Visual texture is very present in this painting. For instance, the red brick building off center would look very smooth and clean if it had been painted that way; However, since it does have visual texture it has the appearance of a dirty, old, brick building. Space is also very apparent in this painting, most of it being the illusion of negative space that is created by linear perspective. It is represented and taken up by the sky. The positive space is less than the amount of negative space and can be represented by the buildings and the ground.
This painting has aged well over the years. When viewed from a far you cannot make out the brush strokes until you bring yourself closer to the painting. The medium of oil on panel has helped preserve this painting. The paint also gave a smooth soft texture that makes Susanna seem naiveté and innocent. Other mediums like egg tempera or frescos could not be used because of the climate in Flanders.
It is similar however due to the very neutral colors being used in the painting. There is a lot of while and black and then brown hues, red hues, some yellow hues and some green/blue hues, however they are all very dark in value and it gives a black and white feel to the painting. Another similarity is the perspective. The perspective in the photograph is very similar to that of the painting, where you have the dead men in the foreground and the horizon in the background both having similar vanishing points and points of view. Another similarity is value of the sky and the foreground.
The fact that she isn’t looking at the camera suggests that what she’s looking at isn’t important but the way her face is illuminated is what the focus is. This is supported by the colours and toning of the painting. The use of colouring and tone in the portrait are extremely supportive to the subject of the painting. The dark and manly warm colours in the background and the clothing in a way brighten the white surface of the canvas on the face. The common colour in Margaret’s hat and top act almost as guide lines and our focus is drawn to the space in between.
Instead, they placed more emphasis on the “structure, content, and formal order” ("Impressionism & post-impressionism,"). They liked to use unnatural colors and use geometric shapes, unlike the Impressionist’s use of soft lines and natural colors. Also, instead of painting outdoors to capture the moment, Post-Impressionist painted in a studio, and their paintings were based on the emotion and concept of the artist (Emelda, 2011). Like the Impressionists, however, they believed the originality of the painting was important. Like many artists of the 1880’s, the Post-Impressionist wanted to portray “emotion and intellect as well as the visual imagery” ("Post impressionist,").
There is also a circle of speakers around him that start at his ears and gradually get bigger as they come away from him. The background is filled with yellow and red design with one big yellow circle at the top middle of the painting. At the bottom left corner there is scribbles of graffiti and lines of red all along the lower half of the painting. Bruce Bailey made his artwork have a very abstract look by choosing the colours and designs he did, and used it throughout the painting which made his work very unique and interesting. Analysis; Bailey used colour and value elements in his painting.
Activity A: Identifying Art Vocabulary Marizy Sainte-Genevieve Maurice Utrillo 191 Directions Study the above painting, Marizy Sainte-Genevieve, carefully. Based on your analysis, answer the following questions. Write your answers in the boxes provided below the questions. 1. What types of lines has the artist used in the painting?
The painting starts off from the top with different shades of light muddy brown squares that are interrupted by strokes of paint and the splatter of black. The light muddy brown color is the base of the painting, the background that neutralizes the excitement and emphasizes the other colors and shapes giving them more importance. Under the squares are two interesting circles that seem to become eyes. The eyes draws in the viewers because it almost creates the face. This face is important because it illustrates the face's emotion of wildness and excitement as well as if the face was looking at the viewers and their reaction to the painting.
By stepping closer, the texture that is created the by short, thick brushstrokes of paint can be observed. The impasto technique creates a unitary-textured canvas surface with no clear contour of objects. The vagueness makes the painting more fluid and better able to capture the light and air of the landscape. The contrast between the smoothly painted sky and the rough surface makes the focal point on the brightest and most vauge part where the paint is textured and heavily layered. The short brush strokes allow various colors to exist side-by side with little mixing, which together create a vibrant surface and optical mixing of colors.
Art Criticism Task By: YD The painting I chose is by Greg Conley, it’s called “The Path Chosen”. By looking at the painting you can tell that the artist used a lot of different techniques to make it look unique, realistic and attractive. The artist used the technique wet-in-wet to slightly blur the painting. He also used the technique dry brush which is the opposite of the wet in wet technique, for it makes things very crisp and hard edged; this technique makes features come forward. In addition he used the method flat wash which is using one solid color (yellow in this case) from top to bottom.