Activity #4

The Vintagers





This is an afternoon scene of a group of vintagers, a producer or harvester of wine grapes, arriving home while the sun begins to set off to the right where it can not be scene. The unity in this piece is of distinct color throughout the fields. The deep green and slight blue shading to the light green almost golden color that flows all around the village gives it unity with variety of color. The focal points are the villagers in the foreground on the path home. Their distinct color and shapes give them emphasis in contrast to the surrounding fields. They seem to be carrying something on their backs, which may be the grapes they have picked, giving them a rounded distinct shape with protruding legs. A lady has on a white hat that is set apart from the tan road and dark field. The houses and the church are subordinate objects in the background. Because the villagers are in the foreground they seem to be disproportional compared to the houses in the foreground, almost not to scale. Finally the colors of the fields along with the shading gives this piece a rhythm that flows around the painting from the foreground to the back.

Voyage of Life:Manhood





Unified by a dark gloomy red, this scene has a few objects that make it apparent from the rest on the piece. The man on the boat with his bright red clothes draws ones eyes to him and then down the dark blue river into the smoothly glowing sunset. From the sunset we can see more things that stand out. The grey cloud that could be demons in the sky agreeing with this gloomy scene. Then the angel in the top left corner is a very distinct character with the bright glowing white. These images add emphasis to this piece and are the focal points with the rocky mountains in the background being the subordinate images. These images give the piece a sort of variety that mixes up the unified dark color. The horizon causes a asymmetrical balance in this piece. The painting is divided into two parts by a horizontal line going through the middle. It splits up a scene of dark, depressive, dangerous jutting rocks and ragging river; and a scene of the setting sun as glowing and peaceful. A rhythm flows with the man on the ragging river through the rocks to the peaceful ocean where the warm colors of the setting sun are.