distance
asymmetrical balance
black to white
personification
textural pattern
Sunday, September 30, 2012
The 2 Pictures I'm Comparing for the NYC HW
I had so much fun at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Thursday September 27th, 2012. I found so many beautiful works of art I never even new existed. Two very beautiful two dimensional pieces are "Flowers" by Andy Worhal and "Nymphs and Satyr" by William Bouguereau. These are both very beautiful yet very different. Worhal's creation is an acrylic on silkscreen, while Bouguereau's creation is oil paint on canvas. Worhal's picture holds repetition of flowers, vertical and horizontal balance because no matter how you divide the picture it has symmetry in every way, positive and negative space do to the fact that the flowers are a blunt shape against the texture filled grass, contrast, and unity. While Bouguereau's creation holds unity and contrast, it also has rhythm, depth with a background, foreground and middle ground, as well as value in the figures, psychic lines made with the women's eyes, and movement based on the way the figures are positioned. Worhal's creation is a modern approach to telling a story, while Bouguereau's creation uses ancient mythology to tell a story. Two very beautiful works of art, yet two very very different works of art.
However they do have few similarities. They both hold a lot of texture within a nature aspect. They both are two dimensional works of art. They both have extreme emphasis and contrast on the focal points. Your eyes are constantly moving around both works of art because of the dynamic movement. And they both are beautifully executed.
HW#3
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/23704/cloud-made-from-6000-light-bulbs-by-caitlind-brown.html
This sculpture by Caitlind Brown is a perfect example for our vocabulary homework assignment this week. I am so in love with this sculpture I want to put it in my living room. It is a perfectly balance piece of work. The contrast in the bulbous shape of the clouds to the linear shape of the rain divided by a perfectly executed horizontal placement of division. This piece also demonstrates perfect vertical symmetric balance. If you drew a straight line through it the left and right side are complete mirrored refections of each other. This is a well balanced master piece.
This sculpture also contrasts in many different aspects. The curvilinear light bulbs contrast with the rectilinear lines of rain. The rain is also mostly composed of negative space where as the clouds are a very unified positive shape. I love this sculpture for so many reasons. This produces awe and happiness. Art should always have a defined emotional reaction, and this is a perfect example of a piece of art that depicts happiness.
Examples from pictures
example of radial balance
example of historic symmetry 
examples of equivocal space
Chapter 5-10 Questions for HW
Sky Tungpalan
HW#3
September 30th, 2012
Heather Ujjie
Chapter 5/8 Questions:
Describe the difference between balance and imbalanced work?
-In a work of art there always needs to be a sense of
“balance”, or in other words, an equilibrium. The objects in the picture need
to be spaces correctly with vertically or horizontally to create a successful
piece. An imbalanced work would be a picture for example with a random blue
square in the bottom left hand corner against a white background. There is
nothing throughout the rest of the picture to “balance” its visual weight.
However to balance the picture one could add another blue square in the upper
right hand corner.
What is horizontal and vertical placement?
-Horizontal and vertical placement is simply when creating
a piece the artist makes sure the objects placed are in the same horizon line
to help create balance and visual unity.
What is symmetrical balance, and give an art historical example?
-Symmetrical balance is when the viewer can draw an
invisible line down the center of the
piece and each side is as close to a mirror image as possible if not a perfect
reflection.
For example: The Mona Lisa, By Leonardo Da Vinci
How can asymmetrical balance be achieved with value/color/ shape and
texture?
-Different Textures,
different colors, different shapes, and different values all form contrast.
When mixed together in a proper asymmetrical formation any one of these
properties can create contrast emphasize the asymmetrical balance.
What is radial balance?
-
It is when the eye is brought to the center of a piece
due to the fact that elements protrude from the center in a circular formation.
An example of this would be fireworks or icicles.
Give a good example of a piece of artwork?
-A good example of radial
balance in a piece of artwork would be
Josiah
McElheny. An End to Modernity. 2005.
What is a shape and how does it differ from volume and mass?
-A shape is a geometric
figure. It differs from volume and mass in different ways.
Volume is the size of the shape. Mass is the amount of
weight the shape contains. A good example would be a hot air balloon. Hot air
balloons are giant shapes, however they hold little to no mass due to the fact
its inside is made up of gas. However another example would be a television. A
television is a simple rectangle, but inside is pounds of wires, metals, and
plastics that cause it to be much heavier than a hot air balloon.
What is the difference between naturalism and distortion in art and design?
Naturalism is an image
that is mirrored onto a painting, drawing or sculpture; for example a still
life or a portrait. Distortion is when the artist manipulates shapes and
figures to make the object still identifiable, but more characterized. A great
example of this would be caricatures of presidents.
Chapter 8 Questions:
Non Objective: Art that does not represent anything
from nature
Curvilinear: Art that is defined or characterized by
curved lines and not geometric shapes
Rectilinear: Art that is defined or characterized by
straight lines and not curves
Positive shapes: Shapes that can be looked upon as
three dimensional and with value
Negative shapes: A shape that is defined by other
shapes and that appears to be nothing
Chapter 10 Questions:
List three ways to depict illusion of depth
-Value
-Perspective shapes (the
size of shapes)
-fore-shortening
-linear perspective
-aerial perspective
What is one point perspective?
-When looking upon a shape with one horizon line and
one vanishing point.
Two point perspective?
-When looking upon a shape
with one horizon line and two vanishing points.
What is an isometric projection?
-A way of looking at a
scene that does not change the sizes of shapes, but the way the objects are placed
that creates the illusion of depth.
What is equivocal space?
-The idea that shapes can be abstracted to be transparent and show depth as well as its surrounding shapes.
What is equivocal space?
-The idea that shapes can be abstracted to be transparent and show depth as well as its surrounding shapes.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Visual research for fire&water panel
All of these pictures are so beautiful and all of the line quality and shape quality is so unique and I wish I could incorporate each one of them into the panel
Sunday, September 16, 2012
My mounted mirror project
The lines didn't line up perfectly so I just got a sharpie and improvised lol
Pre Sketch #3
I really like this one I just had a hard time abstracting all of my ideas. This one was actually my first and I had sooo many ideas that I tried to incorporate into it that it just didn't flow right. However on my final I really want to focus on fireworks. I'm doing both fire and water. But I have a feeling I might end up with just fire because I really enjoy fireworks as a happy aspect to it all, and I love lava as the idea of relaxation( for the mood portion if this project)
Ore Sketch #1
I think this one is my favorite. I like the symmetry and how it kind of looks like an explosion
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