Chapter 5 Living With Art

Unity: is a sense of oneness, of things belonging together and making up coherent whole. Variety: difference that provides interest Balance: when visual weight is equally distributed to either side of a felt or implied center of gravity, we feel the composition is balanced. also symmetrical balance: line that divides composition in half Emphasis: Subordination: Proportion: size relationships between parts of a whole, or between two or more items perceived as a unit also the size relationship between an object as its surroundings Scale: size in relation to some normal or constant Rhythm: is based on reputation and its a basic part of the world we find ourselves in.

unity : sense of oneness variety: difference that provides interest try to find the point in which there is sufficient visual unity enliven by sufficient variety.

colors are limited to six plus black and white, the shapes (rectangles, simples curves, and waves)

conceptual unity

symmetrical balance forms a composition mirror each other across a central axis, an imaginary straight line that dived the composition in half. The skull itself is perfectly symmetrical and Okeefee sets it directly on the vertical axis. youses symmetrical balance , mandala means circle, we are living in a universe that makes sense, even if it is logical and order are hidden from us during our brief lifetime.

asymetrical balance has to sides that do not match. 1. Large form is visually heavier than a smaller form 2. a dark-value form is visually heavier that a smooth form of the same size 3. A textured form is visually heavier than a smooth form of the same size 4. A complex form is visually heavier than a simple form of the same size 5. 2 or more small forms can balance a larger on e 6. a smaller dark form can balance a larger light one. composition is balanced when it looks balanced.

formalism: climate any clear story it was telling and to flatten space it was depicting. Iconography: contains traditional elements of vanitas , with the reflected man representing death Biographical: explores links between artists life and work. He was ill when he painted the bar, reflecting he was no longer able to go to places and he missed it Psychoanalytical: mirror stage of human development Marxism: looking at economic status. barmaid is a member of the working class Feminism: the cultures ideas of male and females are in play.

used size and placement to emphasize the figures of the old man and the young boy. strongly contrasting values of dark skin against a pale background add further emphasis. tanner uses directional lines of sight to create a focal point on the circular body of the banjo and the boys hand on it again roles of contrast plays a role, for the light form of the banjo is set amid darker values, and the boys hand contrasts dark against light.

they use bright red and oranges against a dark neutral background.

they radically shift "scale"

he shifted scale by telescoping a woman with each each section rising out of the one before and continuing on a smaller scale.

relied on a squared grid to govern the proportions of their figures.

the use of scale to indicate relative importance is called hierarchical scale. he is in larger scale than the other people.

Leonardo de vinci

ancient greeks, Le-Corbusier, the Modulor,

rhythm is based in repetition and its a basic part of the world we find ourselves in. through repetition any of the visual elements can take on a rhythm within a work.

rhythm of the bulging tapered silvery forms which sway this way and that as they repeat across the image. then there is a constellation of alert little birds which hold the composition togther by forming an implied oval as our eyes follow them round the landscape.

because she looking in the mirror her reflection symbolizes death. no because those are common themes