photograph or painting. In this photograph you can definitely see volume, it is pictured in the mountain, which is in the billboard, the landscapes mountains and valleys and you can also see volume in the big clouds pictured above.

Space is crucial in a photograph or painting because out of all of that space, there is always going to be an object so there is going to be a lot of space and then you will see an object and it is going to be the one that is going to stand out. There is a lot of space in this photograph and this makes the viewer capture the object standing out. Behind this photograph, there is a large wide landscape in basically the middle of nowhere. At the front of this photograph, there is a large billboard with a painting of a snowy mountain. Due to all of the space, our eye is directly pointed towards this billboard.

Color is a main element to art and without color, there would be no painting or photograph. Whether it is black and white or vivid colors, there is always going to be color in a photograph or painting. In this photograph, there is a large range of colors used and I believe that they define how the photographer or painter wants the viewer to feel. Out of this whole photograph, I believe that blue is the color that stands out more because it takes up a large majority of this picture.

Value is an element of art that shows the lightness or darkness of tones or colors. Personally I think that value represents how much emotion the artist wants you to feel. If you were to see a dark valued picture then you would get that feeling or emotion. This photograph is a very light valued picture. The sun is out and it gives off a good light, due to the value, the viewer gets a good mood out of this photograph.

Texture is the quality of a surface that can be felt and seen through a photograph, painting, or object. This photograph has a lot of texture because of the objects that are seen. For example, in this photograph, you can see a road and by the texture, you can see that it is rough and hard. A very famous artist that used texture was Pablo Picasso, has almost made sure that you could see the paint in the canvas coming out, it is a very beautiful painting to admire.

Motion is another main element in art, it is a design element that operates in time. When I heard of motion, the first thing that I thought of was the big fluffy clouds in this photograph. Clouds are constantly moving and they represent a time in motion. There are many photographs that picture movement and for Stephen Shoe to photograph this in his picture is a great example of motion.

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