Analysis Of Coming To Jones Road : Under A Blood Sky

The lines outline the water, the clouds, the trees, all show the volume and depth of each element. The use of lines surrounding the ocean and land show the division between each land and water. The use of lines on the rocks show the layers and rigid layout of the land instead of just a flat ledge. The painting also has a lot of shape and definition. The clouds have a fullness so you can see the difference between sky and land. I think Bierstadt also used some aerial perspective in this painting. The sky is blue in spots showing that it is further back in the sky. It’s almost like you are looking down on the fishermen from the sky. The light is very bright and tends to stand out over much of the painting. At first glance your eyes are drawn straight to the light because much of the painting is very dark and gloomy. The light would be focal point of the whole piece. The light allows you to clearly see the mountains and the beach. I think a lot of low key values such as the dark clouds and the water were used in the painting. However, a lot of high key values were used such as the sky and the clouds. This painting is one of my all time

The work is very smooth and fluid making it appear much like a photograph. The oil is not built up on top of itself keeping it very two dimensional. The colors vary between dark and light throughout the painting. In the top right corner, the sun, outside the painting, shining down, aluminates the castle and also the lone tree at the bottom left corner. Besides the back cliff, the rest of the painting is in shadow and displayed in a much more melancholy tone. The colors that Cole focuses on, to display the sharp contrast between rock and nature, are mostly dark greens and gold. The striking blue of the river stands out dramatically from the rest of the colors and draws the eye after the initial citing. The grey in the cloud is the only place where I can find that shade of gray in the work, and it sets itself apart from the snow white clouds in the background. The color helps draw the eye immediately to the castle on the hill. My eyes then fallow the flow of the river down to the tree, which is illuminated by a beam of sunlight.

Red appears to dominate the painting and serves as an eye-catching color. The use of intensely saturated colors draws the attention to the front couple. Additionally, the red color plays with the mind of the onlooker without them thinking about it. It suggests deep passion, anger, and struggle. The artist intends to relay his feelings about the event to the viewer. His outlook consists of disgust towards the great depression that leaves many taken advantage of due to desperation.

The color used in this painting is not too obvious, it seems like a pretty dark colored painting when first looking at it. After further examination, I started to notice more colors that are throughout the piece. There is blue, which is part of the angel’s garment. In religious paintings, blue often symbolizes a sort of heavenly grace. This blue is also seen in the sky surrounding the figures, perhaps another symbol suggesting that Adam and Eve still have their innocence, for they are surrounded by a heavenly grace. White is also seen in the painting, both as a part of the angel’s wings and the clouds in the sky. White often symbolizes purity and innocence, yet another symbol that shows Adam and Eve have not yet been shamed from the garden. Another major color that stands out more than anything else is red, which is seen in the animals right next to Adam and Eve. This could possibly represent the presence

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

The painting is said to be influenced by but not modeled after Titian's Venus and Adonis. At first glance, one notices how the painting looks so effortless. Rubens takes advantage of the space he has; the elaborate shadowing gives the painting more depth. When studying the background, one realize the foreshortening of the trees. It gives off the illusion that the trees are at more distance than Venus and Adonis are. When looking at the shading and hues it is amazing how the shades come together and how the details of the figures are. The bodies have detail, you can see the curve of Venus’ waist. One notices more details the longer it is observed.

Faith Ringgold was a teacher, painter, and civil rights activist. Through her rigorous battle for equal rights, God Bless America came to be. In 1964, Faith Ringgold painted her insightful, strident piece that was only one of twenty in her series she called, “The American People.” All twenty of these pieces impacted the lives of many. a.) So what inspired the `inspiring? The Civil Rights Movement. Segregation was one of the biggest problems facing society at the time, as well as in the years before. b.) Faith Ringgold joined the fight against said monstrosity with her artwork. In the picture, the woman is depicted holding her hand over an olden-style sheriff star which represents her holding onto her outdated beliefs. c.) The woman pictured plays a very important role because not only does she represent all of the people who onto their outlandish values, no matter the effect on others, but those very same people who rest easy in their ignorance as they are locked inside their own madness. The stripes depicted work to create such an impressionable image on our brains as they actually portray the blocks that this woman, as many others, has put up to keep herself barred off from change; to tie in the previously made statement: she has locked herself in her own madness. God Bless America is a very important piece of artwork that represents the civil rights movement, and the people who fought for equal rights.

To begin to understand the significance behind a painting, one must begin by examining the colors used by the artist in the painting. The first thing that really jumps off the canvas is the fact that there is an obvious equilibrium in the balance of colors used throughout the painting. The farther your eyes go from the lightened focal point in the painting, the darker the setting turns. Dark colors of blue and purple that make up the night sky and rock formations that are in the background are met by various shades of green to complete an exotic dark triad. This dark triad is then brightened by a few lighter accents, that give the overall feel of the painting a ghost-like quality. The color of the skin on the characters is a very pale grey, that just adds onto the ghostly feel. There is a blotch of red near the brightened moon that helps lighten up the clear sea. With the ghostly feel of the painting, it is obvious that the darker shades are used to signify the evils and unwanted aspects

We can also see the use of black shades to create a hole at the bottom part of the rock. With his excellent use of colors, we can identify the good, healthy and green grass from the bad, unhealthy, brown grasses. Looking beyond the main focus of the painting, he uses colors to separate the sky from the land in the background creating a solid form of perspective on the painting. He also uses colors to create water forms as seen behind the young character. Now, for the sky, he uses shades of white to magnificently differentiate the thick clouds from the light ones. He also uses this to create a source to light to the whole area. All these put together creates a splendid, realistic and familiar atmosphere for the viewers to relate with.

Art can be expressed in many forms but one of the best has got to be political art, as it expresses art in a relevant form for many to understand, it doesn’t require knowledge in history. It puts out a statement in a bold way so that people may better understand what is trying to be expressed. Many artists use art in topics like reproductive rights, equality, gun control, human rights, the environment and war to express desire for change. One of the most outspoken political artists is Barbara Kruger, who has had her work installed in many well-known museums. Kruger has become even more known because of her relevance using art to criticize well-known public figures like Kim Kardashian and George W. Bush, she has also been a proud supporter of reproductive rights. One of her most known works is “Your body is a battleground” which was printed in 1989 in her support for the “March for Women’s Lives”. To show the positive and negatives sides of the inner struggle, the good and the evil. She has a reputation of supporting feminism ideas but she hasn’t stopped there, she’s even had her work put on display in the Hirshhorn Museum. She has gotten the attention of The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times because of her distinctive contemporary works. The beauty of her art is that it relates to many, her art ranges from domestic violence to compulsive shopping and everything in-between, it is also really easy

This mix and use of lines in the water lilies is breath taking and makes you feel as if you can reach to it and touch them. Every corner of space with exception of the upper left side is in full use and distribution of space gives a sense of realism and different space through out the whole painting. In this painting, the artist creates a diversity of spaces, these spaces create an element of surprise to the viewer stimulating your curiosity. The tree branches are represented in

• The focal point of the painting is the sun-drenched valley and river. The emphasis comes from the diagonal of the tree to the left that directs the view of the scene down the valley toward the farmland.

As I mentioned earlier, Mostaert was known for his very elaborate backgrounds, and this painting does not disappoint. The contrast of colors of the background really puts the focus on the characters and Jesus Christ in the foreground of this painting. The sky is very dark and gloomy, but it seems as if the sun and light is emerging. This could symbolize that Jesus Christ’s spirit has left and the dark and gloomy weather would come to an end. A very important aspect regarding the background and colors of this picture is that it is an oil on wood painting. When artists’ painted with oil on wood, the color saturation of the paint was enhanced by the use of oil, so it could produce different colors that regular paint could

The first thing I notice in The Starry Night is the sky in the background because it stands out the most. There are many shining stars, the big bright crescent moon and wind swirls painted throughout the blue sky using contrasting colours like orange, yellow and white. Through the swirling wind, thick curve lines are flowing across the sky to form this spiral-like formation. Eleven yellow stars which look like huge fireballs lighten the whole art piece by contrasting with the cool blue, dark night sky that contains a variety of shades of blue and grey. There is also the crescent moon at the top right-hand corner that is bigger and emits an even brighter light compared to the rest of the stars. Next, I notice the giant cypress tree on the left side because of how its proportion is a lot bigger than everything else in the rest of the painting. It blocks out part of the sky and the village located at the bottom. The village houses are tiny and painted in the shade. It is compact and is close to the hills and its surrounding objects which makes the houses blend in and become unnoticeable.

When I saw the painting for the first time it grabbed my attention. At first I thought it was the beautiful colors that attracted me to the painting, but it was more. In the picture the shadowy men look scared. They looked as though they were trying to run away from something and this lake that forms into this river that is surrounded by tall grass is the way out, or at least a place to hide until the coast is clear. During that time in my life I felt