Decisive Moment

The artist waited until a busy businessman ran across the water and broken ladder.  He captured the contrast between the man's hurry and the water's stillness in this 1932 gelatin silver photograph.   (www.nazeermkhan.wordpress.com/about).

Carving

Michelangelo’s friend and biographer, Giorgio Vasari, explained how the master carved his figures.  He says Michelangelo laid his model into a box. He filled the box with water until the figure was submerged. Then he slowly let the water run out of the box or dipped some out. The first parts of the figure to emerge from the water were the parts Michelangelo had to cut out first on his stone block.

http://100swallows.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/how-michelangelo-carved-his-figures/

Michelangelo lived in the Medici home at the age of 13.  He was raised amongst future princes and popes and absorbed cutting-edge intellectual theories. He crossed paths with the Medici the rest of his life, caught in a constant struggle to escape their control.

http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/renaissance/michelangelo.html

Casting

Luis Jimenez lived from July 23, 1940 to June 13, 2006.  He studied art and architecture at the University of Texas.  He celebrated the life of everyday people.  He humanized the exploitation of laborers and families as they crossed the border to the United States.  The artist wanted to put a human face on the issues illegal aliens constantly faced.

Instant Collage

The story behind this picture is that the votives would be burned as a prayer for the afflicted body part.  A heart, a child's arm, and an adult's arm dangle alongside the candles.  This
photograph was taken on a New York City avenue.
(http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=51909)

Assemblage

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Information taken from www.pacegallery.com/artists/327/louise-nevelson

Portrait

Artist Annie Liebovitz initially studied painting at San Francisco Art Institute.  She then developed a love for photography.  At age 21 she landed a job with Rolling Stone magazine.  Within 2 years she was made chief photographer.  She moved on to work for Vanity Fair because she was able to photograph a wider range of subjects.  The artist uses bold primary colors in surprising poses.  She was chosen as the photographer for the 1996 Summer Olympics as well as the Disney Dream Portraits (www.biography.com/people/annie-leibovitz-9542372).  The artist said her work is more about being good than being famous (www.vogue.com/voguepedia/annie-leibovitz).

Collage

Although Jess (Collins) was educated as a chemist, he switched to focus on his artwork.  The artist used chemistry, alchemy, and occult in his artwork.

Gouache

Encaustic

Oil Paint

Wall Paper Design

Woodcut

Contrast and Variety

Emphasis

The emphasis on the first focal point (red) is because this is where my eyes are drawn to each time I view the painting. I am always drawn to the yellow house.  The second focal point, as noted by the yellow arrow, was chosen because the water is one of the main reasons people come here for the summer.  Lastly, the blue arrow indicates that there is more to the painting, there is a vastness that makes the viewer want to see more of this area.

Visual Movement

The visual movement is shown by a mother holding and looking up at her child as the child stands on the mother's lap.  The child also seems to be looking at a tall object or possibly another adult.

Repetition and Rhythm

The mood of the children is also repeated by the downcast heads and hunched shoulders of each child.  Only one child's eye is shown and it seems to look downward. There are no other facial expressions made, no talking, and no smiles.  It is as if the children are resigned to their lot in life.

Asymmetrical Balance

Scale and Proportion

Impasto

The quote was taken from

http://www.art21.org/texts/robert-ryman/interview-robert-ryman-color-surface-and-seeing

Artwork Showing Pattern

Symbolic Color

Local Color

Tenebrism

Atmospheric Perspective

Expressive Line

Vincent van Gogh was the artist for "Road in Etten" 1881.  This is an example of expressive lines.  Here the artist shows laborers doing humble, routine tasks.  Expressive lines have become the signature of this artist.  The emotional and psychological content of this artwork demonstrates expressiveness.    The lines are loose and free and expressive:  a reflection of the artist himself.

POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SPACE

This artwork is called, "Adam and Eve" by artist Nikolai Kasak.  The contrasting colors represent positive and negative.  The positive space commands our attention.  The background is known as the negative shape.  Positive spaces have negative spaces around it as noted on the charcoal gray background.  The negative is the space between the shapes (gray background), but not the actual object.

VISUAL OVERLAPPING

Visual overlapping is accomplished by letting the contour of one form be interrupted by the contour of another form.  By changing the size and placement of the objects, the artwork can appear two or three dimensional.  As noted in the text box, the artist used a black background, layered by the mineral water, and then the label which seems to be edging off the bottle.

Contour Line

Outline

Foreshortening